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    180 MPX Sony sensor 44x33 - massive shift in MFD

    I think all those photographers using silver halide were just posers who could not handle the subtle perfection and mercury poisoning of the Daguerreotype. It's all been a downward spiral of compromise ever since.
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    Macro lens choices for a Hasselblad X2DII

    Here’s a more general question re: Macro lenses: what is the magic of the 120mm focal length? The Makro-Planar 120, the later H series 120, the rare and now discontinued XCD 120, the mind Bogglling Schneider LS 120 BR, the Excellent 120mm Takumar. Is there something magical in that focal...
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    Hasselblad X2dII Battery depletion

    That sounds wrong for sure- Camera is not tuned off if battery is going down like that. Ive not seen anything like that behavior from any Hasselblad other than my 203FE, which is a battery eating monster. If you are just leaving it "Idle", instead of powering down, it may be tying to do camera...
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    FS: Sinar Handy(s)

    As I recently decided to embrace Cambo in the quest for a better rear shift, rather than reinventing the wheel by making a Handy adaptation to do it...I am going to get off of at least one of my Handy systems. I have 2 because of the way the components were acquired - there was some redundancy...
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    180 MPX Sony sensor 44x33 - massive shift in MFD

    Laying aside generative AI things (I guess I am another old codger that won't even use a generative fill) - the one thing about a"Digital Zoom" is it doesn't address the optical compression of a Telephoto lens. Many people photographers seem to gush about "Bokeh", and it's been a long standing...
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    Any idea what these Leaf backs are worth?

    Agree with Paul. Well under a grand each in the US, and you have to find a buyer... The Aptus at least can be used untethered - that was a revolution back in olden times...for a few hundred bucks might be a fun science fair project but you will get initiated into all the things that needed to...
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    180 MPX Sony sensor 44x33 - massive shift in MFD

    For me - larger pixel count is not the relentless pursuit of larger files to make larger enlargements. It's a cool thing and someday I may chase mural size stuff more, but that gets into viewing distance, field of view things. In the past I had some work that ended up on billboards. Original...
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    IQ3 Achromatic vs IQ4 images

    I suspect the filter stack is one of those topics that could be long discussed between users of Achromatic backs. Above is talking about an IR filter on the sensor, whereas my back has a clear glass cover so All filters have to go either in front of or behind the lens. This raises a question I...
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    IQ3 Achromatic vs IQ4 images

    And finally, here iare a few from my beautiful old IQ2-60 Achro, with those classic film-like greyscale values. This compares a cut filter ("Hot Mirror") with a a 780 nm IR filter. The CCD back in that IQ-260 behaves a LOT like the olde Leica Monochrome - it works super well as a BW film...
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    IQ3 Achromatic vs IQ4 images

    This is the same filter on a Hasselblad (Sony) sensor. The greens do not map to pink, but rather to gold, so that has to be further processed in post.
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    IQ3 Achromatic vs IQ4 images

    I actually did that conversion on 2 backs that were sort of redundant (but not for BW work) - I had an IQ-180 with a less than perfect cut filter on it. TO have filter replaced, or to convert it to wide spectrum costs exactly the same. I also have my preferred Credo 80 which is same sensor...
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    IQ3 Achromatic vs IQ4 images

    Well, sure. And, with a color sensitive sensor, and DxO SilverFX, you can simulate the same effect in post, selecting what wavelength to pass and what to block, as well as intensity of the filter. One method is more exacting, one more flexible. Neither workflow is “The right way” or “The only...
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    IQ3 Achromatic vs IQ4 images

    As noted above, the Achromatic backs are full spectrum so can do Infrared. They are a bit of a specialty thing that way…you have to get used to ALWAYS having some filter on your lens- either a hot mirror filter or some wavelength. IR sensitivity, in turn, is really great for cutting though...
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    180 MPX Sony sensor 44x33 - massive shift in MFD

    pulling the copper out of the walls of HQ...
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    Private Equity Auction Reported as Proceeding for Capture One

    I agree with a lot of above. Adobe is not a fair comparison. I do not believe end users are really the target market for Adobe and I do not think they sweat the individual users that decide to wander off the reservation to some free/freemium app. Adobe is an ecosystem. I own a perpetual...
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    Private Equity Auction Reported as Proceeding for Capture One

    And magically, C1 no longer supports the new IQ5… oops!
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    Private Equity Auction Reported as Proceeding for Capture One

    Would be HILARIOUS for DJI to win that auction…. ”OMG, Capture One now supports Hasselblad!!”
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    Hasselblad X2D100C B+W conversion

    I bounce back and forth - fortunate enough to have achromatic basks in both CCD and CMOS, but also I DO like the results DxO SilverFX can render in post from a colored image, specifically the colored filter simulation. I've also played a bit with using a color wheel with the achromatic back to...
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    Hasselblad X2D100C B+W conversion

    I think he means a bayer filter removal, like an Leica monochrom or P1 Achromatic. Kolari will do a full spectrum conversion (swap the cut filter for a clear one to allow for IR sensitivity) but they just giggle nervously when you talk about removing the Bayer layer. I had my CMV50cii...
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    xiX-XL

    The Legacy "645" aspect ratio was a long hangover to the Mamiya days of course. You can draw a line from the XF back through the DF, AF and then back to the M645s in days of yore. If you, like me, are one of the 5 remaining MF DSLR photographers, slingin' an ol' mirror slapping XF - that...
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