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Subject: [Leica] OT: D3x vs 'Blad CFV 16MP full sized samples
From: mingthein at gmail.com (Thein Onn Ming)
Date: Fri, 29 May 2009 07:30:47 +0800
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Pretty sure it was 200 indoors and 50 outdoors, I think.

On May 29, 2009, at 7:24 AM, George Lottermoser wrote:

> 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
>>
>>
>>
>>
>>
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In reply to: Message from mingthein at gmail.com (Thein Onn Ming) ([Leica] OT: D3x vs 'Blad CFV 16MP full sized samples)
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