carstenw wrote:
Gah, that is a crop! I guess she is a bit cold A very small amount of moire near the upper right corner. Can Capture One defeat that?
I notice that these are shot at 1/8s. Isn't that a bit risky with a human subject? At what ISO do the results start to suffer in DR and noise?
Yes, she was a bit cold, as we had two fans blowing on her in a cold studio. We did have two heaters going full blast on her too! The moire was a little disappointing, but the IQ180 back was a pre-production unit, so I have to give it the benefit of the doubt. Hopefully the engineers at Phase One have addressed the issue with the production units. I didn't get to test it as much as I wanted to, but I did just get the IQ 140, so I can do some extensive testing against our H4D-50.
1/8 of a second is very risky...most of my shots were blurred, as can be expected, but we wanted some movements in her dress. As for DR & noise, I did not get to use the IQ180 as much as I wanted to, but with the IQ140, the noise seems really good at 400 ISO so far. I will post more images later as soon as I get some decent shots.
sirimiri wrote:
This is TMAX 400 pushed to 1600 in Xtol, shot handheld on an RZ 110mm wide open at f/2.8, so of course it's going to look torturous. Nonetheless, here you are.
That looks very much like scanner noise as opposed to film grain. I think you'll get a nicer result if you just let the blacks be pitch black, because no developer can get anything out of such low exposed areas.
Looks like you are having some serious fun with the new camera Martin. I am enjoying the images here.
Edd
Yes Edd, I do, and thank's a lot! It's simply fantastic to be able to get this image quality from such a light and small camera. Even if I mostly stop it down quite a bit, it's very sharp straight from f/3.5.
The Bessa III is only 1000 grams with lens and everything. It's flat enough to fit in any small shoulder bag or even in the pocket of a large coat or jacket. The high price is all worth it, in my opinion. Build quality and precision is great and there's no competition on the market if you want a folder with a great, bright viewfinder.
The lens is also stellar. There's a tiny bit of barrel distortion and curvature of field, but from f/8 and on it's tack sharp to the very corners. OOF rendering is among the best I've ever seen from any lens.
A very small amount of moire near the upper right corner. Can Capture One defeat that?
