James Markus wrote:
Serge,
With all the people in the photos it gives me a reference for scale I had never appreciated before. Naval battles in the Colosseum
would work, but the floor must have been close to leak proof. Is there an aqueduct nearby? Thanks for sharing.
Jim
James, I did not notice an aqueduct in the vicinity. The Colosseum seems to have used a system of water input channels to flood the arena's floor for naval battles and they were linked to the aqueducts. A large drain pipe was discovered recently which would explain how the Romans managed to drain the arena in short order.
GeorgeBo wrote:
Alright, I now have somewhat of a workflow for the new camera profiles in Z8. One of the things I wanted to do this past weekend was see how well the Deep Tone Monochrome camera profile from the latest firmware update of the Z8 worked. Specifically with my old 2.5cm rangefinder lens. Lightroom does not have the camera profiles updated from the 2.0 firmware update.
For the image below I opened the NEF in Nikon NX Studio and passed a TIFF with the Deep Monochrome profile applied to Photoshop. Applied the border to the image with very slight exposure/gamma adjustments and saved a jpg to post here. Very very little post processing. I think I am going to like that Deep Tone Monochrome profile
That deep tone mono profile looks great in your hands.
Can you reveal any plans for mating up the Hassy to Nikkors?
If you still have the Cambo-Actus can the mechanical interfaces be modified/tweaked cost effectively from your previous Fuji setup?
Yes, many plans for Nikkor on the Hassy with realistic expectations of course. The 907x body that mates to the digital back is a standard Hasselblad XCD mount so easy to adapt F mount and even rangefinder lenses adapted with Leica M adapter. But of course there are the limitations of the image circle with respect to the larger sensor of the Hassy. If you crop in body to 1x1 then you overcome a lot of that. And most of the fast (f/1.8 and faster) Nikkor lenses 50mm and longer cover the sensor pretty well. But like I said earlier, set your expectations with regards to corner coverage and quality.
You are also limited to using the electronic shutter of the digital back. Not an issue with landscape, product photography etc. but for anything moving in the frame you risk rolling shutter effect.
No issues using the Nikkor large format lenses on the Cambo Actus. The large format lenses have Copal shutters and you can sync the shutter via sync cord to the digital back.
For Nikkor medium format lenses for Bronica, I actually made a lens mount for the Cambo Actus with a donor mount, hole saw and epoxy so I can use those as well. With limitations of electronic shutter since the Nikkor/Bronica lenses do not have leaf shutters.
Due to the flange focal distances it is not possible to use the Fuji lenses.
DeltaSigma wrote:
George,
That deep tone mono profile looks great in your hands.
Can you reveal any plans for mating up the Hassy to Nikkors?
If you still have the Cambo-Actus can the mechanical interfaces be modified/tweaked cost effectively from your previous Fuji setup?
GeorgeBo wrote:
Glen, I love that first one. All good but wish I was there in that first shot!
spoupard wrote:
Glen, I have to agree with the others. These are all good, but the first one really stands out. It makes me want to take a ride down that road and see where it goes.
James Markus wrote:
Glen,
The mist separating the foreground from the background adds so much depth to all three of these. As others have said - the first one really stands out. Perhaps it was a telephoto that crunches the DOF, but on a photo with such obvious depth - it creates a tension of the high background almost hanging over the viewer. I love it.
Jim
Thank you for your kind words, gentlemen. They mean a lot, coming from such distinguished company!
Here are a few more images from the air museum outside Winnipeg, taken with the Fuji X-E2 and miscellaneous MFNG (probably the 16 f/3.5 AI fisheye).
I forget now: was that flying saucer in the first shot manufactured by humans, or captured from unidentified invaders? Do any of you military types know anything about this?
Did a bunch of grunt work the last few days. Darkroom sink & faucet are re-plumbed , organizing, and almost 20 scripts written in Photoshop since last night. Drifted into infrared toning scripts, because I used to print on a gold paper back in the olden days. I think the company that made it was named Luminous. Since I have been spending so much time getting the darkroom usable again - it reminded me of all the ways photographers use to add color to black and white prints to make them special. Selenium, sepia, platinum toning, and hand tinting, and the most laborious chore was retouching prints with itty-bitty brushes and a bunch toning dyes. (I do not miss that)
Here are six infrared toning actions with a "Lite" version of each. Strayed into tritones on the "Brown" tones, but duotones, and quadtones will have to wait for another day. Photoshop is an amazing tool. Shot with the Nikkor 16mm f3.5 ai fisheye in mid December.
Old feed mill with 35-105 Ais at f5.6. The edges and corners are soft but the center is sharp. Things did improve at f8 and f11. Thanks for looking.
Scott
This little fella only gave me one frame, but at an effective focal length of 1440mm. D7200 with the 600mm f5.6 ais + tc16a A Tufted Titmouse facing the morning sun.
Serge I am not sure if I am getting the construction technique correct, but it looks like the Romans used concrete and rubble for the interiors of load bearing walls, and then faced them with brick. Some parts look like just straight concrete construction. Is that correct? Also, the scale is so intimidating - just look at the size of the people in the second tier by the arches (far end). You could be some poor soul could being sadistically killed for audience blood sport/lust, but literally be like an ant in size due to distance. Thank you again for sharing.
The scripting in Photoshop is actually easy, but time consuming. I just think in my head what and how I want to do something - create a new action and name it - then hit the record button - finish - then hit the stop button. From that point on I can just hit play to apply the same action to any photo, or scale it to entire folders of photos off the File > Automate >Batch menu.
Jim
serge07 wrote:
Hi, everyone:
Glen, excellent series of photographs in the last several pages.
Matt, great sunset capture.
Ray, great timing and capture of the skater.
James, very interesting set above, infrared toning actions. That seems like quite a bit of work.
Thank you for your kind words, gentlemen. They mean a lot, coming from such distinguished company!
Here are a few more images from the air museum outside Winnipeg, taken with the Fuji X-E2 and miscellaneous MFNG (probably to be 16 f/3.5 AI fisheye).
I forget now: was that flying saucer in the first shot manufactured by humans, or captured from unidentified invaders? Do any of you military types know anything about this?
I am failing in my duties to the thread (that is posting) but so far this year I have had surgery, the flu, threw my back out - and now an immediate family member had a heart attack and a stent placed. Looking at the good side, my health is now fine and my relative had no heart damage from the episode.
Also on the good side, Kevin has received Nippi, I am looking forward to his view of the world through her.
AdaptedLenses wrote:
I’ll add some to keep things moving. Early morning with the 35mm f/1.4 on Zfc (). Nothing too inspiring so playing with processing.
My D300 doesn't get much love now days. I used it last fall for probably my last freelance job, and it really is a great little camera. I've made many 2' x 3' prints from its 12 megapixel crop sensor, and they always came out wonderful. Just as good as its predecessor the D2X which I also had at the same time. In fact, the D300 had 3 color modes named D2X. Anyway - was researching specs on the D300 and found it could do 8 FPS. I had the grip, but had purchased it so I would never run out of battery again on a job. Popped the grip on and put it in CH mode - wow! I only have one other camera body faster (7DmkII does 10 FPS) Got to thinking - what would the same lens on an old crop frame Nikon and a much newer full frame differences be? D300, and D850 with the 35mm f1.4 ais at f1.4 - I leaned to and fro to fill the frame similarly. D300 at 8 fps, and the D850 at 7 fps. Biggest difference are the DOF variation due to crop frame versus full frame.
"A Peach Rose" for appreciation by a client for my wife's work is the subject
Nippi has arrived, I just haven’t had the chance to open the box yet. I will probably have to use a new box, this one got pretty beat up and with all the rain, there is a little water damage on a corner. I already have a new box, so it’s not an issue and I doubt highly that the lens is damaged. When I pack to mail off, I will make sure the lens is bagged and I have a desiccant sack to put in just in case. This semester has been the busiest I have ever seen in my IT department. Been putting in 50+ hours a week and I’m barely able to stay on top of things, let alone get in front of it all. You will see some views of my campus, the construction going on, lots of things are blooming, and probably some shots of my daughter who is turning into a camera ham. I’m excited!
Do any of you military types know anything about this? 
). Nothing too inspiring so playing with processing. 
