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  1. dchew

    Getting the best performance

    Thank you, Rob, for starting this thread. I was making 22 prints last week for a job. Any time I include an image from even just 10 years ago I often shake my head how far we've come in this chase for best performance. What I thought was amazing detail / quality a decade ago sometimes makes me...
  2. dchew

    Flat field correction in Lightroom

    That is not correct. I can grab an LCC from anywhere and apply it to any image, regardless of relative position. I can apply it to multiple files at once. Of course, these are not HB files :rolleyes: Dave
  3. dchew

    Questions about using LCC plates.

    As @jng said, I try to remember the LCC at the beginning if it is sunset, or the end if it is sunrise. The one thing I do sometimes to cheat the darkness is swing the camera around to face what little light there is left in order to shoot the LCC. So when taking the LCC, I will swing the camera...
  4. dchew

    Cambo PCF opinions about long-term use.

    It is curious and it looks really nice. I guess it competes with the D4. But at 1250 grams, it is heavier than my A/S Cube :confused: Dave
  5. dchew

    Travelling with a technical camera

    I've been traveling and backpacking with a technical camera now for 15 years. No pelican cases, just backpacks the whole time. You can reference the articles I linked earlier to see how I do that within the context of taking a lot of other gear (tent, food, bag, clothes, ice axe, but no...
  6. dchew

    Travelling with a technical camera

    That geared head is the Arca Swiss L60: AS Core 60 Leveler I've since switched to the 75, which is a little bigger but adjusts 15 degrees vs the 60's limit of 10. The tripods are a mixture of a older Gitzos (one of them 30 years) and a 2 and 3 series RRS. There is a big tripod/head thread here...
  7. dchew

    Travelling with a technical camera

    Yes, that is correct. The STC / 400 both change the axis of shift by rotating the whole camera and mounting it on the "side." Second from left, there is an arca swiss plate mounted next to the wooden handle. If you mount that on the tripod head, the camera does rise/fall. In the orientation...
  8. dchew

    Travelling with a technical camera

    I don't know. We are blessed here with Capture Integration. Another possibility is to put a request out in this forum to meet up with someone who has the equipment you are interested in. Buy them a beer and investigate how they use the equipment. After a couple meetings targeting each brand, you...
  9. dchew

    Travelling with a technical camera

    I do believe he is correct, although I don't have direct experience with the 30mm TS. There are some constraints, the biggest being 15mm limit to movement and the basic constraint of movements in the lens mechanism so you are married to the lens. I think, in general, today's newest lenses will...
  10. dchew

    Travelling with a technical camera

    These four articles I wrote a few years ago are getting dated, but they might help. They are listed newest to oldest so might be best to start from the bottom article. Field Techniques for Technical Cameras Dave
  11. dchew

    Travelling with a technical camera

    I do landscape more than architecture, but I do both with the STC. In that context, the STC/400 limitation I rarely run into is this: You want to stitch two images together AND you need some rise/fall dialed in. The STC /400 can't really do that. If you don't have a lens wide enough and you need...
  12. dchew

    Travelling with a technical camera

    Traveling with a technical camera is wonderful and can be done with little additional weight and volume vs other systems. The one issue that is tough to overcome is the fact that it is difficult to do anything hand-held. So when I travel, I either accept that everything spontaneous / hand-held...
  13. dchew

    The latest image-processing tool you discovered and love it

    I’ve been using clarity less and dehaze more. Dave
  14. dchew

    LCCs or radial filters for correcting lens casts...

    Gosh John, It might be worth buying a Capture One perpetual license for $300 just so you could use its LCC process. I find it to be darn good. I realize you will have to export a tiff to get the file into LR when you are done. That may be a non-starter for you, but I do it all the time. I don't...
  15. dchew

    CPL Filter for XCD 45p

    Third vote for Breakthrough. Their design has some very user friendly details, too. Whenever I get a polarizer I do the same test: In controlled lighting, I take a photo of a colorchecker passport with no filter and white balance it. In Capture One, I add color readouts to the two gray cards. I...
  16. dchew

    Wide symmetrical lenses on Fuji GFX bodies: the case of the Schneider-Kreuznach APO-Digitar 35/5.6

    Rob, As usual, great info! I may have posted this somewhere before, but I created the following simple sheet, rounded to the 0.01mm, for determining the required shim thickness. Once you are sure your cells are too close together, you tighten the cells and begin testing. Unscrew the front cell...
  17. dchew

    Technical Camera Images

    Short hike up the hills for a sunset. The clouds were lit indirectly from the sun hitting the snow. Rodi 138f, Alpa STC, IQ4150. Two image horizontal stitch cropped to 2:1 Dave
  18. dchew

    Schneider 47mm f/5.6 Variants Questions

    @4x5Australian : Rod, thank you for taking the time to write that. It is very much appreciated. Dave
  19. dchew

    Phase One PC-TS Apo-Digitar 120 mm HM Aspheric vs. FUJINON GF 110 mm F.6 T/S

    I wonder if they are for the Leica variant and Schneider just decided to make one version: https://leicacamerausa.com/leica-ts-apo-elmar-s-120mm-f-5-6-asph.html Dave
  20. dchew

    Medium Format Ultralight Hiking Kit

    The shoulder straps are quite thin. I haven't had the opportunity yet to carry this for several miles so I can't say for sure they are comfortable, but they seem to be. I don't go out that often in hot weather wearing only a T-shirt; I usually have some mid-layer and or coat on. That may affect...
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