Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2009/05/28
[Author Prev] [Author Next] [Thread Prev] [Thread Next] [Author Index] [Topic Index] [Home] [Search]thanks Ming. do you recall what ASA you used on the CFV shots? Regards, George Lottermoser george at imagist.com http://www.imagist.com http://www.imagist.com/blog http://www.linkedin.com/in/imagist On May 28, 2009, at 6:16 PM, Thein Onn Ming wrote: > For George, Mark and anybody else who might be interested...some > full sized files (JPEG, converted from RAW using ACR) from the D3x > (with 24-70/2.8 and 105VR micro; arguably two of the best lenses > Nikon has today) and Hasselblad CFV 16MP back (with 80/2.8 standard > lens). > > *CAVEATS*: The CFV was shot handheld, available light except for > the landscape shot. I'd use only the landscape to judge quality. We > were going to do a studio shoot, but the back kept bricking itself > requiring multiple battery-out resets (kinda like the first M8 I > used when shooting C mode and discrete advance) but eventually just > bricked itself. The D3x was shot entirely handheld, though the > watch shot was with studio lighting (aside from photojournalism, > watch photography is my other speciality. When I did it > commercially I was using a D2H or D200 and the 85/2.8 PC Micro, not > MF.) > > EXIF data intact but ignore the 'blad data because it doesn't > register aperture, and I'm pretty sure the shutter speeds are all > wrong. D3x of course tells you everything including the nutritional > content of my breakfast of three days prior. Hosting on fickr > because I don't have the server bandwidth otherwise. > > 'Blad > http://farm4.static.flickr.com/3409/3573849245_4776a4c694_o.jpg > http://farm4.static.flickr.com/3639/3573842195_769c55cfb0_o.jpg > http://farm4.static.flickr.com/3561/3573839191_da9b5f0bf1_o.jpg > > > D3x > http://farm4.static.flickr.com/3572/3573831647_f85b31aa81_o.jpg > http://farm4.static.flickr.com/3610/3574628948_2e7197f2ff_o.jpg > http://farm4.static.flickr.com/3589/3574623624_70e7d3ae08_o.jpg > > Note the fine texture resolved by the D3x in the lady's top. > > > For some odd reason, looking at the images again, the 'blad output > reminds me a lot of the M8. Maybe it's the highlight tone bias and > lack of AA filter. > > Ming > > THEIN Onn Ming > *photohorologer ming at www.mingthein.com > www.flickr.com/mingthein > > > > > > > _______________________________________________ > Leica Users Group. > See http://leica-users.org/mailman/listinfo/lug for more information