nikita_kirilkin

Sounds cool, but it won't be compact and I'll have to buy another lens :) Probably it would be cheaper buying one more Pentax body and even lens, but a bit bulky.. Eh, probably I'm not that old and have no clue what the hernia is ;) Every photographer has his own conception of portrait lens. Some use 180, some 150 and 120. Some use even 120 Macro.. My choice is 80 mm on roll film. What about Mamiya 645?

I must have told that I'm going to use it for portraits indoor and outdoor. I meant that lenses like Planar (for Hasselblad and other) had it's own character and you could easily distinguish two different lenses. Nowadays almost all prime lenses have same picture and bokeh rendering. Exactly, but I wanted to tell you that people mostly use Hasselblad in studio shooting some adv with aperture stooped down to F8. Thanks for the advice, I'll check it! Actually I love Pentax 645 NII. It's a great camera and nice lenses. The only con is the lack of interchangeable magazine. I got used to shoot BW and color in the same time. The thing is - I'm not worrying about Pentax reliability, I just want to have an option to switch from BW to color and back :) I'm shooting film and I really like the process and this approach.

Hi there! I've decided recently to switch from pentax 645 NII to something more modern and with interchangeable backs (at least film). First my choice fell on Contax with its beautiful 80/2.0. But the thing is it's quite hard to find good body and also hard to service (lack of spares). Then I had a look on Hasselblad H system and I liked it. Yes, it's pretty expensive, but it still can be serviced and has a digital back options. But recently some people told me that H system has pretty boring lenses and they are mostly used with studio flashes, i.e with F stoped down. Is it true? And are there any good options of 645 system? PS I also shoot with Hasselblad V system and really appreciate 80 2.8

Ben, you're right, that what I ment. The focus plane is bent: from the right of the car it's almost parallel to the asphalt, but on the left side it suddenly moves towards me :) Yep, the pressure plate was set to 120. I usually shoot portraits and on some of it I have focusing issues, I can't undestand why. Here is the example of slight front focus: 200214000016760010_resize.jpg

Hi guys! Actually I donr't know what is correct name for the topic, but anyway. Some background: I have been shooting medium format for several years and I know how the DOF is shallow. I have a good sight and mostly I use tripod. Problem: some frames are out of focus 1 or 2 per roll. And today I found something more weird, like focusing plane wasnt flat :) Image1_p1_resize.jpg So I would like to know, does anybody have the same problem, or its me or camera

Hi there Could you please help me to recognize nature of stripes over the whole roll? So it's Ilford HP5+ shoot as 400 and developed in D23 (as I usually do). I noticed transparent (on the negative) stripes. At first I thought it's because of X-ray scanner, but all stripes are parallel to the frame edge and located on the same period over the whole roll.

<p>Dear collegues, I carefully read all your messages and came to conclusion, that there is a <a ><strong><em>misunderstanding..</em></strong></a><br> Unfortunately image I posted was deleted, so may be that's the reason.</p> <p>So, I use Hasselblad or Pentax 67 with standard lens i.e. 80 or 105 mm with extension tubes. Also I know what is 'proper portrait lens' :)<br /><br />I attached my picture made with hasselblad 80mm lens and extension ring. And now I try ti explain what I want :)<br> <img src="http://imagizer.imageshack.us/v2/800x600q90/922/U57h0D.jpg" alt="" /></p> <p>If you have a look on the photo you'll see that eyes are sharp (supposed to be :)) and in the same time nose is blurry. <br> My question was how to make nose and eyes sharp? How to realize this on practice? <br> PS I read post about DOF calculator, so its not so handy to use on location</p>

<p>Hi there<br> <br />I have a question concerning to depth of fieldm while shooting portraits with extension tubes. I would like to get image like this, i.e. eyes, nose should be sharp and the rest of the image is blurry (see attached picture). I know what is DOF and how its work, but I need your advice of how to make a photo with this effect. I tried to set diafragm to f.8 and focus more close to the camera and I got eyes out of DOF :(<br> </p><p><i>Mod: Image removed. Per the photo.net Terms of Use, do not post photos you did not take.</i></P>