203
Mar 13 2008, 09:11 AM
HAK, that lens looks incredibly good. This is one of the first posts in this thread where the image quality is very apparent on my monitor. And I almost bought one of those Contax kits last month...
clawery
Mar 13 2008, 10:22 AM
This is a shot from my vacation in San Francisco. I'll have more from Napa over the next few days.
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SecondFocus
Mar 13 2008, 10:42 AM
QUOTE (TMARK @ Mar 12 2008, 08:36 PM)
P30+, Mmaiya AFD, 55 2.8 at 4.8.
.... A note on the P30+: I like it better than the 1ds2 or 5D at 1600 iso. I am amazed by its flexability. I was used to shooting the Aptus 22 where iso 400 was almost unusable.
Just a question, was your posted photo shot at 1600?
Thanks
jpjespersen
Mar 13 2008, 10:52 AM
Why can't you make the highlights present in the JPEG? Why even bother posting when it looks like this.
QUOTE (TMARK @ Mar 12 2008, 10:36 PM)
P30+, Mmaiya AFD, 55 2.8 at 4.8.
I usually shoot film or 35mm digital for these kinds of quick music mag editorials. I used the P30 alongside 67 film for this one because, well, I could! Note that the highlights are present in the raw and the tiff. The jpg does not do the file justice. A note on the P30+: I like it better than the 1ds2 or 5D at 1600 iso. I am amazed by its flexability. I was used to shooting the Aptus 22 where iso 400 was almost unusable.
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BlasR
Mar 13 2008, 11:00 AM
Life is so beautiful
BlasR
Mar 13 2008, 11:04 AM
All you need is love
TMARK
Mar 13 2008, 11:35 AM
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HAK
Mar 13 2008, 11:51 AM
QUOTE (203 @ Mar 13 2008, 04:11 PM)
HAK, that lens looks incredibly good. This is one of the first posts in this thread where the image quality is very apparent on my monitor. And I almost bought one of those Contax kits last month...
Thank you for your comment, 203.
Although the bronze dragon seems a bit dark first - but viewed at a correct size it turns to the 3D look I wanted to catch.
Despite the 4,5 max opening I'm very happy with this zoom, because it is super-sharp, the 45-90mm range is perfect not only for travelling and the image quality even full-open with a soft bokeh really make you forget the weight (1,25kg incl. the metal shade). You should have bought it ....
It is such a shame that there are no new Carl Zeiss MF lenses.
They should buy the CONTAX name back and team up with a camera producer like Phase and Mamiya did ..............
jpjespersen
Mar 13 2008, 12:39 PM
QUOTE (TMARK @ Mar 13 2008, 11:35 AM)
JP, maybe because I'm busy and I don't want to open up the tiff in PS and convert it to jpeg again just to post to the web. Is that OK? You want I should take it down? Make you feel better?
And to Second Focus, not at 1600, at 100 and under lights.
I am not familiar with working with the camera JPEG. I thought that you were going from full size to JPEG like anybody who wants to show off their work would do. And I didn't understand why the loss of quality was happening. Now I know why it looks bad.
TMARK
Mar 13 2008, 01:29 PM
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etrump
Mar 13 2008, 01:36 PM
QUOTE (TMARK @ Mar 13 2008, 01:29 PM)
I'm not sure how it was generated. Its either a jpeg from the web contact sheet function of c1 4, or it was from a batch tiff to jpeg action in CS3, or it was a PhotoMechanic extract jpeg preview. The only thing I'm sure about is that it was automated. It was awhile ago and is no longer embargoed. Aside from the missing highlights on KP's cheeks I don't see any other problem with the image. Is it my monitor? I'm on the road and using an old Powerbook, but it looks fine otherwise.
As to the method of "presenting my work", I hope I don't offend anyone here but I don't treat a jpeg post of a quick and dirty editorial image to a landscape web forum as any reason to break a sweat. If its between 15 minutes of computer work or 15 minutes washing dishes, I'd rather wash dishes. If this thread requires perfect images, then, well, I'll only post press ready images.
Personally I would rather see the post and explanation as opposed to seeing nothing. I found JP's post offensive and his back-peddling amusing.
I can't imagine anyone would expect much in a small jpg anyway. Untold detail is lost and the comment about the highlights sufficient.
Thanks again for all the posts -- even JP's images that started this thread.
adamdbates
Mar 13 2008, 01:43 PM
sorry test
adamdbates
Mar 13 2008, 01:49 PM
Here is one of my first shots taken with a Hassey after many, many years of Canon use. This is a Bonobo taken over Christmas in the Democratic Republic of Congo. Great trip, very humid but the Hassey worked pretty well. Just back from Uganda/Rwanda photographing Gorillas. Hassey not so good as in low light its auto-focus was pretty poor and I switched back to the Canon!
Anyway, H3D II - 39 withg the 300mm lens.
Adam
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AndrewDyer
Mar 13 2008, 05:25 PM
Tried to get some nice shots of the early - brief spell of warm weather - confused Daffodils here in London.
I am a bit late as a lot were starting to look old... maybe better luck with timing next year.
Taken last Sunday, and then they were ruined by storms on Monday.
Hasselblad 503cw, 80mmCFE wide open, Aptus 22.
A
Dustbak
Mar 13 2008, 05:31 PM
How do I get those thumbs???
Ah, I got it

Not all MFDB, parts are & parts aren't.
shutay
Mar 14 2008, 12:17 PM
My humble contribution/effort.
Photo illustration shot for our upcoming company newsletter article, comparing teabags steeping in different temperature water as a metaphor for different management techniques.

Tech spex:
Bronica SQ-B, waistlevel viewfinder
Zenzanon PS 80mm f/2.8
Hasselblad Ixpress V96C via Silvestri adapter for Bronica
2x cheap China-made flash strobes
ISO 50, 1/500s, f/9.5
Didn't do anything except adjust blackpoint and remove some scratches from the table top.
Boris_Epix
Mar 14 2008, 03:21 PM
marcmccalmont
Mar 14 2008, 03:36 PM
From the volcano on the Big Island of Hawaii
this last weekend. They closed of the trail so you could not get close to the flow into the ocean.
Marc
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witz
Mar 14 2008, 04:21 PM
hassy 2000fcw with h2o phase back, 110mm 50mm, 250mm..... yep... hauled a laptop around!
dirtied up in ps.
EricWHiss
Mar 14 2008, 04:48 PM
Marc & Boris
Great shots - thanks for sharing!
Misirlou
Mar 14 2008, 05:26 PM
Lots of really good work here. But there's a suspicious lack of cats. A dog or two, sure, but not enough housecats to really compare these with other photographic tools.
Tomas
Mar 14 2008, 06:12 PM
QUOTE (Misirlou @ Mar 14 2008, 10:26 PM)
Lots of really good work here. But there's a suspicious lack of cats. A dog or two, sure, but not enough housecats to really compare these with other photographic tools.
Here is a cat.
Contax645 / Kodak ProBack
BlasR
Mar 14 2008, 07:27 PM
here is another cat
AndreNapier
Mar 14 2008, 07:53 PM
QUOTE (Misirlou @ Mar 14 2008, 06:26 PM)
Lots of really good work here. But there's a suspicious lack of cats. A dog or two, sure, but not enough housecats to really compare these with other photographic tools.
That was exactly my thought as well. With all this photos here there is very little cats as compared to Photo.net. Maybe because we are not rating yet? or maybe because here you have to claim here that you are a pro?
Http://AndreNapier.com
EricM
Mar 14 2008, 10:52 PM
I had been thinking just the same thing. I have enjoyed the dog pictures (and lots of the others), but wondered about the lack of cats. So as soon as Misirlou mentions it, two posters oblige. Very nice! LL folks can be very responsive.
marcmccalmont
Mar 14 2008, 11:57 PM
QUOTE (EricM @ Mar 14 2008, 05:52 PM)
I had been thinking just the same thing. I have enjoyed the dog pictures (and lots of the others), but wondered about the lack of cats. So as soon as Misirlou mentions it, two posters oblige. Very nice! LL folks can be very responsive.
Sorry D80 + 18-200VR
Marc
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NBP
Mar 15 2008, 05:34 AM
QUOTE (Misirlou @ Mar 14 2008, 11:26 PM)
there's a suspicious lack of cats.
Not recent, but a cat.
The Fred believing that the key to being a useful assistant is to calmly sit in the middle of the set between shots.
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andybuk99
Mar 15 2008, 06:07 AM

Aptus 65 on mamiya 645
Jann Lipka
Mar 15 2008, 09:47 AM
Mike W
Mar 15 2008, 10:21 AM
I CAN HAZ HAZZELBLAT? :-)
QUOTE (NBP @ Mar 15 2008, 12:34 PM)
Not recent, but a cat.
The Fred believing that the key to being a useful assistant is to calmly sit in the middle of the set between shots.
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PdF
Mar 15 2008, 12:34 PM
An other animal...
Sinar 43HR, Sinarcam2, Sinaron digital 150mm f5,6, Broncolor lighting, etc...
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MichaelEzra
Mar 15 2008, 03:39 PM
ZD with 80mm a few days ago:
samuel_js
Mar 15 2008, 03:42 PM
A couple of shots from today...
BlasR
Mar 15 2008, 04:10 PM
here is couple
LMO
Mar 15 2008, 04:58 PM
when all the models left the studio, this one still had time for some more shots..

AdfII 120mm aptus22, bron lighting
wolfnowl
Mar 15 2008, 04:59 PM
Interesting... I like the image as presented, but when I looked at it I immediately saw this instead... (hope you don't mind)
Mike.
P.S. Thanks to everyone for sharing their work!
BlasR
Mar 16 2008, 09:35 AM
Mike,
I don't care, do what ever is please you. I learn more.
Thanks
even so, I love the original.
BlasR
jpjespersen
Mar 16 2008, 10:52 AM
Mike W
Mar 16 2008, 05:16 PM
JP, when do you shoot these night shots? Early evening or morning? How long do you expose on these (more or less)?
jpjespersen
Mar 16 2008, 05:26 PM
QUOTE (Mike W @ Mar 16 2008, 05:16 PM)
JP, when do you shoot these night shots? Early evening or morning? How long do you expose on these (more or less)?
These were at about 2:00 a.m. Exposures ranging from 2 to 8 minutes.
Heres the wide shot -
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redbutt
Mar 16 2008, 10:59 PM
645AFD II with P20+
210mm f/4
1/2sec @ f/28
I did something a bit strange for this. I set the camera inside the min focusing distance for the lens and kept dialing the aperture down until the front lantern was in focus (the blur is motion blur from wind and the 1/2 sec exposure). Fun to play around sometimes, and I like the way this came out. The B/W conversion is the PhaseOne Panchromatic B/W colorspace in Capture One.
etrump
Mar 17 2008, 08:47 AM
QUOTE (jpjespersen @ Mar 16 2008, 10:52 AM)
JP,
The vertical is excellent. I love the Juxtaposition of the cool ice with the warm lights on the building.
clawery
Mar 17 2008, 09:28 AM
clawery
Mar 18 2008, 03:43 PM
I wasn't quite sure if I wanted to post a new thread to this, but thought this may be an appropriate section to at least start. Since we can see some of the damage from the recent tornado from our office, Tim and I went out to show some of the effected areas.
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ixpressraf
Mar 18 2008, 04:45 PM
I was selling my Mamiya ZD camera but i think i will keep it for the black and white stuff. It is the cheapest 22Mp solution available, especially for use with my Hartblei super rotator :-)
haefnerphoto
Mar 18 2008, 06:53 PM
Those of you who use the Hartblei, what can you say concerning it's sharpness? How about a comparison to Mamiya 645 lenses? I shoot a lot of studio automotive subjects and crispness is necessary. Any info would be helpful. To keep the subject on the thread, here's a couple of recent shots. Thanks, Jim
redbutt
Mar 18 2008, 11:57 PM
QUOTE (haefnerphoto @ Mar 18 2008, 03:53 PM)
...I shoot a lot of studio automotive subjects...
Could you share the specs on that interior shot?
klane
Mar 19 2008, 02:38 AM
QUOTE (redbutt @ Mar 18 2008, 10:57 PM)
Could you share the specs on that interior shot?
I second that
free1000
Mar 19 2008, 03:33 AM
QUOTE (haefnerphoto @ Mar 19 2008, 12:53 AM)
Those of you who use the Hartblei, what can you say concerning it's sharpness?
It doesn't compare that well with digital lenses, or the Mamiya prime lenses.
I use it mainly as an effect lens for shallow DOF, portraits etc. Has the coolest mechanism. Now if they'd only put some modern digital glass into it.
free1000
Mar 19 2008, 03:35 AM
QUOTE (samuel_js @ Mar 15 2008, 09:42 PM)
A couple of shots from today...

I really like the colour and dof of the first shot.
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