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p.1 #16 · p.1 #16 · Lens that gives similar "look" as the Contax 645 80mmf2? | |
Sorry guys, wrote that from my iPhone.. I can elaborate further if you'd like.
First, if you're talking about the Jose Villa look. Most of that can be explained away by the way he shoots (overexposed) and the film/scanning process. Film giving the color, and scanning giving the softness plus aiding the color with a specific profile. You have to also understand he has a good eye, and often directs his subjects to areas of similar color tones to create images that are more appealing. Plus he mainly shoots in beautiful light (good light really matters). Having a medium format camera helps a lot, other then giving him a more ideal frame size for compositions of two people + details, their are tons of advantages shooting a wedding with medium format. You're welcome to look them up.
If you're talking about the lens. Their are a lot of lenses that are bad like the 80/2. And yes I do mean BAD. The lens isn't really that great. There are tones of better corrected lenses. And if you just want a lens that looks like it, a lot of older LTM lenses and older Nikon lenses can get you pretty close. So can older Zeiss lenses. You could go the N lens route. You could buy a ZM 50/1.5 Sonnar. But at the end of the day, your gear will only get you 40% of the way. Your processing will get you a further 30% and 25% will be your ability to see and rearrange for like colors (that's the hardest part). The last 5% I'm sorry to say, but it'll be impossible, as film and digital react to light differently. A trick I use sometimes when I can, is to shoot with a slower shutter speed. Yes it makes a difference. Oh and at the end of the day, I'm just talking getting your images to look a certain way. This in no way makes for a good/great images.
mirkoc - To answer you directly, these guys use digital and process. And yeah I'm fairly certain that when you get to a level of processing that tricks even photographers into thinking it's film. It's usually because you know your way around LR.
And to explain the C645 look is impossible. I can shoot the camera and create tons of looks with it. I can use all available film stock and each image will look different (save for specific lens traits). But I'm assuming that the OP was referring to the surge of wedding photographers who have been using film to try and achieve that Jose Villa / Elizabeth Messina look. For awhile nobody used a C645 (I have had most of my gear 10 years, some stuff is 5+years old). The only reason I'm able to sell off my excess C645 stock is because everybody has been looking to ride the Jose Villa wave over the last 5-6 years. Else nobody would want the stuff.. So yeah the C645 look is essentially the Jose Villa look. Hope that clarifies.
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