[Leica] THE 617 tests, something is very wrong here

[leowesson at gmail.com (leo)]

Richard,

It's probably something to do with how the film back mounts to the body....

leo 

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On Thursday, October 18, 2012 at 1:27 PM, Richard Man wrote:

> 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 
> (mailto: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 (mailto:richard at 
> > > richardmanphoto.com)>
> > > Reply-To: Leica Users Group <lug at leica-users.org (mailto:lug at 
> > > leica-users.org)>
> > > Date: Thu, 18 Oct 2012 04:30:49 -0700
> > > To: Leica Users Group <lug at leica-users.org (mailto: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
> > > 
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