p.1 #1 · X2D2 Electronic Shutter on Static Subjects
If I do macro work with an adapted lens, is there any penalty to using the X2D2 in electronic shutter? I'm talking about copy work/scanning mostly. So the subject will not be moving at all.
p.1 #3 · X2D2 Electronic Shutter on Static Subjects
speedgraphic wrote:
If I do macro work with an adapted lens, is there any penalty to using the X2D2 in electronic shutter? I'm talking about copy work/scanning mostly. So the subject will not be moving at all.
I’ve used the X2D tethered using electronic shutter and four shot pixelshift and it works brilliantly. The only requirement is to have a heavy duty copy stand, uniform lighting and some way to hold negatives flat. Since purchasing the X2Dii, as of tomorrow, I will relieve my A7CR from all negative copy work. I purchased a used XH Adapter and the HC 120mm f/4 Macro ii lens. At that point I plan on using my X2D to copy everything from full page contact sheet to 35mm. This lens gives adequate depth of field by f/8. I’ve used and reused Grok 4 to get as much information of this old XH lens as is possible. It was a great resource for predicting actual resolution of certain film stocks shot with specific lenses and then copied with the above setup. It was able to show the bottle necks by analyzing published lens and film stock data and able to predict what to reasonably expect. Even with the mismatch in aspect ratio of the 35mm format, there is a slight advantage to using the X2D setup, even without extension tubes, when compared to the A7CR and the new Tamron 90mm macro. So, go for it.
Ah, no banding problems here. At least, not so far. To be fair, I’ve only used the X2D/electronic shutter to make contact sheets with the 90mm XCD v lens. My HC Macro arrives tomorrow. I’ll update you once I copy negatives. The contact sheet below consisted of slides held in an Adorama three ring binder plastic slide holder and a piece of AR glass resting above. Lighting is supplied by a Kaiser LED light box. This is a different/larger light source than I use to copy individual negatives/slides. Camera was a Contax T2 and the matching small camera mounted flash.
p.1 #4 · X2D2 Electronic Shutter on Static Subjects
Thanks! B&H had a used one, I picked up a kit with the 55. Since I do this for a living I will eventually add the Cambo lens and helical for macro work.
p.1 #5 · X2D2 Electronic Shutter on Static Subjects
These are from an outing with some friends and my RF645/45mm and Portra 160 @ ISO 100. Electronic shutter four shot pixelshift exported as DNG without any adjustments at any point. The good and the bad.. ( X2D/HC 120mm f/4 Macro II )
p.1 #6 · X2D2 Electronic Shutter on Static Subjects
bwcolor wrote:
These are from an outing with some friends and my RF645/45mm and Portra 160 @ ISO 100. Electronic shutter four shot pixelshift exported as DNG without any adjustments at any point. The good and the bad.. ( X2D/HC 120mm f/4 Macro II )
These look great! Did you compare the results with and without using pixel shift in this scenario? Seems like a 100 megapixel single image should be more than enough to scan 35mm and medium format negatives.
p.1 #7 · X2D2 Electronic Shutter on Static Subjects
rji2goleez wrote:
These look great! Did you compare the results with and without using pixel shift in this scenario? Seems like a 100 megapixel single image should be more than enough to scan 35mm and medium format negatives.
I compared it to the same negatives scanned with a Sony A7CR and sixteen shot pixelshift. The Sony result offered the color advantage of four shot pixelshift plus added resolution. The X2D four shot pixelshift remains 100MP, but negates the Bayer filter. The process is transparent in Phocus Desktop, but the files are quite large.. approx 600MB. From a resolution standpoint 100MP will cover all color 35mm and 645 negatives/positives. In theory films like 6x7 E100 and Ektar 100 might require greater resolution, but 100MP is very close to any reasonable expectation of maximum resolution. So, due to the large file size, I won’t use pixelshift with the X2D, except for the rare image that might benefit. In my opinion, the Hasselblad results look better than the Sony, but the equipment is more expensive. Even the copy stand is a small fortune. Luckily I purchased the copy stand, lens and lens adapter on the used market.
