The 907x Has Landed ...

Sounds like a good time. I know what you mean about focus. It is the bane of my life in the last few years. I took the K1 out on a walk a few days ago and was surprised when I wasn't bothered by it, still the IIIf or Oly 35RC is better.
 
What I find most amusing a good bit of the time is that I always get annoyed when I miss focus using AF but don't so much when I use MF.

It's a matter of expectations on one hand and "the right tools" on the other: with MF, I often just set a distance on a well-calibrated focus scale and nearly always get it where I want it; with AF, I have to spend more time looking to see what the silly machine did and correcting it.

I figure I just have to accept that making errors is normal and forgivable, whether it's a machine or myself. :)

G
 
One of the forty six exposures I made on my walk with the 907x yesterday.


Spiral Art - Santa Clara 2020
Hasselblad 907x + XCD 21mm f/4 lens
ISO 400 @ f/5.6 @ 1/125​

While I've done these sorts of photos with the Leica CL + Voigtländer 10mm and found them successful and satisfying, I have to say the 907x + 21mm takes them to a different level in detail and tonal qualities.

I'll suspect I'll try more people oriented street shooting when the 45mm lens arrives. :D

enjoy!
G
 
These are two more from my walk the day before yesterday:


Flowers and Leaves – Santa Clara 2020
Hasselblad 907x + XCD 21mm f/4
ISO 800 @ f/8 @ 1/90


Semi-Hidden – Santa Clara 2020
Hasselblad 907x + XCD 21mm f/4
ISO 400 @ f/8 @ 1/60​

enjoy!
G
 
Some more photos from The Walk the other day :)...


Cone & Fence
Hasselblad 907x + XCD 21mm f/4


All Visitors, No Parking
Hasselblad 907x + XCD 21mm f/4


The Tree at 1818
Hasselblad 907x + XCD 21mm f/4


Convergent Alternatives
Hasselblad 907x + XCD 21mm f/4


The Tree Behind The Stores
Hasselblad 907x + XCD 21mm f/4


Locked Gate
Hasselblad 907x + XCD 21mm f/4


Tested Brick Wall
Hasselblad 907x + XCD 21mm f/4​

Most taken at ISO 400 @ f/8 @ about 1/100 second.

enjoy! G
 
Yesterday, I fitted the CFVII 50c to the Hasselblad 500CM and spent time working with the 120, 80, and 50 mm lenses, practicing focus and testing exposure settings using the camera in its standard mode (that is, not using the Live View and eShutter). The ISO calibration of the sensor is close to spot on: My tri-tone target images the expected three peaks on the histogram spaced as expected to within 0.3 EV of the settings suggested by my incident light meter.

I practiced focusing with both the matte fresnel screen and with the 45° split image screen. The latter makes focusing 50mm lens much more reliable, is a toss up with the 50mm lens, and the former works better with the 120mm lens. I completely forgot to pull out the Sonnar 150mm and test that too, but I suspect it will be the same as with the 120mm. With a little practice, I could hit critical focus wide open with all three lenses pretty consistently using the split-image, so I'll leave that in the camera and go for a walk with the 80mm soon.


Lamp - 120mm
Hasselblad 500CM + CFVII 50c + Makro-Planar 120mm f/4
ISO 200 @ f/4 @ EV 6



Lamp - 80mm
Hasselblad 500CM + CFVII 50c + Planar 80mm f/2.8
ISO 200 @ f/2.8 @ EV 6​

Swapping to the magnifying chimney hood makes critical focus a snap with either screen and all three lenses. Putting the camera on a tripod with close-range subject also makes critical focus much more consistent and reliable with all three lenses... :)

I played with the self timer on the 80mm lens to nab a photo of myself as part of my focusing test. I used the bicycle seat to get an accurate focusing target, then released the shutter with self-timer, and positioned myself in the frame. This was the first time I'd ever used the mechanical self timer on the Hasselblad 500CM! LOL! I learned that I had to use a locking cable release to hold the body shutter open until the lens shutter completed its cycle, and then release the lock for the body shutter to close and the digital back to complete the capture. It took a few tries to get a sharp picture, mostly because I found it hard to stand still for the required half-second exposure at ISO 200. I upped the ISO to 1600 and obtained a satisfactory result...


Self-Portrait - 80mm + self timer
Hasselblad 500CM + CFVII 50c + Planar 80mm f/2.8
ISO 1600 @ f/2.8 @ EV 9​

Fun stuff! I learned a lot that will be useful to using the 500CM with the CFVII 50c. It really is easy to use this setup, and a lot easier to nab a sharp capture if you stop down two stops too! :D

enjoy,
G
 
Great Godfrey, like them all (even the self portrait), my favorite is the yield house. You have a new health program: photos and walking.
 
charjohncarter said:
Great Godfrey, like them all (even the self portrait), my favorite is the yield house. You have a new health program: photos and walking.
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Thanks John!

The "Photos and Walking" health program competes with the "Photos and Bicycling" health program to some degree, although I tend to carry lighter/smaller cameras for that ... and I don't tend to stop as often! :)

I love doing all three activities, it's sometimes a bit of a problem to decide just what to do—and what to carry!—on a given outing. I look forward to when the Hasselblad XCD 45mm f/4 P lens arrives: that will be more suitable for a broader range of activities since it and the 907x body with the back is a very handily sized kit with the effective equivalent of a 35mm on FF lens, a great "universal" combination like the standard 80mm is on 6x6.

G
 
Five more walk photos with the 907x + XCD 21mm f/4 lens ...


Green Leaves - Santa Clara 2020
ISO 400 @ f/5.6 @ 1/60



Tree, Bark, Path, Light - Santa Clara 2020
ISO 400 @ f/5.6 @ 1/1250



White Fence - Santa Clara 2020
ISO 400 @ f/5.6 @ 1/320



Waste Gate - Santa Clara 2020
ISO 800 @ f/8 @ 1/250



Back Door El Paloma - Santa Clara 2020
ISO 400 @ f/5.6 @ 1/250​

Enjoy! G
 
I see what you mean by increased dynamic range: especially in the ivy images, and in the penultimate. You are having a good time with this camera. Keep posting, all excellent.
 
Thanks John! Sorry, I haven't been on here much this past week. :)

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The XCD 45mm f/4 P lens I ordered was delivered yesterday.

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"Hey! Don't call me Stubby!"​

It's a darn nice lens, light and sharp. I'm having a ball just putzing around with it and learning it. Autofocusing is fast enough for me and it has an excellent feel in manual focus as well. As expected, it has a very similar field of view on the 907x (square cropped) to the Planar 80mm on the 500CM with an A12 back ... a very useful normal lens. :D

G
 
I went for a walk with the 907x + 45P yesterday ... it is a delight to shoot with! I'm still picking out which of the 150 or so exposures I want to post, it's difficult because all of them are so good technically.

But before I get there, I thought I'd post this slightly wacky lens test. I was curious how well my ancient, much-disparaged Leica Hektor 135mm f/4.5 M-bayonet lens lens would perform on the 907x/CFVII 50c sensor, so I fitted the lens mount adapter, turned the 907x into electronic shutter mode, and set the camera up on a tripod aimed at my 1:43 scale model car display. The lens does vignette at the periphery of the frame, mostly due to its lens hood, but leaves enough usable space for a square-crop on the sensor.

The example photo is about a 24 Mpixel extraction from the center of the 50 Mpixel frame.

This 1960 generation lens is often disparaged for its quality and is indeed the least expensive Leica M lens I've ever bought (about $180 somewhere around 2009). What got me was how crisp and detailed the image it formed is ... and this despite shooting through the display cabinet's clear acrylic cover.


Click on the photo to see the full 24 Mpixel image rendering​

I suspect that much of the criticism of this lens came out of inevitable focusing accuracy issues due to the native rangefinder focusing mechanism on the Leica cameras it is usually used with. It does flare a bit, the lens hood is certainly not optional if you want good results in normal daylight, but the basic quality of the lens imaging is evident in this test photo.

The Hektor is a very light and compact if not particularly fast 135mm lens on the 907x body. Great to have along in the bag if you only use a longish lens fairly infrequently when traveling. It obviously has many limitations but I'm more interested in what it can do rather than what it cannot... :)

enjoy! G
 
I put my LTM Hektor 135 f4.5 (1950s) on my Pentax K1 just to see. I was somewhat surprised how sharp it is even at f4.5. Of course no infinity but it was just a test. Like you a rarely use it.

I like the collection and an interesting subject (better than my test). I'll take the Europa. Keep them coming. I did enjoy.
 
Well, I'm a bit disappointed - I came here looking for cat photos.


But this one rivals Eggleston's Tricycle. I like it!


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The Tree at 1818
Hasselblad 907x + XCD 21mm f/4
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Thank you for the compliment, Pál. :)

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The 907x's CFVII 50c back also works very well when used with the Hasselblad 500CM body.


Service Door - Santa Clara 2020


Window & Chimney - Santa Clara 2020


White Fence - Santa Clara 2020

all:
Hasselblad 500CM/CFVII 50c + Planar 80mm f/2.8 T*
ISO 100 @ f/5.6 @ 1/125 est​

enjoy!
G
 
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