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Phaseone 645DF - got mine today
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Guy Mancuso
Administrator, Instructor
ptomsu
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Guy Mancuso
Administrator, Instructor
Heck I went as far as buying a new tripod head for the new body and new back. I really am a gear slut. I need a lot of help. LOL
adamduckworth
New member
And I just ordered mine! A DF and P40+ to replace AFDII and p21+... PLus the 80mm and 55mm leaf lenses, too...!
Guy Mancuso
Administrator, Instructor
Nice move Adam. You will love this combo. Being used to shooting fast with the P21 you won't miss a beat with the P40+ it is just as fast to shoot and the DF you will love. Adam if you go to the S2 review you will see a link to download raw files . There are a bunch of P40 shots in there you can download and play with to see what you just bought. You won't be sorry, it's a great back.
BTW welcome to the forum.
BTW welcome to the forum.
Guy Mancuso
Administrator, Instructor
Good news for the moment . Just ran a shutter speed test on the DF body from 1/125 to 1/4 of a second and I detect NO motion blur in any of the images. If many remember the AFDIII we had motion blur at shutter speeds 1/30 and worse at 1/15. Now I did this with a 150mm D lens and it may show up on a 300mm , so Bob's 300 is on it's way to me anyway so i will re run this test with it. But so far really good news here.
From Memory Jack's theory was the film gate which on the DF is no longer there.
From Memory Jack's theory was the film gate which on the DF is no longer there.
AWESOME!!! Exactly what I was hoping to hear. Speaking for me personally, this was the biggest nit of the AFD bodies, so glad to hear it might be solved or at least sounds far better controlled in the DF :thumbs:
vieri
Well-known member
Wonderful news Guy! Enjoy your new DF & P40+ combo, and thank you very much for posting your first impressions - I am really happy to hear about how fast it is, this sounds great and very promising for me on my route to MF-only. Now, if only P1 will deliver mine soon... my rep here told me it will not be before January, but we'll have a demo body here next week to play with. Not like the real thing, but a teaser is still better than nothing :ROTFL:
Not like the real thing, but a teaser is still better than nothing :ROTFL:
Bill Caulfeild-Browne
Well-known member
Here's my first shot with the DF and the 80 mm LS lens - which is outstanding.
The title is "The campfire is out".
Bill
The title is "The campfire is out".
Bill
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Bill Caulfeild-Browne
Well-known member
Thanks, Henry!
The Schneider LS lens is very impressive. Here's an informal couple shot at f2.8 and f4. (I cropped out the foreground to keep the size down.) The right hand edge is at 100%. Processed only with C1 defaults, no extra work.
First is the full scene at f2.8, second is the crop, third is same crop from the f4 shot.
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The jpegs really don't show much of course. On my big screen the 2.8 is very acceptable, the f4 about as good as it gets. 5.6 is a tiny further improvement in contrast, but in truth stopping beyond that point doesn't do anything except increase DOF.
I realize these don't show the corners - something I'll try and rectify in the next few days.
Bill
The Schneider LS lens is very impressive. Here's an informal couple shot at f2.8 and f4. (I cropped out the foreground to keep the size down.) The right hand edge is at 100%. Processed only with C1 defaults, no extra work.
First is the full scene at f2.8, second is the crop, third is same crop from the f4 shot.
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The jpegs really don't show much of course. On my big screen the 2.8 is very acceptable, the f4 about as good as it gets. 5.6 is a tiny further improvement in contrast, but in truth stopping beyond that point doesn't do anything except increase DOF.
I realize these don't show the corners - something I'll try and rectify in the next few days.
Bill
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Bill,
Thanks for sharing these. I plan to get the 110mm LS lens. I was told they'll ship in Feb or Mar 2010.
I'm also deferring my purchase of the Sekor 28mm D lens in case Schneider puts out a wide like 30mm.
As for your samples, I'm guessing if you put the camera on tripod and focus manually you may see the f/2.8 to be even sharper. I find that without the micro-adjustment feature for AF calibration, it is very difficult to have dead on accuracy for focusing wide open shots.
Thanks for sharing these. I plan to get the 110mm LS lens. I was told they'll ship in Feb or Mar 2010.
I'm also deferring my purchase of the Sekor 28mm D lens in case Schneider puts out a wide like 30mm.
As for your samples, I'm guessing if you put the camera on tripod and focus manually you may see the f/2.8 to be even sharper. I find that without the micro-adjustment feature for AF calibration, it is very difficult to have dead on accuracy for focusing wide open shots.
Bill,
I hate to even write this, but the crops you posted do not look very good to me compared to my 80D lens, even wide open in the corners. THe fact that it doesn't get better stopped down is even more troubling. One would think the Schneider design should generally kick butt...
Sorry,
I hate to even write this, but the crops you posted do not look very good to me compared to my 80D lens, even wide open in the corners. THe fact that it doesn't get better stopped down is even more troubling. One would think the Schneider design should generally kick butt...
Sorry
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Bill Caulfeild-Browne
Well-known member
Jack, you really can't tell ANYTHING from 72 ppi jpegs - the Raws look great. I think the lens is probably diffraction limited by f8. And these were "an informal couple"! (with no processing.)
I'll do something more controlled soon and make the Raws available.
Bill
I'll do something more controlled soon and make the Raws available.
Bill
Bill Caulfeild-Browne
Well-known member
Hi Kirmo - welcome to the site! I'll respond to your email soon but in the meantime it's good to see you here,
Bill
Sounds good -- look forward to your report :salute: