Hmmm noticed a lot of my Razzle shots are back focused so I shifted the lens plane at infinity checking with a ground glass and adjusted the rangefinder to match. Future shots should be more accurate. It's hard shooting 135/3.5 wide open handheld.
"Peter, how does the san Miguel mission compare to the one nearby, mission san Antonio? "
It's been quite a few years since I've been by the San Antonio Mission, so I really can't say. It's also located on Hunter Liggett Military Reservation and the security is much tighter just getting through the gate than it used to be. What I do remember is that there are lots more oak trees around San Antonio.
Holy crap, Thrice (or should I call you Daniel) - why oh why have I never been to your website before?? You have some beautiful work there. Do you sell prints?
Speaking of selling prints; these two just sold in 11x14 darkroom prints mounted in black museum metal frames (16x20). First was a full uncropped version and second was a pretty significant crop (with no image deterioration at ALL). Both from the Mamiya 7 and 43.
KatieInTexas wrote: Holy crap, Thrice (or should I call you Daniel) - why oh why have I never been to your website before?? You have some beautiful work there. Do you sell prints?
Speaking of selling prints; these two just sold in 11x14 darkroom prints mounted in black museum metal frames (16x20). First was a full uncropped version and second was a pretty significant crop (with no image deterioration at ALL). Both from the Mamiya 7 and 43.
I hear he gets Cindy Sherman pricing on all his prints from 4x5.
Thanks Mike! Have you been shooting much film lately? I've kinda been out of the loop and haven't had much time to read posts. How's it going without the Mamiya 7ii (I'm sure you miss her) - are you a Hassy shooter now; or have you gone digit@l?
KatieInTexas wrote:
Thanks Mike! Have you been shooting much film lately? I've kinda been out of the loop and haven't had much time to read posts. How's it going without the Mamiya 7ii (I'm sure you miss her) - are you a Hassy shooter now; or have you gone digit@l?
I still shoot a decent amount of film - I have about 170 rolls of 120/220 in my freezer, so there's no shortage to shoot...and I have been digital for a long time! Funny you should mention the Mamiya - I decided to reacquire one and it'll be here this week. I don't do nearly the amount of camera trading as some folks do, but it's one of the very few cameras I really missed and regretted selling, so I bought a M7ii with the 80mm. I can still rent the UWAs here for a reasonable amount when I go out into the backcountry. Maybe if I see a great deal, I'll get the 43mm again. Regarding Hasselblad, it was more of a monetary thing. I like the system, but the upkeep and the cost of equipment is quite expensive. My RZ was a pittance in comparison and is just as capable (maybe more so), only at the expense of portability and handling.
One of my early new year's resolutions is to cut my forum contribution time down dramatically. I think I average 2.5 posts/day (since 2010) and in my opinion that's about 2.2 posts too many! I want to push myself to take more risks in photography, and I realized that the catalyst to start that journey isn't going to be in front of a computer. Thankfully this thread (as well as the rest of the forum) has many great contributors, and I am sure I'll break my own rules...like I am doing right now!
KatieInTexas wrote: Holy crap, Thrice (or should I call you Daniel) - why oh why have I never been to your website before?? You have some beautiful work there. Do you sell prints?
I'm immensely flattered Katie thank you. You can call me Daniel or Dan.
I do sell prints, if it's not in the 'store' section of the website (ie. in the blog only, everything in the gallery is in the store) then get in touch with me, it might not be sharp enough at high magnifications for whatever reason.
corposant wrote:
I hear he gets Cindy Sherman pricing on all his prints from 4x5.
I don't have one yet, holding out for now to see how I like shooting film. Theres a store down on the coast that does prints and decent scans that I'm going to check out first. Chances are I will enjoy film and invest in a MF setup lol.
This first roll was a bunch of random test shots to see if I had a clue how the AE-1 works and wether it is functioning correctly.
Medium format film is wonderful. For IQ, I would say that it is the sweet spot, just like DSLRs are the sweet spot for IQ in smaller cameras (although mirrorless is challenging hard at the moment, I don't think they have passed DSLRs, partly because of a lack of comparably high quality lenses with no crop factor). 135 format film just doesn't speak to me the same way as medium format, although I also keep a couple of these cameras around for fun.
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