Behind the scenes

[GrahamWelland]

Hi Warren,
I do use focus peaking. If the whole scene is well lit so the back sees enough contrast it works fine. It would be nice if the whole scene lit up like a green Christmas Tree, but it usually doesn't. In this case, the rocks were just too dark. Usually it appears in small parts of the scene. When it appears in spots all over I know I am close. Maybe a blade of grass up front, one of the rocks and then trees in the distance. I then zoom into 100% at various places to see how everything looks. Zoomed in I will move focus a little. If the distant areas get sharper as I rotate focus farther out, I know I need more tilt. If they get sharper as I rotate focus closer in, I have too much tilt. Same with things up close but reversed. So in detail it goes like this:

1. Open to f/5.6
2. Dial in 1 degree of tilt.
3. Zoom in to middle distance and focus.
4. Zoom back out. If everything has peaking, then I'm done.
5. If not, zoom in to a far distance and rotate the helical to a farther distance and rotate back. If things got sharper when doing that helical rotation test, add a little more tilt and try again. If things got more out of focus, use a little less tilt and try again.
6. Then zoom in up front to see if everything is sharp. Usually at this point everything is really good. If not, I try again using the close focus point. For a close point, I dial focus closer and back out. If it got sharper, I add more tilt. If not, less tilt.
7. I don't expect everything to be tack sharp because I'm still at f/5.6. But it should be uniform throughout the image.
8. Close down to f/11 or f/12, adjust shutter speed and shoot.

Sometimes I do the helical rotation up front first, it just depends on where things are in the frame. The tricky thing with tilt is that as you dial in more tilt, the DoF wedge gets narrower. In this case, I had the whole camera tilted forward. So even though the camera was pretty close to the ground I didn't need too much tilt. The less tilt you need the easier it is. @Greg Haag started a post a while back about tilt and there is a lot of info there. Can't seem to find it right now [edit - here it is]. On an Alpa, 1 degree is about 1.5 rotations of the dial. I have a white mark on the dial so I can keep track of where it is. The adapter has degree marks, but they are hard to see in the dark.

Dave

My workflow for forwarding axis tilt was always focused on the foreground element, tilt for the distant point. review foreground and refocus if required. Repeat tilt to the distant focal point, and if required repeat again. The tilts are always very small.

 

[GeorgeBo]

I posted these two shots in the 2022 image thread and thought I would share a couple of the BTS from those images.

As I mentioned in the other thread, I am building out an XCD kit for my new to me 907x/CFV II 50C. I have the 45P and will add either the 30mm or 21mm for wider and probably the 80mm and eventually 135mm. While I am working on that, I figure I can shoot what I already have adapted. For the majority of my work the limitation of the electronic shutter does not bother me that much.

Below is an example of the set up with the Nikkor-DC 40/4 for Bronica medium format lens. Definitely does not fall under the category as lightweight everyday carry

One of the features I like most about this old lens is the close focus capability of approx 10 inches.

George

 

[usm]

Great!
Which Adapter are you using?

 

[GeorgeBo]

Thanks!
Using two adapters, both Fotodiox Pro. Bronica S to Nikon F then Nikon F to XCD

Great!
Which Adapter are you using?

 

[citizin]

A little bts video with final shot in instagram reel form. Don't know how to get the embed properly, but it might be for the best.

http://instagr.am/p/CebDfP-AGCd/

 

[Charles S]

And here a BTS video from a recent shoot on TikTok:
https://www.tiktok.com/@charlesspho...1&sender_device=pc&web_id=6956287446670214661

 

[JeffK]

Was camping over on Vancouver Island this past weekend. Here's a BTS shot of my setup while at Horne Lake.

iPhone 8+ SOC




Scene image is still a WIP. I've got the contrast dialled in. Still need to do some spotting on dust etc...

IQ260 Achromatic/XF/SK55LS
LEE No.12 Yellow/Orange
LEE 10 Stop
30 sec exposure
Capture One v22

 

[shfoto]

Another homage to Sugimoto. This time at the Atlantic coast, Morocco. The picture was taken just outside the city walls of Essaouira - city of the winds.


Cambo 1600 | Leaf 50 | SK 90 | ND1000 | f11 | 2m 8s

Making of:

 

[Greg Haag]

I have not gotten to shoot much lately but made it out for sunset last night.

Western Lake near Seaside, FL
IQ4 150 Cambo 1600 Rodenstock 90mm 40 second frame average

 

[tcdeveau]

Cross post from fun with tech cams because who doesn't enjoy looking at tech cam setups? IQ4 Achro/STC/40 and 70HR, 695nm IR filter with frame averaging

 

[FloatingLens]

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8s f6,5 @ ISO 50

Contax 645 AF
Zeiss Apo-Makro-Planar T* 4/120
Zeiss POL Filter Ø 72mm
Phase One P45+
Capture One 22

 

[drevil]

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Contax Power!

 

[FloatingLens]

Contax Power!

Yesss! The 645s need to be shot!

 

[anyone]

Austria



Fuji GFX50R, GF50, Stitch of two images.

Behind the scenes:

 

[GeorgeBo]

Here is a behind the scenes for a shot I did while roasting coffee this morning. Also posted the image in the Medium Format and Coffee thread.

While I am still determining which wide angle lens (with shutter) I am going to eventually get for my Cambo Actus/CFV II 50C setup, I thought about what I had in the cabinet. I had already adapted a Bronica S (Nikkor) 40mm lens to the 907X and I had an extra focus helicoid for the Bronica in the cabinet. So, long story short… a little elbow grease, epoxy and rigging up a spring to control the aperture blades, I now have a Bronica S lens mount for the Cambo Actus.

Thought I would post here showing the setup.

George

 

[dj may]

Behind the scenes with my lovely assistant.


Leica S3, APO Macro Summarit-S 120

 

[rdeloe]

16-Mile Creek in Glenorchy Conservation Area (Oakville, ON), from the bluff.

Mamiya G 150mm f/4.5 on MAB Camera with Fuji GFX 50R


Glasses off these days to be able to see the screen properly.

After this session, I added a "leash" that connects the MAB Camera to the tripod. On the very next trip, the lever clamp let go while I was working on the edge of a cliff over a river. The camera fell off the tripod and would have gone over the cliff and into the river if not for that leash. As soon as I got home, I replaced the lever clamp with a great big Hejnar F63 screw clamp. That's it for lever clamps!

 

[Greg Haag]

Last night at the beach. I love taking a chair and camera late in the afternoon watching the sunset and then waiting for the stars to slowly emerge. There was not much to work with on the sunset but a nice evening to stargaze.


IQ4 150 Cambo 1600 Rodenstock 32mm 1 minute frame average

 

[MGrayson]

A friend just picked up an RZ67 and is shooting some film. That got me thinking about using a macro setup instead of a flatbed scanner. Before I knew it, the pieces were all in place. (Surprisingly, I had a light table squirreled away somewhere). So to test it out, here are two shots titled 6:00 AM and 6:05 AM





Leica S3, S120/2.5 (by itself, so 1:2 magnification). Gitzo 5 with leveling base, Novoflex clamp, Hejnar rail and Macro rail.



Matt

 

[tcdeveau]

A friend just picked up an RZ67 and is shooting some film. That got me thinking about using a macro setup instead of a flatbed scanner. Before I knew it, the pieces were all in place. (Surprisingly, I had a light table squirreled away somewhere). So to test it out, here are two shots titled 6:00 AM and 6:05 AM





Leica S3, S120/2.5 (by itself, so 1:2 magnification). Gitzo 5 with leveling base, Novoflex clamp, Hejnar rail and Macro rail.



Matt

Completely unrelated to photography, but bodum coffee stuff makes me about as happy as medium format cameras....carry on