Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2012/10/20
[Author Prev] [Author Next] [Thread Prev] [Thread Next] [Author Index] [Topic Index] [Home] [Search]Almost certainly a number of user errors *faceplam* On Sat, Oct 20, 2012 at 1:07 AM, John McMaster <john at mcmaster.co.nz> wrote: > Cool, so as Frank asked, what went wrong in the original tests? > > john > ________________________________________ > > > OK, I have done all the test I want. Next time when I post on the 617, it > will be with real images. Nevertheless, these images show off the > advantages of these large format lens well, I think. All of these were > taken with 20mm - 30mm of rise, no detectable light falloff as far as I can > tell, and of course being from the Acros film, the tonality is delicious. > > Dragon in my office. Hmmm... need to clean up the cobweb. Nikkor 300 M > (Thanks Frank!) > http://richardmanphoto.com/PICS/20121020-Scanned-15-Edit.jpg > > Just a test to see how well the Nikkor handles the 30mm rise (max) > http://richardmanphoto.com/PICS/20121020-Scanned-16.jpg > > Same scene as above but with the Symmar-S 210mm (loaner from Pasvorn) > http://richardmanphoto.com/PICS/20121020-Scanned-17-Edit.jpg > > The scratch still remains, but we have now narrow down to the most likely > culprit - a nick in the film holder. (WTF, rusty roller and tiny nicks on > the edge of the holder? grr...) > ********* > I don't have time to go to Bishop this weekend, but I will try to hit > either the trees (Red Wood State Park) or the coast in the next couple > days. I will even bring some Provia and Velvia... > > -- > // richard <http://www.richardmanphoto.com> > > _______________________________________________ > Leica Users Group. > See http://leica-users.org/mailman/listinfo/lug for more information > -- // richard <http://www.richardmanphoto.com>