Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2012/10/18
[Author Prev] [Author Next] [Thread Prev] [Thread Next] [Author Index] [Topic Index] [Home] [Search]I loaded my Hasselblad backs wrong the first few years I used them. I didn't put them under the tab but let the film just rest over the tab. So I'd got the left edge soft and felt like I had to shoot everything way stopped down. I finally learned my lesson from an assistant. Should have gotten the Ernst Wildi book straight on. Mark William Rabiner Photography http://gallery.leica-users.org/v/lugalrabs/ > From: Richard Man <richard at richardmanphoto.com> > Reply-To: Leica Users Group <lug at leica-users.org> > Date: Thu, 18 Oct 2012 04:30:49 -0700 > To: Leica Users Group <lug at leica-users.org> > Subject: [Leica] THE 617 tests, something is very wrong here > > First the caveat, these are "high" resolution scan from the Epson 3200, not > my usual Nikon LS-9000, but trust me on this, the results don't look that > different. I'm having trouble getting the LS-9000 to scan the two halves > correctly sfor stitching so Epson it is. > > The camera was set as level and neutral as I could, and then I used some > front rise to take less of the road, and more of the subjects. > > Second, something terribly wrong with my techniques, as the left edges from > all 3 lens are markedly softer than the right. I have made sure that the > negs are as flat as possible on the scanner holder, and this is visible on > the negs also. This probably mean I did something wrong somewhere. I > noticed that the SH 617 has front swing and the lensboard was ever so > slightly might not have been parallel (but the amount is very minor), and > it may very well be that the film plate was not set parallel enough. So > this is probably a user error. > > Third, even at the best sharpest areas (on the right), things don't "pop > out sharp," unlike for example, the negs from the XPan. > > I am having a dreadful feeling that someone can make this setup sing, but > that someone may just not be me :-( > > I applied 20% sharpening with LR4.2, with the radius and detail set up > their defau > 150mm Fuji @F32 > http://richardmanphoto.com/PICS/20121018-Scanned-8.jpg > > 210mm Symmar-S @F32 > http://richardmanphoto.com/PICS/20121018-Scanned-9.jpg > > 90mm Fuji SWD @F32 > http://richardmanphoto.com/PICS/20121018-Scanned-10.jpg > > -- > // richard <http://www.richardmanphoto.com> > > _______________________________________________ > Leica Users Group. > See http://leica-users.org/mailman/listinfo/lug for more information