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Fun with MF images 2024
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drunkenspyder
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Dallas' Reunion Tower & Hyatt Regency the evening before the eclipse. This is a 12-image stitch. My prospect and the POV compelled the use of the Mamiya 300 and building up, rather than shooting the Rodie 32 and cropping.
P1 XT IQ4.150 | Mamiya 300
P1 XT IQ4.150 | Mamiya 300
MGrayson
Subscriber and Workshop Member
There's a Mamiya 300 in an XT mount? THAT makes me more interested in the XT than anything else. Weird, I know. (GREAT image, BTW! Not a flat stitch, I presume....)
Matt
drunkenspyder
Well-known member
Thanks Matt, more of an overstitch.
It's got some artifacts I may see if I can avoid by stitching manually in PS rather than auto in C1 [C1 is pretty darn good; I just wish I had more control].Anyway, that's an old film-era Mamiya 300 ULD C on a Cambo 645/XT adapter. I have two: the small f/5.6 for air travel, which produced this image, and the honkin' big 2.8, which I prefer when I can. It's sharper, and unlike the quite good Mamiya Auto 300 f/4 [for which the aperture is electronically controlled and could be used on my Phase XF], it has a manual aperture control and is quite effective on the XT.
MGrayson
Subscriber and Workshop Member
Ahh! I'm also a huge fan of the 300/5.6 ULD. The 300/2.8 APO is just too heavy - as wonderful as it is (and I use its little brother the 200/2.8 APO), I know I would never take it outside. Anyway, apologies for dragging us a bit OT.Thanks Matt, more of an overstitch.
Anyway, that's an old film-era Mamiya 300 ULD C on a Cambo 645/XT adapter. I have two: the small f/5.6 for air travel, which produced this image, and the honkin' big 2.8, which I prefer when I can. It's sharper, and unlike the quite good Mamiya Auto 300 f/4 [for which the aperture is electronically controlled and could be used on my Phase XF], it has a manual aperture control and is quite effective on the XT.
sjg284
Well-known member
907x 100c & 45p
Very backlit scene but a very malleable raw file so I was able to adjust fg/bg brightness quite a lot
I suppose the proper solution here would be "buy a flash" and "learn how to use flash"
4-11-24_HB907x_0020
by Steve, on Flickr
Very backlit scene but a very malleable raw file so I was able to adjust fg/bg brightness quite a lot
I suppose the proper solution here would be "buy a flash" and "learn how to use flash"
4-11-24_HB907x_0020
by Steve, on Flickr
f6cvalkyrie
Well-known member
The Bear leek is flowering again in our region ...
Stay safe,
Rafael
Phase One DF - IQ 140 - Mamiya 300/4,5 APO
Stay safe,
Rafael
Phase One DF - IQ 140 - Mamiya 300/4,5 APO
drunkenspyder
Well-known member
I may have thought I was done with Armstrong Woods redwoods, but apparently not. Here is another.
P1 XT IQ4.150 | Rodie 32
P1 XT IQ4.150 | Rodie 32
mristuccia
Well-known member
Today I went out to test my newly acquired SK Apo-Digitar 5.6/35 XL.
This is the third shot I've made with it, my CFV-50c Mk1 and my Cambo WDS, in Berlin (Germany):
No rise/fall and no shift. CF on the lens and LCC applied.
The linearity of this symmetrical design is palpable, it gives a totally different feeling to the images than my Hasselblad 40 IF, even after software distortion correction applied to the 40 IF. I'm together impressed and perplexed!
As for the sharpness, I have a clear misalignment somewhere. The center is perfectly in focus, the right side is pretty good but the left side is slightly smeared/out-of-focus.
I need to test more in order to understand whether it is a lens internal misalignment of whether it is my digital back interface that is not shimmed correctly, although I must say that I never noticed this when using my V lenses on the WDS.
Anyway, I like this image, as it has something surreal in it. Recently I started to like to always inject a surreal atmosphere to my images.
You may wonder why the heck I've acquired the SK 35 XL when I have a really badly compatible digital back? Well, because I'm waiting for the PDAF issue fix in order to switch to the CFV-100c. So, cross fingers!
This is the third shot I've made with it, my CFV-50c Mk1 and my Cambo WDS, in Berlin (Germany):
No rise/fall and no shift. CF on the lens and LCC applied.
The linearity of this symmetrical design is palpable, it gives a totally different feeling to the images than my Hasselblad 40 IF, even after software distortion correction applied to the 40 IF. I'm together impressed and perplexed!
As for the sharpness, I have a clear misalignment somewhere. The center is perfectly in focus, the right side is pretty good but the left side is slightly smeared/out-of-focus.
I need to test more in order to understand whether it is a lens internal misalignment of whether it is my digital back interface that is not shimmed correctly, although I must say that I never noticed this when using my V lenses on the WDS.
Anyway, I like this image, as it has something surreal in it. Recently I started to like to always inject a surreal atmosphere to my images.
You may wonder why the heck I've acquired the SK 35 XL when I have a really badly compatible digital back? Well, because I'm waiting for the PDAF issue fix in order to switch to the CFV-100c. So, cross fingers!
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MGrayson
Subscriber and Workshop Member
I had an SK 35XL. It was knocked out of alignment (badly enough to warp the Cambo plate) and was never again sharp on both sides even after two repairs. Yes, it was my fault. The Center Filter stuck out beyond the Cambo protection bars and gave a large lever arm on the lens mount. It is, as you say, an extremely linear lens, so I hope you get your alignment issues fixed.Today I went out to test my newly acquired SK Apo-Digitar 5.6/35 XL.
This is the third shot I've made with it, my CFV-50c Mk1 and my Cambo WDS, in Berlin (Germany):
View attachment 212188
The linearity of this symmetrical design is palpable, it gives a totally different feeling to the images than my Hasselblad 40 IF, even after software distortion correction. I'm together impressed and perplexed!
As for the sharpness, I have a clear misalignment somewhere. The center is perfectly in focus, the right side is pretty good but the left side is slightly smeared/out-of-focus.
I need to test more in order to understand whether it is a lens internal misalignment of whether it is my digital back interface that is not shimmed correctly, although I must say that I never noticed this when using my V lenses on the WDS.
Anyway, I like this image, as it has something surreal in it. Recently I started to like to always inject a surreal atmosphere to my images.
You may wonder why the heck I've acquired the SK 35 XL when I have a really badly compatible digital back? Well, because I'm waiting for the PDAF issue fix in order to switch to the CFV-100c. So, cross fingers!
Whisp3r
Well-known member
I see what you mean. It kind of reminds me of a movie still from one of Nikolaus Geyrhalter's films.
Whisp3r
Well-known member
Concrete melancholy. The remaining structure of a brutalistic architectural building (arch. Geo & Dirk Bontinck) from the seventies waits patiently for the moment when it will be repurposed as a residential building covered in a glass shell. The full process will take five years. Shot in Gent, Belgium, with an Arca Swiss RM3di, an IQ4 150, and a Schneider-Kreuznach Apo-Digitar 5.6/43XL at f/11 and 10mm rise. Still learning how to work with a technical camera, it's a very pleasant way to make photographs.
The 35XL is a finicky lens. I've owned mine for a long time and many years ago sent it back to Schneider for alignment. Mine happens to be in Alpa mount but is easily disassembled for use in any other mount. It's always the copal that is the culprit when there are alignment issues. When mounted on a pancake camera the copal must be perfect or there will be skewing.Today I went out to test my newly acquired SK Apo-Digitar 5.6/35 XL.
This is the third shot I've made with it, my CFV-50c Mk1 and my Cambo WDS, in Berlin (Germany):
View attachment 212188
No rise/fall and no shift. CF on the lens and LCC applied.
The linearity of this symmetrical design is palpable, it gives a totally different feeling to the images than my Hasselblad 40 IF, even after software distortion correction. I'm together impressed and perplexed!
As for the sharpness, I have a clear misalignment somewhere. The center is perfectly in focus, the right side is pretty good but the left side is slightly smeared/out-of-focus.
I need to test more in order to understand whether it is a lens internal misalignment of whether it is my digital back interface that is not shimmed correctly, although I must say that I never noticed this when using my V lenses on the WDS.
Anyway, I like this image, as it has something surreal in it. Recently I started to like to always inject a surreal atmosphere to my images.
You may wonder why the heck I've acquired the SK 35 XL when I have a really badly compatible digital back? Well, because I'm waiting for the PDAF issue fix in order to switch to the CFV-100c. So, cross fingers!
Once you get beyond all of that you have to deal with the curvature of the lens which can't be fixed until f11. I'm surprised that you had to use distortion correction as the lens actually has almost zero distortion. I have found that at f11 with everything in alignment wonderful images can be had even with some shifting.
I have had better success focusing at the edges at the taken aperture vs. focusing at the center. Always check your edges!
I have a 907X 100C arriving soon and will be testing the 35XL on my Cambo Actus and am hopeful for good results with limited movements.
Victor B.
mristuccia
Well-known member
Let's see. I've informed to the seller. I've also sent an email to Cambo EU to know whether they can eventually align it and at which price.
The alternative is to return it to the seller. It's a pity because it really looks in mint condition.