brian_keller

I completely agree. I'm a hobbyist photographer. I have a Hasselblad 500 c/m and I love it. Printed black and white images are so nice with this camera. The tonality in skin and the detail in general -- Stunning camera for nice prints.

Hello: I'd like to use my FrenL lights to do some 1930's style

colour portraits so naturally I was thinking of buying some Tungsten

Balanced film for this. My question is: Does this film properly

correct for that yellow hue ... what are peoples experience with this

type of film? Thanks for any advice.

 

Brian

- Hasselblad camera with 80 and 150 lens'and A12 conventional back

- Phase One Digital Back

- Good computer

 

Done.

Thanks guys! I'm glad I posed the question. Actually, my girlfriend appreciates my hobby and she loves to get involved (ie participates in the model shoot etc...). Sometimes, however, its an issue when I want to shoot something more riske - in a sense, I almost have to get her approval which at times destroys the artistic side of it.

Let me ask this question to those photographers who shoot beautiful

women and are married - Do you ever have problems with wife jelousy

or your wife not wanting you to shoot revealing shots? Are most

serious professional glamour or glamour/nude photographers married or

for the majority is this a single persons profession? Just wondering

about this .....

I have an opportunity to buy a used 150 Sonnar CT* lens for about 375 USD. The focussing is fine and its in pretty good shape. Should I hold-off for a CFT* ?

Is there any reason to not buy the CT* lens for a cheaper price? I assume optics are the same?

Can someone tell me if I can use my Carl Zeiss 80mm f/2.8 CFT* lens

shade ( I think its a B60) on a Carl Zeiss 150mm Sonnar CT* lens.

Thanks.

The highest end (most expensive) H25 Phase One digital back has a 12 f-stop range which means yes it is better than most if not all film. Sorry, for some reason 14 stuck in my brain but when I checked the product specs it was 12. You can check out this link and click on "Download brochure and product spec's" to see the details - I find it quite amazing. I'm a regular guy who likes my Hassy and my film - but this blew me away and its nice to know that one day I can use my Hassy and my lenses and simply buy a back to do High end digital.

Thanks a lot Anthony.

This may be more of a comment than a question, but I just wanted to

mention that I attended a one day seminar/workshop on the Phase One

Digital Back --- this is really high end digital and the images

impressed me to no end - the shadow detail was incredible ... the

back is able to do 14 f-stops which means you can photograph someone

under a tree in shade, have bright sunlight above the tree and

everything looks good ... very impressed with the dynamic range of

the back. Is anyone using one of these expensive backs?

Hello: I'm looking to purchase a good used Carl Zeiss 150mm portrait

lens --- the f/4 Sonnar. My questions are this - does the number on

the lens mean anything (ie. does it specify its date ex. Nr

6356705)? I notice the newer lens' are CFI T* - what does the I

stand for? What flavours does this lens come in ie. C, CT*, CF T*,

CFI T* ??? Thanks for any advice on buying tips for this specific

lens.

 

Bri

Anyone know of a good place to purchase used fresnel tungsten

lighting - about 300watts (ex.LTM Peppers).

 

Thanks,

Bri

I have some Carl Zeiss and some Nikkor lenses and I was wondering

about fungus growth in them over a period of time. I keep my lenses

in a moderate environment (not a moist environment) - is there

anything else to do to prevent fungus growth (such as use them

often?) over time? Thanks.

Thanks guys!

Sorry ... its www.dedolight.com

I think you go with what you see and like in the final print - and end of story.

I'm interested in perhaps buying an 8mm extension tube for my Hassy

500c/m with 80mm Planar lens. I take mainly portraiture. Can

someone send me or direct me to images taken with this combination or

similar combination so I get a feel for what this extension tube will

do for me. I want to forgo spending 1K on a 150mm lens and thought I

could get a little closer this way. Will I be physically too close

to my subject with the 8mm tube? Thanks for any help on this.

Hello --- I'm wondering if gels are ever used with black and white

film and fresnel tungsten lights and if so what the gels are used

for. For example, can you warm up black and white? Do some gels

give more contrast to a shot etc. etc... thanks for any help on this.

 

Brian.

I found this site .... www.dedolights.com .. apparently a 100 Watt dedolight is equivalent to a 300 Watt Fresnel tungsten light and their power consumption is much lower.

Has anyone ever used Dedolights - apparently they are very nice -

they're the modern day equivalent of the Fresnel halogen movie lights

I think?

Hello: I'd be interested in knowing the experiences of anyone doing

large format portraiture (specifically 8x10 portraits). I've been

reading about Hurrell and Hollywood glamour of the 1930's and see

that he used an 8x10 view camera with a Verito lens. Can someone

tell me the cost of such a camera system and if lighting is difficult

because I assume these aren't fast lenses. Also, is it enjoyable

using such a large format? And I assume contact prints are made in

the printing process? Thanks for any input or advice on this.

 

Brian.

Hello - I am in San Diego for about a week and would like to pick up

a good point and shoot digital camera. Can someone recommend a good

place here (good prices/good merchandise). Thanks for any help on

this!!! Great city by the way and ya know - it never rains in

Southern California.

I was wondering if anyone can recommend or not recommend this

camera. I'm looking for something relatively cheap primarily for

email/internet viewing of pictures (not for printing them out) and

for some manual functions as well as shutter and aperture priority.

I'm also looking for something with a good lens, not necessarily high

pixel number (resolution) since I will not be printing. I'm

impressed with the pictures I've seen with this camera - the Carl

Zeiss lens does seem very good to me. However, these cameras date

back to 2001 so its not so easy to find them especially in Canada.

Any pro's or con's to this camera from users - thanks very much!

 

Brian.

Can someone tell me the cable release that I need for this camera -

is there a cheap generic one or do I need a specific Hasselblad one?

Thanks for any help!

 

Brian.