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  1. MGrayson

    Which Hasselblad should I buy?

    Not often. Only when it was on. :ROFLMAO:
  2. MGrayson

    Which Hasselblad should I buy?

    The only one I would avoid is the original X1D. It takes wonderful images, but is frustratingly slow at times. I have one as backup to the X2D, and its output is similar enough that I don't notice unless I zoom way in.
  3. MGrayson

    Phase One Group 2024 Annual Report Summary

    FWIW, I dropped C1 because they went (effectively) to a subscription-only plan. It has since added the feature of not supporting my camera :rolleyes:
  4. MGrayson

    Use of non XCD lenses on X2D, questions

    In that case, I'm looking forward to Billy's host's inevitable conflict with a future system update.
  5. MGrayson

    gitzo 3541XLS or 5541LS

    One of the deep mysteries. I'm beginning to suspect that it's an indirect recruiting campaign for more mods, but most likely is that the mods have other things to do - like stability of the site in general (am I the only one who has been getting slow loading of pages?) It's easy enough to put...
  6. MGrayson

    Use of non XCD lenses on X2D, questions

    They’ve been reported. We await the mods.
  7. MGrayson

    Fun with "Obsolete" Canons

    Canon 5D, 24-105 @24mm, 6 sec exposure (camera on windowsill, hence cropped roof), Torres Del Paine, Feb 2007 Moonrise (or Moonset? - I never did figure out the Southern Hemisphere.) Nice of that cloud to act as a reflector. Matt
  8. MGrayson

    Multi Row Panoramas. Biggest issue is D.O.F.

    Many thanks! I love trying to make this stuff clear.
  9. MGrayson

    Multi Row Panoramas. Biggest issue is D.O.F.

    I can't stop. Someone help me! "Behind the scenes" shot of camera and three windows corresponding to the three shots in our pano. Distortion of the outer frames (not their content!) shows clearly. Oh, and I hope you noticed that I replaced the stack of cubes with a thin layer of square windows...
  10. MGrayson

    Multi Row Panoramas. Biggest issue is D.O.F.

    Urk. Ok. Here's the scene... This is a building made of green cubes (don't ask) with a black strip representing a road in front of it, and a large pink wall behind it because .. what building doesn't have a large pink wall behind it. The red alien creature represents the camera location with its...
  11. MGrayson

    Multi Row Panoramas. Biggest issue is D.O.F.

    Thank you, Darr. I added a bit to one of the diagrams to help distinguish what you see while capturing off-center frames vs. what they look like in the final panorama. I may be beating a dead horse, but I can't resist a good any graphic. :ROFLMAO: Matt
  12. MGrayson

    Multi Row Panoramas. Biggest issue is D.O.F.

    I think you put your finger on the problem right there.
  13. MGrayson

    Multi Row Panoramas. Biggest issue is D.O.F.

    The flashlight metaphor makes all sorts of things simpler. Why are the stitched images in the nodal panorama weirdly shaped? Because a flashlight beam NOT aimed directly at a building will spread as it goes down the block. A beam shaped like your sensor will illuminate exactly the deformed...
  14. MGrayson

    WTB:Phase One IQ back body protect ring

    The large blue rubber bands used to hold broccoli stalks together work very well. I'm not joking, for once.
  15. MGrayson

    Multi Row Panoramas. Biggest issue is D.O.F.

    Oooof. This is a hard one. I mean visually. Mathematically, it's simple, but connecting the math to the camera, lens, and final image is a mess. I'm going to start with the words and add diagrams later. What's our goal? To create a single large image that our camera (sensor + lens) *can't*...
  16. MGrayson

    Multi Row Panoramas. Biggest issue is D.O.F.

    Theoretically (that dirty word), the slanted wedge of stuff-in-focus would just rotate with the camera - just like the vertical slab in the untilted case. Sure, some things in focus in one image will not be in another, but that happens with any non-flat panorama (Exactly the "focus and...
  17. MGrayson

    Fun with MF images 2025

    The photographer in his lair. X2D, XCD 20-35 @20mm f/4. Matt
  18. MGrayson

    Fun with MF images 2025

    Big race outside this morning. Here's a (hand-held) one second exposure of the crowd walking forward in waves. X2D, XCD 20-35 @ 20mm f/19 And to give an idea of the crowd size... (complete with watching pigeon). The starting line is barely visible in the far distance. Matt
  19. MGrayson

    TopazLabs Photo AI 4, I thought it was only me

    Also stopped using Topaz. Early GigaPixel was great, but everything started going downhill even before the AI labels appeared everywhere. I think their early stuff was too good - you can't NOT change your software over time, and all most of their decisions have been bad ones.
  20. MGrayson

    Hasselblad X2DII

    ^^^^^^ This!
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