Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2012/10/18
[Author Prev] [Author Next] [Thread Prev] [Thread Next] [Author Index] [Topic Index] [Home] [Search]Correct - I am using the Epson 3200 for now. I couldn't get the Nikon LS-9000 to work well for stitching (and it does take forever). Since all 3 lens produce not so stellar results, this obviously mean a user error somewhere (unless it's the film back), so one more test today.... On Thu, Oct 18, 2012 at 2:32 PM, Mark Rabiner <mark at rabinergroup.com> wrote: > An inspiring set up!! Gorgeous camera. Respectable tripod. I like how they > make dark cloths which are white on the outside now and have elastic. > Perhaps if you scanned some of your results and posted them it would be a > help. > I always focus wide open and then stopped way down. With the excepting of > my > Halloween project in which I had to shoot wide open a thing I didn't think > with possible. > A Fujinon 210 lens. > > http://rabinergroup.com/Catagorypages/Halloween2001.html > > Are you really planning on scanning each image you make twice and stitching > them together? To me that sounds totally insane I know I'd go nuts in a > week > and I do think its ill advised what's the point of shooting once pieces of > film you may as well be making two separate exposures. I would put it on a > good Epson flat bed and scan it at full rez I'm sure the results would be > excellent in a non huge print. If you even need a huge print for a gallery > wall then have them make a drum scan. > > 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 14:18:46 -0700 > > To: Leica Users Group <lug at leica-users.org> > > Subject: Re: [Leica] THE 617 tests, something is very wrong here > > > > I do, As I said in the "Mr. Photography Man" thread: > > > > Welll..... just so it happens that my wife saw me earlier doing the tests > > out in the driveway, and she thought I look "so cute" that she took a few > > photos: > > > > http://richardmanphoto.com/PICS/20121017-_A173306.jpg > > > > http://richardmanphoto.com/PICS/20121017-_A173312.jpg > > > > > > ... 6x loupe and a cable release > > > > It has to be a user error somewhere... > > > > > > On Thu, Oct 18, 2012 at 2:14 PM, Mark Rabiner <mark at rabinergroup.com> > wrote: > > > >> 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 > >> > >> > >> > >> _______________________________________________ > >> 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 > -- // richard <http://www.richardmanphoto.com>