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Technical Camera Images

PeterA

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Christopher Ward Bel Canto Viola, photographed with Sinar X with GFX adapter. Nikkor SW 90mm/f4 lens. Profoto strobes.

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I appreiate you posting the watch shots you do - because a friend of mine is the only watch maker in Australia - my interest in watch making is based on my other hobby which is tool making and I visit my freind's shop because he has 2 KERN machining centers as part of his works. The engineering requirements to make a watch from scratch are significant only surpassed by the necessary developmewnt of in house IP regarding material finishing which as you prbably know are not trivial. The irony is that despite all efforts I have not purchased on of his watches even though he is happy to make one of his series truly bespoke and a one off for me - I have collected a few watches over the years as celebratory milestones - especialluy when I was into celebrating milestones many years ago....despite owning quite a few different Rolexes and and an original moon watch - I have decided that the best watch for me is one which keeps good time - so I wear an apple watch these days- dont shoot me. :p
 

P. Chong

Well-known member
Thanks Peter for your kind words. I photograph watches as a retirement job. I run the watch review website Deployant.com and do work with many manufacturers.

Is your friend Nick Hacko?

BTW, here is how the setup looks like. I used a P rear standard as I had one lying around, and it is faster to remove and attach the rear standard than to have to install the bracket to hold the GFX:

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I appreiate you posting the watch shots you do - because a friend of mine is the only watch maker in Australia - my interest in watch making is based on my other hobby which is tool making and I visit my freind's shop because he has 2 KERN machining centers as part of his works. The engineering requirements to make a watch from scratch are significant only surpassed by the necessary developmewnt of in house IP regarding material finishing which as you prbably know are not trivial. The irony is that despite all efforts I have not purchased on of his watches even though he is happy to make one of his series truly bespoke and a one off for me - I have collected a few watches over the years as celebratory milestones - especialluy when I was into celebrating milestones many years ago....despite owning quite a few different Rolexes and and an original moon watch - I have decided that the best watch for me is one which keeps good time - so I wear an apple watch these days- dont shoot me. :p
 
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PeterA

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My friend is Josh Hacko ( the son ) who is the actual engineer - interestingly he manufactures a lot of special parts using exotic materials for research and space tech as part of the business.

Nice set up for your purposes it is good to have a serious interest in retirement- keeps the mid fresh and teh brain working.

Cheers
Pete
 

diggles

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A couple of weeks ago I made it up to Rocky Mountain National Park for a hike. The forecast was calling for 3-5 inches, but as I got closer to the trailhead it was apparent that they got a lot more than that– it snowed about 15" overnight. The hike up to Dream Lake was very nice, but the winds were howling once you got to the lake and were out of the trees. Based on the lack of tracks, it appeared that nobody went any further. Here are a couple of images from the morning.

Technical notes: Arca-Swiss Rm3di, Hasselblad CFV 100C, HR Digaron-W 50 mm
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Technical notes: Arca-Swiss Rm3di, Hasselblad CFV 100C, HR Digaron-W 70 mm, 2 image stitch cropped to square
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Whisp3r

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Here's the Institute of Trade & Language ('Provinciaal Handels- en Taalinstituut') in Ghent, Belgium. Originally created by architects Jan Tanghe and Francis Serck in 1960 but built in several phases (1960-1967, 1974-1978 and 1980-1984), which is why you can probably spot different stylistic traits typical for each era. Shot today, right before sunset, using an Arca-Swiss RM3di, a Phase One IQ4 150 and two lenses: the SK 60XL for image one and three, and the Sinaron 90HR for image two. I don't recall the exact movements but some of them hit the movement limit of the Arca (e.g. +30mm rise in the second image).
 

mristuccia

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I've already posted this point of view some days ago in the "Fun with MF images 2025" thread.
Originally I only had my 907x + 45p on hand, so I've shot it hand-held and corrected the perspective in Phocus.

Today I went there again with my technical camera and tried to make it properly. The FOV of the 35XL was better as it gives more air around. Moreover, I used a median blending of many images in order to eliminate all the people and most of the cars moving around that crossing. For this I've used a tool I've just developed myself which performs averages and medians natively on 3FR files and generates a native (non demosaiced) 3FR file as well. So, I can import/develop the composed file on Phocus like any normal RAW file. This was my first real-world test of the tool. :)

I insisted on such image because I really like the interplay between the metal arc laying on the ground (sort of art installation) and the light pole. They two objects are distant in the three-dimensional reality, but the 2D projection of photography flattens the planes and creates new interesting relationships (as Stephen Shore would say). I only noticed that interplay when I've seen the scene for the first time through my 907x display. The B&W treatment removes a lot of distractions and focuses more on what I wanted to highlight.

As a side technical note, I needed to use my shared workaround in order to remove the PDAF banding on the sky due to the use of the 35XL shifted. It was easy-peasy, nevertheless an additional step to take care of.

Berlin, An der Urania:

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Cambo Wide DS | CFV-100c | SK 35XL | 10mm lens rise
 
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usm

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For this I've used a tool I've just developed myself which performs averages and medians natively on 3FR files and generates a native (non demosaiced) 3FR file as well. So, I can import/develop the composed file on Phocus like any normal RAW file. This was my first real-world test of the tool.
Wow. Could you please tell me more about this?
 

mristuccia

Well-known member
Wow. Could you please tell me more about this?
Simply put, inspired by what the IQ4 platform can do, I just wanted to have RAW frame averaging for Hasselblad as well. Of course having it running "in camera" is not possible, but I've thought that a CLI tool which can be run on desktop/notebook PCs against a folder containing 3FR files could be doable. In the end it took me a lot of time investigating how a 3FR file is organized internally, as there is no documentation on such proprietary file of course.

I'm still refining some small things right now, but the first "beta" version is almost ready. It will only support macOS on both Intel and Apple Silicon architectures. Windows support is not a priority for me, but I'll work on it in the future. Maybe in the future I'll be able to have a iOS version of this tool as well.

I developed the tool for my personal needs, and I wouldn't like anyone to think that I try to use this forum to advertise and sell my stuff. This is not the right place, nor it is my goal.
I intend to share the tool with this community for free, maybe I'll put a donation link in case someone wishes to help me in further developing it.
I've asked the people in charge of this forum (through "Contact Us") if the rules allow me to share the link according to the above mentioned formula. Still waiting for an answer. :)
 

drevil

Well-known member
Staff member
I've already posted this point of view some days ago in the "Fun with MF images 2025" thread.
Originally I only had my 907x + 45p on hand, so I've shot it hand-held and corrected the perspective in Phocus.

Today I went there again with my technical camera and tried to make it properly. The FOV of the 35XL was better as it gives more air around. Moreover, I used a median blending of many images in order to eliminate all the people and most of the cars moving around that crossing. For this I've used a tool I've just developed myself which performs averages and medians natively on 3FR files and generates a native (non demosaiced) 3FR file as well. So, I can import/develop the composed file on Phocus like any normal RAW file. This was my first real-world test of the tool. :)

I insisted on such image because I really like the interplay between the metal arc laying on the ground (sort of art installation) and the light pole. They two objects are distant in the three-dimensional reality, but the 2D projection of photography flattens the planes and creates new interesting relationships (as Stephen Shore would say). I only noticed that interplay when I've seen the scene for the first time through my 907x display. The B&W treatment removes a lot of distractions and focuses more on what I wanted to highlight.

As a side technical note, I needed to use my shared workaround in order to remove the PDAF banding on the sky due to the use of the 35XL shifted. It was easy-peasy, nevertheless an additional step to take care of.

Berlin, An der Urania:

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Cambo Wide DS | CFV-100c | SK 35XL | 10mm lens rise
dont turn right!!!
 

mristuccia

Well-known member
dont turn right!!!
Well, I got it. Maybe I could have done a better job in trying to make viewers focusing the attention on the right spot. 😂
I like Neukölln district very much by the way, and Kreuzberg is particular as well with its interesting arts scene.

Maybe, since you are a "Staff member", I hope you'll find the time to give me a feedback on the topic discussed above (I've also sent a message through the "Contact Us" link). In absence of any feedbacks in a while I think I'll follow the saying "he who is silent consents". 😉
 
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