Part of the issue might be my Scanning Technique. I just started scanning film so this might be a bit of a learning curve. Here is the Tree and Sand in Color, reprocessed and it looks sharper to my eye.
dswiger wrote:
Fverburg,
I thought all the RZ lens are pretty good.
The two "best" ones I have are the 65mm LA and the 50mm ULD
The 110 is very nice. The 180 is the least sharp of the kit but when you need focal length it get's the job done.
The 65 is ~$250-300 & the 50 ULD is about $450+ so there is a 1st/2nd tier with RZ lenses.
The 65 is the most versatile for me but the 50 is crazy sharp.
I usually stick to the sweet spot if I can, which is f8-f11. Sometimes I push it for DOF.
I am selling my 50 ULD if you are interested, Frank!
dswiger wrote:
Zaitz,
Love the detail & tones of that Portra image. Can't wait for my 1st 4x5 expossure
That is some rustic looking golf course!
Dan
Thanks. 4x5 definitely is exciting. Just ordered some more film too.
Lovely shots by all in this thread, my favorite to venture through on this website. Here are a few from my minolta srt201 with md 28/2.8 celtic I picked up. Film was fuji xtra 400 (what I had in it) and most stopped down to either f11 or f16 with cpl on. Discovered since last using this camera last summer that light leaks have developed so just replaced the seals today. These are from last month.
redisburning wrote: Jako, your camera/lens/photographer combination appears to front focus rather significantly.
don't take that as a dig, btw. I just dont want to make assumptions. I miss focus with slrs myself so I do not ever exclude it as a possibility.
Yes, I knew it's going to turn out this way.
See, I got this Canon SLR camera around 1990 and that time lack of diopter wasn't even on my list of concerns. It was 23 years ago and things changed, namely now I need longer arms for reading...
Anyhow, I dug out this old Canon to use it with transparency film as it has better metering system than my Nikon FE2 SLR. I may have to look into some corrective aid to make focusing less than a guess work.
Imagine getting your old photo gear out and finding a half of 24 exp. roll inside that was loaded around 10+ years ago.
Time period was interesting to me for a number of personal reasons so I gladly finished this roll few weeks ago (had no idea what was exactly on this film!)
It turned out that this Fuji Sensia roll had already deteriorated most of its info, but photography is about capturing time, right?...
