Ray Swindle wrote:
My squirrel story. I worked in a refinery and usually on Saturday or Sunday we would pitch in $$$ and cook up a big lunch or supper. One guy said he shot some squirrels on a hunt and one of our lady operators said she would love to cook some smothered squirrel. (For non-Texians, smothered means it is skillet cooked meat smothered in gravy...gravy makes anything 2-3 times tastier!) Well, she cooked it up and we served ourselves and as we began eating, there was a series of pinging from BBs hitting the plates. She looked up and said, I just cook it, I don't take the BBs out. Sans the BBs, it was a very tasty dish. Wonder what we did to our bodies with those lead BBs cooked in the meat...Show more →
Had to chuckle Ray! When living in Iowa pheasant hunting was a Fall right of passage. But when my mother prepared the roasted pheasant she would NOT remove the buckshot.
Needless to say, as a young boy, my teeth needed replacing now and then!
For anyone mulling over the possible advantages of digital medium format, I've put that subject to rest in my mind. Shot the Hasselblad X2D 100MP digital medium format along side the Canon R5 and we made 30x40" test prints to evaluate the difference in detail, dynamic range and quality. After careful analysis, my conclusion is, at 40" format reproduction, the difference is minuscule at best, almost indistinguishable. In actuality, one could almost argue that the difference could be reduced even further by adding a little contrast. Hardly the kind of striking difference that would induce one to spend 20-30K to build a system, and actually a considerable more anemic result than I anticipated.
Just to make sure that I dotted all the "I's", I had a lengthy discussion with Hasselblad Technical this afternoon. "Back in the day".........when man were men and all that Hasselblad had sales reps who were dedicated to the history of the company and camera and bled Swedish quality and pride. Rob Logan was my sales rep, a fine gentleman who took excellent care of me for decades. Professor Ernst Wildi, "Mr. Hasselblad" and I became very good friends through Rob. I dearly loved my Hasselblad and rewarded the company by spending tens of thousands of dollars on their products. Having a Hasselblad in my hands gave me a confidence that couldn't be matched by any other camera brand. I remember numerous occasions when I would arrive on a shoot, pop open four cases of Blads and hear people say things like...."Hasselblad! We hired the right guy!" Such was the camera's reputation. Sadly, in today's conversation I learned that "we may have a sales rep in Canada", and currently there is no one involved in the demo program. Kind of makes one wonder just how quickly any technical hiccups would be resolved if they popped up in your platinum plated system.
All in all the whole experiment, somewhat disappointingly, points to the demise of one of the greatest camera systems of all time. On a positive note, it put the subject to rest for me, and potentially saved me a pile of cash, which will most likely go in Canon's direction next year.
Jim, Canon may not be the greatest company I have dealt with as a supplier, but they have certainly taken care of my needs when it comes to maintaining my gear. Multiply the cost of owning Canon gear by a factor of 2 or 3 for a Hassy, well, the service should be off the chart.
If any of you all are Comcast/XFinity subscribers, we have all had our data breached. ALL of it. Reportedly happening Oct 16-19. 38.6 million if IIRC. Gee, I can only speculate which country might have been implicated. Check your accounts and credit reports, colleagues. Tony
Murky and fuzzy politics produce blurry and fuzzy images. These are pictures (from 12/20) of the Whitehouse, National Christmas Tree outside the Whitehouse, and the Christmas tree at the U.S. Capitol. All taken with a Triopland 100mm f2.8 lens, except one. The Trioplan lenses are known for their "bubble" bokeh. DC is certainly a bubble.
Merry Christmas everyone! May good health, good light and good airshows be with you in 2024.
Douglas
Whitehouse
National Christmas Tree outside the Whitehouse
Christmas Tree at the U.S. Capitol
Christmas Tree at the U.S. Capitol
Christmas Tree at the U.S. Capitol
ILCE-1Voigtlander NOKTON 35mm F1.2 Aspherical lens35mmf/7.18s100 ISO0.0 EV
Beautiful Douglas, and very much in keeping with the "fuzzy" policies that emanate from the land of misfit toys in our nation's capitol......................
Ray Swindle wrote:
Jim, Canon may not be the greatest company I have dealt with as a supplier, but they have certainly taken care of my needs when it comes to maintaining my gear. Multiply the cost of owning Canon gear by a factor of 2 or 3 for a Hassy, well, the service should be off the chart.
Hi Ray,
It is hard to believe, but it seems that they are so steeped in the belief that they still are what they once were, that no one in the organization has a grip on reality. The fact that DJI just poured a bunch of cash into them for drone lenses will probably allow them to continue on in fantasy land. Victor Hasselblad must be rolling in his grave.
The next bump in resolution from Canon will more than mitigate any advantage that I strained to see in my experiment. The Hasselblad that I used sells for over $8,000 body only, and lenses start in the $2K range and rise to over $5,000. Eugene at Competitive Camera, who I trust implicitly, told me years ago that he was discontinuing the line because reliability and service had fallen to an intolerable level. Sad, Hasselblad was instrumental in helping me build my business. They were always behind as far as technology, but kind of wore that as a badge of honor. My C/M bodies didn't have meters, lacked anything like autofocus, they had an autowinder accessory but the camera rebelled against it and jammed continuously. They were built like Mack trucks, felt great in your hands and the image quality they rendered was unparalleled.
Really, thinking back, the majority of my work was done on Hasselblad 500 C/M bodies and my Sinar 4x5 View Camera, boy has life changed. I'm grateful for the expertise those cameras brought to my work at the time, but do not miss the workflow in the least!
JWilsonphoto wrote:
For anyone mulling over the possible advantages of digital medium format, I've put that subject to rest in my mind. Shot the Hasselblad X2D 100MP digital medium format along side the Canon R5 and we made 30x40" test prints to evaluate the difference in detail, dynamic range and quality. After careful analysis, my conclusion is, at 40" format reproduction, the difference is minuscule at best, almost indistinguishable. In actuality, one could almost argue that the difference could be reduced even further by adding a little contrast. Hardly the kind of striking difference that would induce one to spend 20-30K to build a system, and actually a considerable more anemic result than I anticipated.
Just to make sure that I dotted all the "I's", I had a lengthy discussion with Hasselblad Technical this afternoon. "Back in the day".........when man were men and all that Hasselblad had sales reps who were dedicated to the history of the company and camera and bled Swedish quality and pride. Rob Logan was my sales rep, a fine gentleman who took excellent care of me for decades. Professor Ernst Wildi, "Mr. Hasselblad" and I became very good friends through Rob. I dearly loved my Hasselblad and rewarded the company by spending tens of thousands of dollars on their products. Having a Hasselblad in my hands gave me a confidence that couldn't be matched by any other camera brand. I remember numerous occasions when I would arrive on a shoot, pop open four cases of Blads and hear people say things like...."Hasselblad! We hired the right guy!" Such was the camera's reputation. Sadly, in today's conversation I learned that "we may have a sales rep in Canada", and currently there is no one involved in the demo program. Kind of makes one wonder just how quickly any technical hiccups would be resolved if they popped up in your platinum plated system.
All in all the whole experiment, somewhat disappointingly, points to the demise of one of the greatest camera systems of all time. On a positive note, it put the subject to rest for me, and potentially saved me a pile of cash, which will most likely go in Canon's direction next year....Show more →
Amazing you brought this up Jim!
A very close family friend, military mentor and retired professor at West Point shot Hassy's all the time. They were amazing back-in-the-day, and I don't disrespect them in todays photo world BUT I too have compared his MF images to my 5DSr's and my neighbors R5 and I saw no discernible IQ loss! No yes there were instances were the Hassy outshone and dslr or mirrorless but equating the price of a Hassy to a R5 or such....I would go with the R5,R6, Nikon mirrorless, Sony's...and have money left over for a 500-600 or 100-400 and a cup of "joe"!
Douglas L wrote:
Murky and fuzzy politics produce blurry and fuzzy images. These are pictures (from 12/20) of the Whitehouse, National Christmas Tree outside the Whitehouse, and the Christmas tree at the U.S. Capitol. All taken with a Triopland 100mm f2.8 lens, except one. The Trioplan lenses are known for their "bubble" bokeh. DC is certainly a bubble.
Merry Christmas everyone! May good health, good light and good airshows be with you in 2024.
Douglas
Fantastic Douglas!!!!
I looked for you last Saturday at Arlington! But with over 30,000 people there, what "shooters" I saw were not you! Nuts!
Dan
anthonysemone wrote:
If any of you all are Comcast/XFinity subscribers, we have all had our data breached. ALL of it. Reportedly happening Oct 16-19. 38.6 million if IIRC. Gee, I can only speculate which country might have been implicated. Check your accounts and credit reports, colleagues. Tony
Thanks brother! I am a Comcast tv and internet subscriber and was in their local office last week and they said NADA about any breach!
Might explain why my "landline"(Verizon-number on my account) all of a sudden has 5-10 robo calls a day all of a sudden! So I just hooked up my landline to my fax machine and after so many rings it answers! But heh that hasn't stopped them!
Thanks again brother!
S/F!
RD
I LOVE it when Douglas takes blurry pictures, .
Great colors and pixs Douglas.
Another fun thing to do with lights or Christmas trees is to leave the shutter open while zooming in or out.
anthonysemone wrote:
If any of you all are Comcast/XFinity subscribers, we have all had our data breached. ALL of it. Reportedly happening Oct 16-19. 38.6 million if IIRC. Gee, I can only speculate which country might have been implicated. Check your accounts and credit reports, colleagues. Tony
Thanks for the "heads up". At least, in my case the hackers will get nothing usefull.
The account is in the name of a deceased parent, and all Comcast has on the account is an e-mail address and a billing/service address. I pay by check so Comcast doesn't have any usefull (to the hackers) financial information on me anyway (other than one of my e-mail addresses).
A few of my neighbors also use Comcast, I'll have to give them a "heads up". Thanks again.
Douglas, Douglas, you need a lens that will make everything in Washington look and work better, not worse. Happy Holidays to you and your family.
Harry
Kingfishphoto wrote:
Douglas, Douglas, you need a lens that will make everything in Washington look and work better, not worse. Happy Holidays to you and your family.
Harry
Harry, I dont think they make a lens good enough to shoot through "swamp gas"! It is just too thick and nasty!
Happy Holidays!
Dan
JWilsonphoto wrote:
Beautiful Douglas, and very much in keeping with the "fuzzy" policies that emanate from the land of misfit toys in our nation's capitol......................
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Danpbphoto wrote:
Fantastic Douglas!!!!
I looked for you last Saturday at Arlington! But with over 30,000 people there, what "shooters" I saw were not you! Nuts!
Dan
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Bill Gass wrote:
I LOVE it when Douglas takes blurry pictures, .
Great colors and pixs Douglas.
Another fun thing to do with lights or Christmas trees is to leave the shutter open while zooming in or out.
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Kingfishphoto wrote:
Douglas, Douglas, you need a lens that will make everything in Washington look and work better, not worse. Happy Holidays to you and your family.
Harry
Thank you gentlemen!
Dan, this morning I went to take pictures of the sunrise at the Netherlands Carillon, it was just too cloudy. I was hoping to get some shots of Arlington National Cemetery but there was no light hitting ground at all, I didn't even bother to take one single picture. I am still hoping for a couple inches of snow before the Christmas wreaths are removed.
A few shots of the Library of Congress and the Capitol from yesterday. I hope I wasn't near where the two dudes had their "performance".
Merry Christmas!
Douglas
ILCE-7RM5Voigtlander ULTRA WIDE-HELIAR 12mm F5.6 III lens12mmf/5.61/10s400 ISO0.0 EV
ILCE-7RM5Voigtlander ULTRA WIDE-HELIAR 12mm F5.6 III lens12mmf/8.01/15s250 ISO0.0 EV
ILCE-7RM5Voigtlander ULTRA WIDE-HELIAR 12mm F5.6 III lens12mmf/8.01/15s250 ISO0.0 EV
ILCE-7RM5Voigtlander ULTRA WIDE-HELIAR 12mm F5.6 III lens12mmf/8.01/10s640 ISO0.0 EV
ILCE-7RM5Voigtlander ULTRA WIDE-HELIAR 12mm F5.6 III lens12mmf/8.01/10s200 ISO0.0 EV
Hasselblad had sales reps who were dedicated to the history of the company and camera and bled Swedish quality and pride. Rob Logan was my sales rep, a fine gentleman who took excellent care of me for decades. Professor Ernst Wildi, "Mr. Hasselblad" and I became very good friends through Rob. I dearly loved my Hasselblad and rewarded the company by spending tens of thousands of dollars on their products. Having a Hasselblad in my hands gave me a confidence that couldn't be matched by any other camera brand. I remember numerous occasions when I would arrive on a shoot, pop open four cases of Blads and hear people say things like...."Hasselblad! We hired the right guy!" Such was the camera's reputation. Sadly, in today's conversation I learned that "we may have a sales rep in Canada", and currently there is no one involved in the demo program. Kind of makes one wonder just how quickly any technical hiccups would be resolved if they popped up in your platinum plated system.
So I just hooked up my landline to my fax machine and after so many rings it answers! But heh that hasn't stopped them!
