Fun with the Hasselblad 907x

[Godfrey]

You may as well sell the rest of your XCD lenses 🙂

I hope not! 😀 I have three others which are all delightful!

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More monochrome renderings from my walk with the 907x + 65mm lens combination:

Islands - Santa Clara 2021
Hasselblad 907x SE + XCD 65mm f/2.8
ISO 100 @ f/6.8 @ 1/750


Borders - Santa Clara 2021
Hasselblad 907x SE + XCD 65mm f/2.8
ISO 100 @ f/4.8 @ 1/750


Rafters - Santa Clara 2021
Hasselblad 907x SE + XCD 65mm f/2.8
ISO 100 @ f/4.8 @ 1/125


Pavement - Santa Clara 2021
Hasselblad 907x SE + XCD 65mm f/2.8
ISO 400 @ f/5.6 @ 1/160


Path - Santa Clara 20201
Hasselblad 907x SE + XCD 65mm f/2.8
ISO 100 @ f/5.6 @ 1/640​

Enjoy! G

 

[Vince Lupo]

Working off my iPad and the Phocus mobile app, so the images may not be perfect at the moment…


On the Way to Hungry Lake by Vince Lupo, on Flickr


Grey Owl2021-5 by Vince Lupo, on Flickr


Grey Owl2021-1 by Vince Lupo, on Flickr


Grey Owl2021-2 by Vince Lupo, on Flickr


Grey Owl2021-3 by Vince Lupo, on Flickr


Grey Owl2021-4 by Vince Lupo, on Flickr


Silver Lake by Vince Lupo, on Flickr

 

[Vince Lupo]

Riley at Bobs by Vince Lupo, on Flickr

 

[Godfrey]

Working off my iPad and the Phocus mobile app, so the images may not be perfect at the moment…
...

Grey Owl2021-4 by Vince Lupo, on Flickr


Silver Lake by Vince Lupo, on Flickr

Perfect or not, these two images are very appealing to my eye. 🙂

I've got another small set of photos made with the XCD 65mm to post, perhaps a little later this morning. Right now it's time for coffee and food...

G

 

[Retro-Grouch]

Every once in a while, amidst all our fumblings and failures, we're granted a photograph that's perfect, or as close to that as we dare hope to come.
With "Silver Lake", I think you've made one of those. Beautiful!

 

[Vince Lupo]

Every once in a while, amidst all our fumblings and failures, we're granted a photograph that's perfect, or as close to that as we dare hope to come.
With "Silver Lake", I think you've made one of those. Beautiful!

Wow, super-appreciate your comment. Many thanks.

At the time (couple of days ago) we were just backroading here near our property in Canada and we drove along the shore of this lake. I asked my wife to stop the truck and I got out to take a totally different photo. When I climbed down to the water level I saw this shot instead - much better than the shot I had originally planned on taking. When I got back in the truck I said to my wife, “I think I’m going to make a print of that shot.” Hopefully it will look as good in print as I hope!

 

[chipgreenberg]

Agreed! Silver Lake is lovely Vince.

 

[Retro-Grouch]

Vince, your backstory on "Silver Lake" certainly resonates; repeatedly, I've found that my best images are ones that I've made almost offhandedly, while concentrating on getting the "important" shot that, ironically, turns out to be a dud. Some kind of Zen thing, I guess, about turning off the striving mind?

 

[Godfrey]

Time for a little color. 🙂 More walking photos...

A Grand Victorian - Santa Clara 2021


Beware of the Dog - Santa Clara 2021


Bush - Santa Clara 2021


Fence - Santa Clara 2021


Bony Ears - Santa Clara 2021


Pavement Adornment - Santa Clara 2021


Fence in Red - Santa Clara 2021


Between Garages - Santa Clara 2021


Almost Mondrian - Santa Clara 2021

All with Hasselblad 907x + XCD 65mm f/2.8
Various settings​

Enjoy! G

 

[Vince Lupo]

Whitefish Lake by Vince Lupo, on Flickr


After the Grey Owl Rain by Vince Lupo, on Flickr


On Whitefish Lake by Vince Lupo, on Flickr

 

[Vince Lupo]

Not so sure about this one in its current state…


On the Way to Silver Lake by Vince Lupo, on Flickr

 

[Godfrey]

Not so sure about this one in its current state…

https://flic.kr/p/2mf3pFo
On the Way to Silver Lake

It needs some rendering, tonal adjustment to bring the shadows and light up into a better range. It looks interesting, however; should be worth the effort.

G

 

[Vince Lupo]

It needs some rendering, tonal adjustment to bring the shadows and light up into a better range. It looks interesting, however; should be worth the effort.

G

Thanks - hard to tell on my iPad and given the limited adjustments of Phocus Mobile software.


Grey Owl2021-6 by Vince Lupo, on Flickr


On Bobs by Vince Lupo, on Flickr


Evening on Bobs by Vince Lupo, on Flickr

 

[Vince Lupo]

Mike by Vince Lupo, on Flickr


Tracy by Vince Lupo, on Flickr


Rick by Vince Lupo, on Flickr


Mike and Rick by Vince Lupo, on Flickr

 

[Vince Lupo]

One more of Rick….


Rick #2 by Vince Lupo, on Flickr

 

[Vince Lupo]

Looking Out at Grey Owl by Vince Lupo, on Flickr

 

[Vince Lupo]

Another version of Silver Lake - this time from my home setup!


Silver Lake2 by Vince Lupo, on Flickr

 

[Godfrey]

Nice! A subtle and good improvment!

My 907x spend several hours yesterday doing copy camera duty, digitizing about a hundred Polaroid photos... It works brilliantly for this stuff, using the V system Makro-Planar 120mm and an extension tube, operated remotely with Phocus in wireless tether mode. 🙂

On a technical level, power use: I made about 250 exposures in all (many bracketings) on a battery that was at 90% when I started and finished at 19%. That's pretty decent power economy for what was essentially continuously on operation including WiFi connection! I operated it via an iPad Pro 11", and the only issue I ran into was that Phocus Mobile 2 sometimes takes a second or three to update on an exposure change (likely due somewhat to the 300ms readout time).

G

 

[Retro-Grouch]

My high school English teacher would have had a fit if I had ever written "more perfect". Logically impossible. But "Silver Lake2" is more perfect!

 

[Vince Lupo]

My high school English teacher would have had a fit if I had ever written "more perfect". Logically impossible. But "Silver Lake2" is more perfect!

Somewhere in my foggy brain I recall some document or other that mentions 'more perfect'....something about a union, maybe? Dunno, can't recall exactly. Might have been an onion.

Many thanks - I hope to make a print of it later this week and see how it looks on paper.

Here's another version of one of the photos above - has a bit more punch to it:


Evening on Bobs2 by Vince Lupo, on Flickr