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    Behind the picture: share your thinking

    We have a long-running “behind the scenes” thread, which is a good way to share short posts about equipment. I thought it might be fun and interesting to start a “behind the picture” thread for sharing the thinking that went into one of your images. Posts should get into what you were trying to...
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    Ageing photographers and the weight. Simplicate and add lightness.

    The height on the FLM CP30-L4 II Tripod is incredible. It puts my F-Universalis above my head. I rarely need to do that, but I very often need one really long leg and two shorter legs, and for that it's brilliant. An Arca-Swiss C1 Cube rides on top of this guy. I use the Arca-Swiss QuickLink...
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    Ageing photographers and the weight. Simplicate and add lightness.

    Oh no! I just realized I misled you. I have two FLM tripods. The FLM CP30-L4 II Tripod is my "heavy duty" set of legs for use with the F-Universalis. It's not a lightweight travel tripod. The lightweight tripod is use with the Acra-Tech GP-SS head is the FLM CP26 Travel II tripod. So sorry! :(
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    Ageing photographers and the weight. Simplicate and add lightness.

    Alas, nobody is going to build the ultra-light outfit that I want. But I can dream. I was briefly excited by the Arca-Swiss Pico, but the weight isn't that far off my F-Universalis. What I really want is my MAB Camera, but built to the highest specifications. My MAB Camera weighs 850 grams and...
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    Ageing photographers and the weight. Simplicate and add lightness.

    For light duty I have a FLM CP30-L4 II with an Acra-Tech GP-SS ball head. It's light but sturdy and easily holds my GFX 100S plus lenses in the ~500 gram range. It folds down to a nice compact size.
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    Ageing photographers and the weight. Simplicate and add lightness.

    I have very few images in my catalogue that are made hand held with medium format. My GFX 100S has IBIS, but it's not a magic bullet for me. I really don't enjoy coming back from a shoot with a card full of mis-composed, slightly blurry 100 MP images. One lens and a really good lightweight...
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    Ageing photographers and the weight. Simplicate and add lightness.

    Seeing that you already have a GFX body, an obvious solution is a GF 35-70 lens. It makes a very light and small (relatively) combination, and image quality is excellent. That's what I should do and could do because I have the GF 35-70. And yet, I never do. I'd rather have the limitations...
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    New camera from Arca Swiss: the Pico

    Wouldn't that be something!
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    New camera from Arca Swiss: the Pico

    For sure there will be some good options. I just didn't want anyone to get excited about the S-K 35mm with that combination.
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    New camera from Arca Swiss: the Pico

    A Leica M is not the best choice for adapting lenses with short flange distances and big rear ends. The M mount flange distance is 27.8mm. The diameter of the opening of the M mount accounting for bayonet flanges is ~41.1mm. That makes the S-K 35 XL a non-starter because the rear cell needs to...
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    New camera from Arca Swiss: the Pico

    Does your width value include the bellows? It looks like it does, which would make it nicely compact. For comparison, an F-Universalis with standard rail is W: 113mm (frame only -- bellows sticks out to the side, but collapse to a bit more than the width of the frame). L: 205mm (150mm rail...
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    New camera from Arca Swiss: the Pico

    Intriguing...
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    Linos Inspec lens (105mm macro) - fungus or dust?

    It's worth a try. If you look at the link I posted, you'll see that the baffle is a fairly small hole. Nonetheless, it did not restrict movements at all. Now that was in the case of a lens designed to enlarge 5x7 negatives, so huge image circle. Your P1 lens will have a tighter circle. A...
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    Linos Inspec lens (105mm macro) - fungus or dust?

    Right in one. It was telescope flocking paper attached to a circular disc of stiff plastic that I cut from an old report cover. I made trial ones using black construction paper and they worked as well.
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    Hasselblad's aversion to red dots

    Nice solutions!
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