Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2011/01/22
[Author Prev] [Author Next] [Thread Prev] [Thread Next] [Author Index] [Topic Index] [Home] [Search]Hi Nathan - Nice picture - as Obi-Wan Kenobi would say, "you've taken your first step into a larger world." Wait till you plug those into a dedicated negative scanner. The stuff that gets captured can be scary! Seriously, though, if you are going to stick with film, it's hard to go wrong with any of the Fuji 6x9s. Huge negatives, great tonality, and the Fujinon lenses blow all historic 6x9 lenses out of the water. I use the interchangeable-lens models from the 1960s/1970s (I use the 50mm, 100mm, 180mm, and the 100mm autoexposure lenses), and even those are stunners with on-film resolving power. I believe the model you have have tested at 90 lp/mm, which is pretty phenomenal for a medium format lens. And when you compare 6x9 to 35mm, with all of the time and trouble of developing plus printing or scanning, you might as well go for the biggest negative you can get! Best, Dante On Jan 17, 2011, at 6:00 PM, Nathan Wajsman wrote: > In a recent fit of madness, I acquired a Fuji rangefinder which produces > 6x9 images on that archaic medium known as film. I just received my test > rolls from the lab, which proved to me that the camera functions > correctly. When I scan those huge negatives on my Epson 700 at its maximum > resolution, the result is a file of about 280 megapixels. But it is not > sharpness or details that keeps film interesting; rather, it is the fine > gradation of the tones: > > http://www.greatpix.eu/Other/Sometimes-I-use-film/7590141_XFqsu#1159932454_x9hbc-O-LB > > More to come. I am right now shooting a roll of Ilford SFX with a red > filter. In our sunny climate, it should give good results. Photographty is > a big tent, and I enjoy visiting different areas of that tent. > > Cheers, > Nathan > > > Nathan Wajsman > Alicante, Spain > http://www.frozenlight.eu > http://www.greatpix.eu > http://www.nathanfoto.com > PICTURE OF THE WEEK: http://www.fotocycle.dk/paws > Blog: http://www.fotocycle.dk/blog > > YNWA > > > > > > > > > _______________________________________________ > Leica Users Group. > See http://leica-users.org/mailman/listinfo/lug for more information