Hi all, we had a (rare so far) clear spring night in Vancouver Canada last night and I did a quick test of a M11 with a M75mm F1.4 lens vs a Hasselblad XCD II with a V 80mm F2.8 C T*. So basically new camera bodies for both, but 'old school' lenses on both. The Leica was set to F5.6 and the Hasselblad was set to F8. The Leica was a 75mm full frame, and the Hasselblad was close to a 64mm full frame equivalent, so slightly different magnification.
Both cameras were set at base ISO. 64 for Leica and 100 for Hasselblad, and I used self timer and electronic shutter.
The Hasselblad is 50MP and the Leica is 60MP.
Basically, I was impressed how both these lenses worked out. In photoshop I balanced white balance to be the same, and did a bit of highlight reduction, shadow increase, clarity increase (to balance out the highlight reduction of the contrast reduction) and some sharpness increase. So not scientific, but how I would normally process these images myself. Anyway, here are the results, first overall images, and then an approximate 100% crop.
Any comments welcome, thanks for looking.
(Hasselblad first then Leica, same with the crops.)
Dave
PS: It's raining again today, if I get a chance I am going to try the same thing again, but with current lenses. (M75mm APO F2 and Hasselblad XCD 80mm)
Both cameras were set at base ISO. 64 for Leica and 100 for Hasselblad, and I used self timer and electronic shutter.
The Hasselblad is 50MP and the Leica is 60MP.
Basically, I was impressed how both these lenses worked out. In photoshop I balanced white balance to be the same, and did a bit of highlight reduction, shadow increase, clarity increase (to balance out the highlight reduction of the contrast reduction) and some sharpness increase. So not scientific, but how I would normally process these images myself. Anyway, here are the results, first overall images, and then an approximate 100% crop.
Any comments welcome, thanks for looking.
(Hasselblad first then Leica, same with the crops.)
Dave
PS: It's raining again today, if I get a chance I am going to try the same thing again, but with current lenses. (M75mm APO F2 and Hasselblad XCD 80mm)
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