corposant wrote:
I posted the digital version of this series on the NEX thread a couple weeks ago. Here's the film version. I keep going back and forth on whether or not to sell my Mamiya 7 and go up a format size. So many decisions.
I was always a fan of the 6x7 format personally. Just always felt right to me. Even the Fuji rangefinder I had was the 670 and not the 690.
That being said, 4x5 is absolutely worth it if you have the time and patience. The quality is nothing short of amazing and I do often miss shooting mine. It's the furthest thing from convenient, but the quality is worth while.
If I had the funds on hand I would happily offer to buy your Mamiya 7. I've been after one of those for years!
corposant wrote:
Welcome back, Dan! I have a few friends from Melbourne and they often talk about how much they miss the cafe scene.
I am guessing your coverage issues would have been solved by using a longer lens (or less extreme movements)?
Thanks mate, yes there is good coffee here.
The answer is to buy a new lens with more coverage I'm thinking of the 110mm Super-Symmar XL. I find the 75mm a bit too wide on 4x5. I have a 210mm Caltar, which is a plasmat with a tonne of coverage, but it's slightly long (kind of like a 75mm in 35mm terms) and no good for architecture. I would opt for the 72mm XL if the centre filter didn't cost as much as a lens.
Toothwalker wrote:
Well done. I find this thoroughly distressing.
Thanks!
Which part is distressing? The solar-powered bike stations or the fact I did a B&W conversion in post?
I do B&W conversion of colour film in post occasionally in situations like this where there's little to no colour (the wall is a very light cream colour, almost white) and removing what colour exists merely strengthens the image.
Makten -- I think I'm getting handle on the sharpening; at least an insight. I've reduced the export sharpening for screen to "low" in LR on the first three pictures below. I only used 35 or 40 on sharpening in LR. I've found I need to de-saturate and also heavily push the shadows to get more realistic images. Still a learning process. Thanks again for the tip on oversharpening.
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I should have my first 6x7 B&W scans back tomorrow, along with a 35mm color test roll using flash on the Contax N1. Maybe something, maybe nothing so hard to remember last week!
Here are a few more from the Reagan Library. Pentax 67II with 75mm ASPH lens, wide open (or nearly so), Ektar 100.
Which part is distressing? The solar-powered bike stations or the fact I did a B&W conversion in post?
I do B&W conversion of colour film in post occasionally in situations like this where there's little to no colour (the wall is a very light cream colour, almost white) and removing what colour exists merely strengthens the image.
I was disturbed by the impression/illusion that the image format is not rectangular but distorted.
thrice wrote:
EDIT: so you scan in 48-bit raw and do the colour conversion in PS?
Hi, yes it is a photoshop plugin that works on RAW info from the scanner - it has a superior algorithm (repeatable, accurate) for conversion from negative to positive, as well as film presets which are pretty good. It works really nicely for BW also, the best tonality I have found yet...
Very nice shots everyone! Getting my F5 tomorrow and just purchased 15 rolls of Reala today for a great price ($60 shipped, exp 7/2012 and refrigerated)..pretty stoked
Simon Kennedy wrote:
Hi, yes it is a photoshop plugin that works on RAW info from the scanner - it has a superior algorithm (repeatable, accurate) for conversion from negative to positive, as well as film presets which are pretty good. It works really nicely for BW also, the best tonality I have found yet...
Colorneg definitely appears to work really well. I downloaded the demo a while back and it certaintly does a good job right out of the gate. The demo has a tremendously terrible watermark though. Barely able to see the image on mine. $67 is a bit pricey for me too since I can get there after a using a few different color adjustment layers and curves.
I'm thinking of the 110mm Super-Symmar XL. I find the 75mm a bit too wide on 4x5. I have a 210mm Caltar, which is a plasmat with a tonne of coverage, but it's slightly long (kind of like a 75mm in 35mm terms) and no good for architecture. I would opt for the 72mm XL if the centre filter didn't cost as much as a lens.
