craygc
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kid_a
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I've always had the most fun shooting MF compared to anything else.. right now I'm in the process of selling some Nikon primes, and a 3 lens blad kit to fund a Mamiya 7ii kit.
I've been kicking the idea around forever, and finally was swayed when I was Edward Burtynsky uses one as his carry around camera :swoon:
THat's not really the reason, but it's nice to consider
I've been kicking the idea around forever, and finally was swayed when I was Edward Burtynsky uses one as his carry around camera :swoon:
THat's not really the reason, but it's nice to consider
kid_a
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Craig,
your photos make me miss India even more than my own do. You did really well to capture the essence of such a dynamic country and culture,
cheers
your photos make me miss India even more than my own do. You did really well to capture the essence of such a dynamic country and culture,
cheers
craygc
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Thanks Dylan... Actually the difficult part for me was that it was my first time in the country and I was there only 5 days across 3 cities and with customer meetings each day. They were all slipped in either before breakfast or at the very end of the day. Chennai was the worst as all I had was 45 minutes from 4.30pm before we left the office to head to the airport. Dressed in suit and tie, I ran around the block with the Fujifilm Klasse W and managed to get a roll shot. I really need to go back with more time and on my terms to shoot. Hopefully next year...
dacookieman
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craig: impressive pictures with the mamiya on flickr, i went through a few of your collections thumbs up!
thumbs up!jplomley
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Craig, stellar work, most inspirational. Are you scanning negatives or the actual darkroom prints? The sharpening is most impressive if these are scans of B&W negatives.
Cheers,
Jeff
Cheers,
Jeff
Stradibarrius
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Craig I would also be interested in your analog to digital conversion method?
hans voralberg
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I'm not surprised The Mamiya 7 lens are that sharp, even without any sharpening in post-processing. And you have to have a seriously messed up workflow not to get sharp pics out of those lens.
The Mamiya 7 lens are that sharp, even without any sharpening in post-processing. And you have to have a seriously messed up workflow not to get sharp pics out of those lens.
dazedgonebye
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Even with a plastic lens...
andredossantos
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also from a brownie hawkeye flash box camera w. plastic lens
craygc
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Thanx Jeff,
These are direct neg scans on a Nikon 9000ED - TX400. Certainly worked a little in PS and a little sharpening with an edge mask.
pevelg
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All this talk about the 50mm is making me think I should pick one up. Would mean a 50/80 combo. What is the FOV of the 50mm in 135 terms?
jplomley
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Cheers Craig. Are you scanning as a negative or as a positive and then inverting in PS?
kid_a
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24mm equiv 35mm length
craygc
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Scanning for me is just about getting as much info as possible - 16 bit grayscale scans with 8x sampling. I Photoshop I first set black and white points and maybe a little global contrast - if it works globally.
Most of the real work I do is the result of local application of curves; that is, pick on a part of the image I want to work on, then work the curves without concern for the rest of the image / apply the curves / then select this as a "history" state / return to the previous state / then with a setting of 20~30% opacity, I paint the curve effect in with the history brush (using a tablet). These areas could be a large area or a small one but I do tend to pick on larger areas first and I never work in layers.
For any sharpening I use some edge masks that I grabbed from a web site called pinkheadedbug.com years ago but unfortunately they no longer appear to be there. There's also some good actions here Luminosity Masks that I also find very useful. My final part is hand spotting the image for dust, etc at 100%.
Basically, I work an image by eye and freehand and not by numbers. Its an approach that is not the easiest to get across in words. This is obviously a brief description but if you have anymore questions I will certainly try my best to answer them. Basically, my workflow does not seem to follow anything I see documented across the web but it works for me.
chut
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mamiya 7II . 80mm . acros 100
dazedgonebye
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Right about 24-25mm.
6x7 numbers roughly double 35mm numbers.
I'm saving my pennies for the 43mm.
venchka
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Laurence
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dazedgonebye
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Great stuff.