Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2012/08/03
[Author Prev] [Author Next] [Thread Prev] [Thread Next] [Author Index] [Topic Index] [Home] [Search]Mark Good luck with you move back into square format. I feel sure you will feel very happy once you have fine-tuned your working methods. Looking forward to seeing some of the results. Gerry Gerry Walden +44 (0)23 8046 3076 or +44 (0)797 287 7932 www.gwpics.com On 3 Aug 2012, at 11:38, Mark Rabiner <mark at rabinergroup.com> wrote: > Its not going to be in the area of philosophical speculation much longer. I > know the photography I've done which normally results in portfolios of > prints and I know what I'm planning on doing in the near future. I just > acquired 100 sheets of 13x19 Hahnem?hle photo rag paper. Half of it 308 gsm > the other half thinner. > I'll be seeing what I'll be getting very soon. > I'm guessing but I'll find out soon enough that the images I get from the > flatbed scanned Hassy color negs will give my D700 images a run for its > money. I think they'll be superior in a number of areas. If its not I'll do > less of it. Or go to a smaller print size. > > Mark William Rabiner > Photography > http://gallery.leica-users.org/v/lugalrabs/ > > >> From: John McMaster <john at mcmaster.co.nz> >> Reply-To: Leica Users Group <lug at leica-users.org> >> Date: Fri, 3 Aug 2012 08:47:14 +0000 >> To: Leica Users Group <lug at leica-users.org> >> Subject: Re: [Leica] Rabs bites Dog >> >> OK, 13"x19" is not much of a magnification. If you have seen no better >> then >> what you have is good, on the other hand once you have seen what is >> possible.... I know what I have seen;-) >> >> john >> ________________________________________ >> >> >> A film scanner is certainly necessary for most 35mm scanning uses but >> flatbeds have been often used the whole time for much more medium format >> and >> sheet film uses. One can consider a medium format scanner to be a bit of a >> high end piece of equipment. Plenty of photographers I've known have got >> by >> without one over the digital first decade.. If it turns out I'm making >> mural >> sized prints or some other thing in which my results seem to be lacking >> from >> other stuff im seeing I'll look into medium format film scanners. In the >> time being I've made hundreds of scans from my Hasselblads and Rolleiflex >> negs and slides and made 13x19's from them from day one. And my first >> scanner, a Umax had a fraction of the specs the one I'm using now has, an >> Epson. Even the Umax I almost never used a full capacity or even close. It >> had a SCSI interface! >> >> Mark William Rabiner >> Photography >> http://gallery.leica-users.org/v/lugalrabs/ >> >>> >>> All that film quality but only a flatbed scanner? Using my Minolta film >>> scanner the gradation was good but sharpness was nowhere close to my M9 >>> when >>> I >>> scanned my 6x6 'blad negs in..... >>> >>> john >>> >>> -----Original Message----- >>> >>> I have my Hasselblads back now after 6 years in NY without them for the >>> most >>> part. I looked up the 120 and 220 offerings at B&H and its going to be no >>> problem. Replacing my tuner at my right with my Epson flatbed. And I'm >>> ready >>> to rock and roll. My Planar T* 3.5/100 Cfi is on my CM and my ELM is >>> recharging. I have a 180 Planar and a 120 macro Planar . And a 60 and a >>> 50 >>> Distagon. An assortment of backs plus a 70mm one which might make a nice >>> paperweight as 70mm film (70 on a roll easy to remember) is no longer >>> made >>> for >>> the Hasselblad backs. >>> >>> >>> I think its the 100 which is going to give me a real edge. >>> I think like shooting a 60 on a 35mm camera. >>> http://lenses.zeiss.com/photo/en_DE/products/classics/hasselblad/500_series/ >>> planart35100cfi.html or >>> http://tinyurl.com/d2y8hpf >>> >>> >>> Mark William Rabiner >>> >> >> _______________________________________________ >> 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