Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2012/10/18
[Author Prev] [Author Next] [Thread Prev] [Thread Next] [Author Index] [Topic Index] [Home] [Search]By the way you have a loupe and a darkcloth? Mark William Rabiner > From: Mark William Rabiner <mark at rabinergroup.com> > Reply-To: Leica Users Group <lug at leica-users.org> > Date: Thu, 18 Oct 2012 15:28:07 -0400 > To: Leica Users Group <lug at leica-users.org> > Subject: Re: [Leica] THE 617 tests, something is very wrong here > > The old definition of a photo assistant is something who knows how to load > a > Hasselblad back. > The new one is one who can teach the photographer they work for how to do > it > right. > Much of this photography thing is self evident and you just figure it out. > But much of it its really good to have a face to face real world peer > group > to show you stuff. A workshop; a class. > > Mark William Rabiner > Photography > http://gallery.leica-users.org/v/lugalrabs/ > > >> From: Richard Man <richard at richardmanphoto.com> >> Reply-To: Leica Users Group <lug at leica-users.org> >> Date: Thu, 18 Oct 2012 11:27:58 -0700 >> To: Leica Users Group <lug at leica-users.org> >> Subject: Re: [Leica] THE 617 tests, something is very wrong here >> >> Ha ha, I never did that one, but on the Hassy, I did load the film >> backward >> once or twice - so no film images! >> >> On Thu, Oct 18, 2012 at 11:11 AM, Mark Rabiner <mark at >> rabinergroup.com>wrote: >> >>> I loaded my Hasselblad backs wrong the first few years I used them. I >>> didn't >>> put them under the tab but let the film just rest over the tab. So I'd >>> got >>> the left edge soft and felt like I had to shoot everything way stopped >>> down. >>> I finally learned my lesson from an assistant. Should have gotten the >>> Ernst >>> Wildi book straight on. >>> >>> Mark William Rabiner >>> Photography >>> http://gallery.leica-users.org/v/lugalrabs/ >>> >>> >>>> From: Richard Man <richard at richardmanphoto.com> >>>> Reply-To: Leica Users Group <lug at leica-users.org> >>>> Date: Thu, 18 Oct 2012 04:30:49 -0700 >>>> To: Leica Users Group <lug at leica-users.org> >>>> Subject: [Leica] THE 617 tests, something is very wrong here >>>> >>>> First the caveat, these are "high" resolution scan from the Epson 3200, >>> not >>>> my usual Nikon LS-9000, but trust me on this, the results don't look >>>> that >>>> different. I'm having trouble getting the LS-9000 to scan the two halves >>>> correctly sfor stitching so Epson it is. >>>> >>>> The camera was set as level and neutral as I could, and then I used some >>>> front rise to take less of the road, and more of the subjects. >>>> >>>> Second, something terribly wrong with my techniques, as the left edges >>> from >>>> all 3 lens are markedly softer than the right. I have made sure that the >>>> negs are as flat as possible on the scanner holder, and this is visible >>> on >>>> the negs also. This probably mean I did something wrong somewhere. I >>>> noticed that the SH 617 has front swing and the lensboard was ever so >>>> slightly might not have been parallel (but the amount is very minor), >>>> and >>>> it may very well be that the film plate was not set parallel enough. So >>>> this is probably a user error. >>>> >>>> Third, even at the best sharpest areas (on the right), things don't "pop >>>> out sharp," unlike for example, the negs from the XPan. >>>> >>>> I am having a dreadful feeling that someone can make this setup sing, >>>> but >>>> that someone may just not be me :-( >>>> >>>> I applied 20% sharpening with LR4.2, with the radius and detail set up >>>> their defau >>>> 150mm Fuji @F32 >>>> http://richardmanphoto.com/PICS/20121018-Scanned-8.jpg >>>> >>>> 210mm Symmar-S @F32 >>>> http://richardmanphoto.com/PICS/20121018-Scanned-9.jpg >>>> >>>> 90mm Fuji SWD @F32 >>>> http://richardmanphoto.com/PICS/20121018-Scanned-10.jpg >>>> >>>> -- >>>> // richard <http://www.richardmanphoto.com> >>>> >>>> _______________________________________________ >>>> Leica Users Group. >>>> See http://leica-users.org/mailman/listinfo/lug for more information >>> >>> >>> >>> _______________________________________________ >>> Leica Users Group. >>> See http://leica-users.org/mailman/listinfo/lug for more information >>> >> >> >> >> -- >> // richard <http://www.richardmanphoto.com> >> >> _______________________________________________ >> Leica Users Group. >> See http://leica-users.org/mailman/listinfo/lug for more information > > > > _______________________________________________ > Leica Users Group. > See http://leica-users.org/mailman/listinfo/lug for more information