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Post by Peter S. on Mar 18, 2007 16:42:56 GMT -5
Dear friends,
Thank You for Your encouraging words!
I got some nitpicking comments on photocritique.net w.r.t. to shallow DoF - I have to carry the tripod with me to overcome this, but it will be worth the effort.
I got a few good ones on the second film, too (it ate the 12 frames too quickly ;-) ). I will try however to improve my scanning technique a bit. I will try to get the glass clean at least.
Dear Bob,
well, the square format is very much differing from the 35mm 4:3 format. I can't say, that I had lots of troubles with it. But it feels a lot different. The same applies to the left-right confusion, that slows the work down for me (usually that helps me!).
I can't imagine, that the experience with a TLR is much different from the Hassie. In the end You got the same one mirror construction for the finder, and You look down to a pretty big ground glass.
I think Your heaven formula is right! I did however order some Provia 100F and some Provia 400X to gain a bit speed. My first tests with Provia were pretty OK. I don't know what You think of these films...
Best regards Peter
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Post by Peter S. on Mar 17, 2007 13:03:05 GMT -5
Dear Peter,
I got the prism finder for 50 Swiss Francs as I bought most of the Hasselblad stuff from that guy (he got the camera from his boss - wish I had such a boss ;-) - but decided he's rather use the money to buy something digital). I find the standard viewer much more suitable to think about the pictures composition than any eye level viewer I used so far. I will need some time to get used to compensate for a tilt by turning the whole thing into the "wrong" direction. But I am shure I will learn to deal with this.
I think however that the prism viewer will offer some advantage when the lighting situation is such, that too much light is shining on the Hasselblad standard view finder.
The prism view finder I got is not having a meter built in - I'll have to figure out the EV value by different means. I did so by estimating the lighting difference from the sunny-16, and I did hit some, missed others. But I am confident, that I will gain the experience in EV-estimation so that I don't need allways to rely on a light meter. I will use bracketing when the shot seems worth the effort.
I got a 4/50 Distagon within the package. When You talk about a Flektogon, then this is about a Carl Zeiss Jena lens, isn't it? For me the normal lens is good - I do much more normal angle shots than wide angle ones. I decided however to hunt down a short tele, i.e. a 4/150, most likely an old, silver, single coated sonnar, as the T* variants are too expensive. Besides I read somewhere, that the old 4/150 Sonnar was just as good as the newer one (I read the same on the 2.8/80 Planar). I also read complaints on the 4/50 Distagon w.r.t. the lack of sharpness over the frame. I will test this out, but again I won't spent that sinful amount of money for a 4/40 or 4/50 CFE lens.
The scans are not good - well, they are good enough for WWW - but they are way below the standard I got in my 35mm photography. But I will be patient here - some day I will buy a decent MF scanner. In the meantime I save my 6x6 slides, and my money...
Dear Randy, dear Wayne,
Thank You for Your encouragement!
Best regards Peter
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Post by Peter S. on Mar 16, 2007 19:35:07 GMT -5
Dear fellow camera collectors (and photographers, of course), I got my first (two) rolls of 120 film back today. While my yield was only in the range of 50% I am really very pleased with the results. I have troubles to scan it - I used my old HP7400 flatbed scanner which is already worn, and got a about unusable scan software. Anyway, my first picture out there was the pier of Hagna, the small village where I live... Planar 2.8/80, Velvia 50, handheld (tripod at home syndrome) The next one is the Lake of Pfaeffikon at the place where I work. I took it at evening right before driving back home. Planar 2.8/80 The next one is again near home above the Lake of Constance. Then there was bad weather for a couple of days. After the storm I took this one (still a lot of wind over the lake) Planar 2.8/80 The last one is a bit away from the lake, at a place where the dog-training takes place, and walking the dog of course. The walk passes by a beautiful oak tree. Again Planar 2.8/80 - I like this lens. Best regards Peter
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Post by Peter S. on Mar 16, 2007 19:51:35 GMT -5
Dear Dwight,
Well, I may not be the best one to answer, but: from to the best of my knowledge the RB needs to span both the body and the lens separately, while on the RZ everything is done by the knob on the body (the same way it is for the Hassie).
This might be a big advantage, if You have to shot series of pictures, e.g. when doing portrait work, or animals.
The bad thing is that I fear the old lenses for the RB won't have the electrical gear, the RZ uses - and I hardly can't imagine that You got the idea of updating both the body and all the lenses...
The performance when it comes to the pictures should in both cases be nice enough not to start complaining about - to say the least.
Best regards Peter
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Post by Peter S. on Sept 28, 2007 8:45:06 GMT -5
Hi Gene, that Autocord looks very nice. I've only heared good things about it. An acquaintance of mine (who has a much longer record as (hobby) photographer and camera enthusiast) has one, and set up one page on it within his website. His main site is www.open-eyes-photography.de.vu/. Maybe the deep link does work ... wstar.dyndns.org/oep/equipment/MinoltaAutocord.htmI did overstress my budget this year again - but I think, I'll try out the TLR world at some distant time by an Autocord - after all I am a total Minoltian :-) Best regards Peter
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Post by Peter S. on Jul 18, 2007 15:17:17 GMT -5
Hi k,
You might find help here - but at least I got a "You don't have the permission to access this page" error when I try to look... It is no big issue, as I am not savy on Rollei's - but those might face the same issue.
P
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Mar 30, 2007 10:56:12 GMT -5
Post by Peter S. on Mar 30, 2007 10:56:12 GMT -5
Dear Ron,
I had to search about four month until I found this one at a price I could afford. I got a second one via direct negotiation for my friend for only 350$$ - so I think it is possible to find a bargain 500c (mine did cost me a bit more, but it is a c/m and I got the T* Planar normal lens). One needs to watch careful for those that end up e.g. Tuesday morning. Best from a seller with little feedback located in driving distance. This is what I did.
Dear John,
Thank You! I think however the the objects of my pic shine more than the composition of the picture itself - I had to much work, to rearrange the whole desk, which would have allowed a better composition. Anyway, it was not intended to win an art price...
But Gene did us a great pleasure to invent this topic. :-)
Best regards Peter
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Mar 29, 2007 15:14:23 GMT -5
Post by Peter S. on Mar 29, 2007 15:14:23 GMT -5
Oh, yes, Gene - I started with a pot of tea. The fountain pen is my latest acquisition (there is still plenty of collection required until I can come to the point, where I have one for each week of the year :-) ). It is a Caran d' Ache Ivanhoe. OK, my desk looks a bit more littered ... the Hassie is loaded with a roll of Provia 100F, but I lack the time to go out with it. I will take it with me for the Easter walk... Best regards Peter PS: I like Your picture pretty much. And sorry for posting such a poor one below Yours...
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Post by Peter S. on Jan 27, 2007 16:40:47 GMT -5
Dear Camera Experts,
I am considering to hunt down a 4x5" camera with a normal lens (a 5.6/160 Symmar lens and a Arca Swiss camera to be precise). The reason to do so is, that I tried to hunt down a decent Hassi, but those are that crazy expensive, that I stopped about that.
My concern is that: do You think, there will be a good supply of color slide film? And processing of it?
But moreover I were lucky on what You think about that idea.
I have another 12 hours, until I have to make my decision.
Best regards Peter
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