BradleyGibson
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Well, kids, I just tried my first studio shoot with the Hy6. Holy crap studio is different!
Total sidetrack: First of all, let me say 'hats off' to the regular studio shooters around here--the studio is hard work! As a nature photographer, I'm not used to being crowded by cables, power packs, 7-foot umbrellas and more heat than you can shake a stick at all in a cramped space! It was nice to not have a backpack on, though!
The Hy6/e75LV started off with some hiccups, but I was able to get past most of them to start shooting.
One of the major reasons I left Hasselblad for Rollei is because of the lens bokeh. Rollei's bokeh is really smooth, while I found the Hasselblad rendering to be "lacking" to say the least (for those not aware, I posted a couple of samples illustrating Zeiss/Hassy V bokeh: http://luminous-landscape.com/forum/index.php?showtopic=18404&view=findpost&p=129779. Hassy H with Fuji glass is definitely different, but still has some pretty serious bokeh issues to my eye.)
A couple of dear friends and I got together to do a few formal portraits and to fool around and "try out this studio thing".
So how did the Rollei do?
:thumbs:
Smooth disc bokeh, round, gentle and certainly not distracting. Frankly, these optics are amazing--they're everything I hoped for (and more, if you consider how heavy they are! ). These shots were done with the Schneider Xenotar 80/2 at 2.8-5.6 and the Zeiss Planar 110/2 at f8-11. (The shot below is with the 80/2 @ 2.8). I had the 180, but I didn't end up using it, as I spent more time relatively close to my subjects.
More shots from our little experiment can be found at http://GibsonPhotographic.com/K&M Studio.
P.S. We did have a lot of fun... I think we'll have to do the studio some more!
Total sidetrack: First of all, let me say 'hats off' to the regular studio shooters around here--the studio is hard work! As a nature photographer, I'm not used to being crowded by cables, power packs, 7-foot umbrellas and more heat than you can shake a stick at all in a cramped space! It was nice to not have a backpack on, though!
The Hy6/e75LV started off with some hiccups, but I was able to get past most of them to start shooting.
One of the major reasons I left Hasselblad for Rollei is because of the lens bokeh. Rollei's bokeh is really smooth, while I found the Hasselblad rendering to be "lacking" to say the least (for those not aware, I posted a couple of samples illustrating Zeiss/Hassy V bokeh: http://luminous-landscape.com/forum/index.php?showtopic=18404&view=findpost&p=129779. Hassy H with Fuji glass is definitely different, but still has some pretty serious bokeh issues to my eye.)
A couple of dear friends and I got together to do a few formal portraits and to fool around and "try out this studio thing".
So how did the Rollei do?
:thumbs:
Smooth disc bokeh, round, gentle and certainly not distracting. Frankly, these optics are amazing--they're everything I hoped for (and more, if you consider how heavy they are! ). These shots were done with the Schneider Xenotar 80/2 at 2.8-5.6 and the Zeiss Planar 110/2 at f8-11. (The shot below is with the 80/2 @ 2.8). I had the 180, but I didn't end up using it, as I spent more time relatively close to my subjects.
More shots from our little experiment can be found at http://GibsonPhotographic.com/K&M Studio.
P.S. We did have a lot of fun... I think we'll have to do the studio some more!
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