Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2012/10/18
[Author Prev] [Author Next] [Thread Prev] [Thread Next] [Author Index] [Topic Index] [Home] [Search]Ha ha, I never did that one, but on the Hassy, I did load the film backward once or twice - so no film images! On Thu, Oct 18, 2012 at 11:11 AM, Mark Rabiner <mark at rabinergroup.com>wrote: > 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 > > > > _______________________________________________ > Leica Users Group. > See http://leica-users.org/mailman/listinfo/lug for more information > -- // richard <http://www.richardmanphoto.com>