Mike, Nice shot! What do you use for the floor surface? I've tried a number of products from plexiglas to vinyl flooring, epoxy paint etc. All exhibit a tremendous amount of distortion, the only other method I'm familiar with is a reflecting pond which is quite time consuming. Do you mind sharing your method? Thanks, Jim

I'm thinking it is a nicely done scale model considering the rear tire is not sitting totally on the floor.
But I've been wrong so so many times in my life.

Nice observation snickgrr..
That is weird!
Nice shot in any case.. I like the way you lit the background so smoothly..:+} BIG box?
Snook

Lot's of great images....
James, I really liked the "woman by the big one" image.
Andre yours of the model in the water were great too.


Here's a couple more images from my personal project - hands. Both shot with the Rollei 6008AF/P20 and 80mm f/2.8

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My bad, all three are embargoed.

Shot with a Cambo Wide DS with Leaf Aptus 75s for the Australian Trade Commission office here in Shanghai.

Glad to see you guys like my Jaguar model.
The rear wheel is indeed a dead give-away. I'll fix that in photoshop asap :-)

I used 2 big softboxes, one on top shining down at 30 degrees. Another one to the right, to get the reflection on the side.

I used a Elinchrome repro-table, with a light directed towards the lens, to soften the gradient.

regards,

Mike

Hi Jim,

As stated in my previous post; my Jaguar is a scale-model. I used plexiglass.
I'm kinda sure that only a pond can really give the most shiny surface with the least amount of flash. Making a pond isn't that time-consuming, it's the cleaning part that's a pain. :-)

You've tried a plexiglass bottom? Not the result you were hoping for?

I've taken a look at your site, beautiful work! You really know how to upgrade the objects to living things. I especially love those curved light-details you do. It makes the image that much more graphic.

regards,

Mike

Ahh! I knew there was something about it.

I missed the rear wheel, but the size of the gap between the front wing panel & the door struck me as odd when I looked at it yesterday. Didn't think anything more of it though.
Nice shot anyhow.

If only my client's had models of the vehicles I shoot for them! Oh well, I guess it was too good to be true, thanks for the info. Here's a look at part of a series on what we call the Cadillac Iguana. JimClick to view attachmentClick to view attachment

Beautiful, Jim, the car and the shots.

Thierry

Superb Jim,
Absolutely love the 2nd one both subject & image. Stunning.

JR

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Thanks for sharing TMARK. May I ask what camera/back/lenses you used.

The exif data on the RHS side shot is :

Equipment Make: Canon
Camera Model: Canon EOS-1Ds Mark II
Camera Software: Adobe Photoshop CS3 Macintosh
Photographer: Terraplane Marquez
Photographer: Terraplane Marquez

Image-Specific Properties:

Image Orientation: Top, Left-Hand
Horizontal Resolution: 72 dpi
Vertical Resolution: 72 dpi
Image Created: 2008:03:29 10:03:00
Exposure Time: 1/125 sec
F-Number: f/14.0
Exposure Program: Manual
ISO Speed Rating: 100
Lens Aperture: f/14.0
Exposure Bias: 0 EV
Metering Mode: Center Weighted Average
Flash: No Flash, Compulsory
Focal Length: 135.00 mm

The LHS shot is missing exif data.

willow

Very nice! and your 5D holds up well against all the MF stuff

The one on the right is a 1ds2 with the 135L. I had rented an Aptus 22 but my mam afd was not communicating with the back, so I shot the job with the 1ds2. The one on the left is a 5d with the 24~70. I now shoot with a P30+ on a mam afd.

Removed the non MF images per the OP's request - but don't know why it matters as long as we also post some MFDB images too which I have done. I'll bet nearly every MF shooter here also shoots with another camera, and I have enjoyed seeing the comparison such as James M8 images vs his phase/contax images.

Not trying to be a party-pooper but do you think we could keep this thread MFDB only (in keeping with the title)? This is the only thread I know of for MFDB images but there are a thousand Canon forums where people can go if Canon images is what they want to post/see.

I'll take them down. All of my new P30 images are embargoed.

Edited: Just realised it might be a little early to put those images on a PF. Sorry.

Being the person that started this thread, I strongly agree that it is Medium Format Only images. Please start a recent work thread in a non-'medium format digital' forum. I would also like to request that people only post images via thumnails in their post - not full size images. I feel like viewers can determine by thumbnail if they wish to view the full size image.
And please post what camera and back the image was made on.
JP

I agree, that was the point of this thread and it has been excellent. Let's keep it going as intended, please. I am really finding it of value as it is.

I find it interesting that you all are complaining about the images on the basis of the camera that captured them, and not on the basis of their technical shortcomings or lack of artistic vision. Seems rather snobbish/elitist if you ask me; none of the other fora discriminate against MFDB images when they are posted. Are you all going to go remove all the MFDB images you've posted elsewhere? I also find it hypocritical that no one complained about the FILM images posted, even though they are no more "MFDB" than the Canon shots.

This is the MF forum and one may be interested to see what is being done with the kit

Most people considering purchase of kit will be comparing to canon so it is interesting to see what the quality userbase of this board is doing with canon (or other kit ) too

best people just say what was used

There is another area of the board for critiquing and artistic interpretion of work

which is different from questions like

did the long exposrue create noise?

or

did the H1 AF work on that moving subject?

IMO

SMM

That's nice for you, Mr. Wienke

Here's the completed series on the 1960 Cadillac, also known as the Cadillac Iguana. Camera is a Mamiya 645, back is the P45. JimClick to view attachmentClick to view attachmentClick to view attachmentClick to view attachmentClick to view attachment

A lot of people reading this forum (MFDB) are curious about the difference
in quality between MFDB and DSLR. Is it worth upgrading solely for the IQ?

This is a nice place to show the difference.

I find it strange that MFDB people are so territorial.
There are people out there who has decided that MFDB is the only right,
but I think there are more people that are unsure of what to do.

The MFDB forum is the right place to try to answer the many question.
And often a picture says more than a 1000 words .

I my self has been back and forth several times.

I know there are more to the difference between MFDB and DSLR than IQ, but
here is a good place to see a little of that aspect.

I have seen pictures in this tread that for sure no one could tell the
difference if had been shot with a MFDB or a DSLR.

There are some quality photographers in these MFDB forum and that
is why people want to look at pictures here.

Like James who is putting out pictures done with both MFDB and DSLR.
Nobody complained about that! And for a good reason - they are great.

So maybe the complaints are because they do not like the pictures other people post.
Or maybe they do not want to be reminded that it is not the camera that
matters the most

willow.no

Can we keep the ratio to about 1 picture per post ? I don't care what camera the images come from as long as it is documented. Actually one of those recent Canon images had the best 1DsII skin tone I've ever seen.

Edmund

Well, only Michael makes the rules here, so most of this conversation is mute.

Regardless, this section of the forum may be titled medium format, but I think most people know that it's really a public professional section of the forum and I know few photographers that don't own multiple systems.

limiting, how where, what is shown will just make people like me not bother to show anything, because I don't mind sharing, but I this really isn't a market that sells my photography.

And keep in mind this is the web so if someone wanted to trick the system a simple ratio crop of a screen shot would do that.

If you want it to be a compare pixels competition, then the quality of what your going to see will drop down to 200% crops of cat whiskers.

I'm not advocating a Flicker movement, but don't think there is not a lot of tremendous photography that is not shot with a lot of non medium format systems.


JR

This was a nice simple thread, posting of your medium format digital photos. No blasting critiques, no arguing, just post the photos for people to appreciate. Maybe some questions about technique or gear related to that.

Why can't it just be kept that way?

It can still be a nice simple tread.

YOU can look at the the MFDB pictures, if that is the only pictures you find interesting.
Just ignore the ones taken with other formats and let other people watch them if
the want to do that.
It makes this tread more diverse and maybe it gives more answer to what people wants
to know. about MFDB/DSLR.

I just want to see great photography and couldnt care less if it was done with
a Holga or a 39MB MFDB.

Its a lot of good, professional photographers here so let them show what
they have made and just ignore what you do not like.

Lets not ruin this tread by imposing too much rules to who,how, what, where and why.

Just bring on what you like and give what information you want.

I hope this tread will go on for a long time, and with more pictures and less complaining.

Nobody complained at all when people posted medium format FILM images. Not you, not the OP, or anyone else. You're being hypocritical here; if the Canon images are a "problem" and must be removed, then all of the film stuff needs to go too.

This forum is called "Medium Format Digital Backs and Photography". It is a place for people to learn about MFDBs and share experiences and information about MFDBs with other users. I don't know how that could be any clearer.



All forums are broken down into specialized topics, and it is seen as bad etiquette in all forums to make posts which are off topic and belong in another forum. It is nothing to do with elitism. You are only ruining this thread more by complaining about having to follow the rules.



I'm pretty sure I've complained about film shots in the past too, in other threads.



I agree, but why not follow your own suggestion?

In an effort to keep this thread on-topic... Rollei 6008AF, Sinar e22, 150mm f4:

I know it's a MF forum but as long as the work is good I don't see why we should restrict ourselves.
I would love to see more good work from anyone regardless of format.

This is from last year taken near Monument Valley

Mamiya 645 AFD II – P30+ and 80mm lens
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don

Actually I was...

1. Trying to keep the rhetoric down by keeping my comments out of it and never complained about the Canon photos.

2. And I never noticed that someone posted film photos

Lets just stop the discussion about who said what and who wants what, and just show good photography and share good information!!

Some B&W from a Shoot I did for a make-up artist friend of mine, for a class she is taking..:+}
Mamiya RZIIProD 180mm + P30

Snook

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I'm a little puzzled as to which exact bits of the above statement some people are having trouble understanding. It's not really that hard is it?

It's not about being snobbish or elitest either - a comment which spectacuarly misses the point - it's about seeing what MFDB's do. & nobody is seriously suggesting that anybody minds when a regular contributer additionally adds something they've shot using another system, but at the same time, it would also make the thread rather redundant if it became swamped with 31,000 members posting anything from anything in it, no?

I suggest the whingers get over it & move on to be perfectly frank.

Anyway, here's some food shot last week on a Box Brownie with 4 old ixus chips selotaped together & bluetacked inside:

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"discussion of medium format digital backs and related topics"

What didnt YOU understand with this rule?
I would think related topics are seeing what MFDB can do compared to DSLR.
I suggest the whiners get over it and move on.

When I see some of the poor quality images being posted that are shot with MFDB, I shudder and wonder if these images are doing a great disservice to the backs they were shot on. On the other hand, a 10MP Leica used by capable hands here has exhibited very nice results that made me smile. Big disparity in talent IMHO.

100% agree.
You wrote what I did not dare to write.

Picture of a swampy lake in central Florida. Shot with Hasselblad CF 39MS, Mamiya AFD, 35mm lens.

Excellent, BobDavid.

I give up

Mamiya ZD camera, Colorado 2007

Multi-exposure stitches.