Fun with MF images - ARCHIVED - FOR VIEWING ONLY

[MGrayson]

Matt

CameraWest Leica SF and Leica Miami have S bodies at ridiculously low prices at the present. With the S 008 announcement approaching - maybe
in a couple of months ... might be worth taking a payment from the insurance and buying a beater ... then upgrading to the new body or S 007
when you know its specs.

Very sorry to hear of the loss ... nothing worse than watching the crash unfold and realizing it was not a minor thing.

Glad to hear that the lenses appear intact ... might want to have it tested to assure that the collimation is still good.

Bob

Bob,

I know I'll have no trouble getting a used 006, and might want to have one forever as a backup anyway. I tested the lenses by shooting center and corners, and the corners are all equal. I think it's very unlikely that something went out of adjustment perfectly evenly. The 24 is exactly as soft in the extreme corners as it ever was - it's amazing how much that hasn't harmed a single photo! The 45 and 100 show slight CA wide open in the corners - they're not APO.

As for 007 vs. waiting, I'm pretty sure whatever is next won't be on the shelves for a good while. If I can get an 007 at a decent price ... well, it depends on the insurance.

Thank you for the sympathy and advice,

Matt

 

[docmoore]

Matt,

The CCD in the 006 is hard to fault ... and gives a very compelling file.j

I agree that if the corners are ok then you should be fine ... how did you check? SL?

Bob

 

[MGrayson]

Friend’s S(006)

I agree about the 006 files. He always uses lights so has no use for the 007. For me, there are definite pluses.

 

[Deltona]

Prospects of a stormy day on the West coast today, I checked the tide tables and headed out to New Brighton. Suffice to say it was a tad windy.

Pentax 645z 80-160mm

 

[ndwgolf]

Asiana

 

[ejpeiker]

Neist Point, Isle of Skye, Scotland just after sunrise...
P1 645DF+, IQ260, 110mm, ISO 50, 1/100s

 

[Ed Hurst]

Sydney Harbour Bridge taken from the middle of the roadway (through the windscreen of a moving car).

645Z with 28-45 lens.

[/url]IMGP5784Step4sRGBSMALL by Ed Hurst, on Flickr[/IMG]

 

[Bill Caulfeild-Browne]

The very last photo taken with my Leica S(006). Yesterday it met the concrete floor of a car rental garage way too fast. The lens hood of the 24/3.5 shattered, but it and the other two lenses checked out fine today. The S was not so lucky and is not worth repairing.




Best,

Matt

So sorry, Matt. I know that horrified incredulous feeling all to well after dropping my Phase back in a river a few years ago....if only one could turn the clock back!

 

[dave.gt]

Bill!!!

You dropped a Phase back into a river? Seriously? What a horrible feeling that must have been!!!!:bugeyes:

 

[MGrayson]

Thanks, Bill.

The S has to go to Germany to get a repair quote so I can convince the insurance company it's dead. I suppose it could always be surprisingly low, but that's not the usual story with major S repair.

Best,

Matt

 

[mjr]

Sad news Matt, hope you get another!

Mat

 

[algrove]

So sorry, Matt. I know that horrified incredulous feeling all to well after dropping my Phase back in a river a few years ago....if only one could turn the clock back!

Hope I never have to use my mysterious disappearance insurance for something like that. Sorry to all that have such events.

 

[Shashin]

The very last photo taken with my Leica S(006). Yesterday it met the concrete floor of a car rental garage way too fast. The lens hood of the 24/3.5 shattered, but it and the other two lenses checked out fine today. The S was not so lucky and is not worth repairing.

Best,

Matt

This is supposed to be "Fun with MF," but that does not sound like fun. I remember taking a fall in the mountains and my Mamiya 6 getting the brunt of it. I was 10 days into a 20-day hike.

This was taken a few hours before I slipped. I had climbed the peak on the horizon the day before.

I spent a miserable night in the tent that day. It was all down hill from there--it took 10 hours the next day to get to the nearest bus stop. At least I did not have to waste time photographing the amazing scenery on the way down.

(Lucky for you it was one of those outdated CCD cameras. )

 

[MGrayson]

(Lucky for you it was one of those outdated CCD cameras. )

:ROTFL:

--Matt

 

[Deleted member 7792]

A little snow in central North Carolina. The operative word is "little".

Happy New Year!

Joe

 

[stevenfr]

Early Winter Snow taken with a Phase One XF IQ3 100 camera.

 

[Bill Caulfeild-Browne]

Bill!!!

You dropped a Phase back into a river? Seriously? What a horrible feeling that must have been!!!!:bugeyes:

This was before Phase redesigned the catch on the back/camera interface. I was mounting the camera on a tripod when the back fell off into 3 feet of swirling water. The back was recovered and repaired - at a cost of about $4,000!

This was at the start of a couple of weeks in the fall (no pun intended) in New England. Fortunately I had a Leica as a back up. But I was really p'd off. I may have wept.

But back to FUN with MF!

 

[drunkenspyder]

Mono Lake at sunset on NYE.
Phase One XF | Superachromat 250 | ISO35 | f/8 | .2s | Trichromatic back

 

[rayyen]

Happy New Year 2018
Hong Kong New Year Firework Show

Hasselblad 4116
Hasselblad XCD45mm
F11 4sec iso100

Hasselblad 4116
Hasselblad XCD30mm
F16 4sec iso100

 

[dave.gt]

Wow, nice, Ray! Thanks for sharing and posting the exposure info!