etrigan63
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Hi Dick,When I concluded that it must be badly scanned 35mm film I was unbiased, as I had not read what camera you used... some pictures (even D3X) come to life when you zoom in to them, even at web res, but not these.
Hasselblad/Phocus would handle this scene no problem without HDR... your HDR picture is more colorful but lacks impact and res... a polarizing filter would help. Perhaps you could try more post-processing rather than HDR. Where does the gravel in the sky come from?
Have you tried Jack's MF to web downsizer plugin?
Please find attached a hi-contrast scene I took with my H3D11-50 (which I have upgraded to H4D-60). I took pictures for HDR but did not need them.
I have just re-downsized it with jack's plug-in... I like it how it is, but I could have "enhanced" the colours.
I only posted the HDR as an academic exercise in pulling the detail out of an image. It is an extreme case and badly done on purpose to show the amount of detail actually hidden in a file. I would never dream of presenting that as a finished product. I had no idea Jack had a downsizer plugin. Where do I get it and for what software product does it plug into?
They did not demo focus confirmation on the back we had, so I assumed it was not enabled in this prototype. Claus Pederson (President of Phase One) assures me that it will be on the shipping backs. I had a lovely chat with him at the Phase/CI event in Miami.