kai_wiechmann

hello Q.G.,

thanks again for your input.

"Please put that idea about "digital-optimized lens coatings" out of your head...."

-o.k., o.k., one less thing to worry about.

I will probably rent the IF this week for a shoot and see how the distortion with the P30

works out for me.

What difference is there except the electronic information transfer? Looks like the CFE is more 'plastic'

than the CF, which is something I would actually appreciate since I would use it handheld on location a

lot (weight). Any dimensional and optical differences? I am planning to use it on a 503CW with a P30

back. So could there be any differences (coating..?) in dealing with a digital chip?

cheers

kai

not impossible. Sorry for not reading the whole thread.

But I use the 7 since roughly 10 years and it is unbeatable

if you want film only.

Simple to use, light, amazing lens quality.

Knolegeable digital techs/assistants are what I am missing. I shoot tethered, mostly on

location, in the States and Europe, some Asia, sometimes South Africa or even South

America. The budgets nowadays rarely allow me to bring my own assistant so I am used to

work with locals. This is where Leaf gets difficult and Flexcolor impossible. All this might

change in future, but for now this is as much speculation as guessing about future lenses.

On lenses..thanks for your thoughts, sounds evident to me. I just happen to like a slight

wideangle as my main lens. Even if a bit of a pig, I liked the simplicity of the 50-110 on

jobs. I just hear weird stories of it 'falling apart'. Do you know where to get some real life

and long term reviews on that lens? cheers. kai

Thanks. And yes I read it, it's quite a 'road map'. Basically it keeps me from pushing my

neatly stacked up money towards Hasselblad right now. Not for any emotional reasons but

simply because their backs do not work for me.

Thanks, everybody.

Warren, as for what kind of film I choose, it's almost always been 6x7 Kodak NC 160,

exposed at 100 ISO, lately a drum scan and along with that a photographic match print for

the client. This is pretty much what I compare my experience with digital backs to. The

safety of 'the bigger the better' and the fact that I generally like a larger format for it's

'look', makes me lean towards the P45.

Edward, it's funny you mention the CFE40. It's a 'V' lens, right? I posted in a separate post

asking about future 'H' lenses and Hasselblads future compatibility and I am missing a

similar lens for the 'H'.

I also posted on Luminous Landscape.

Dave, thanks for your mathematical input. It makes complete sense. But as you say, reality

is more complicated hence I am trying to trust my eyes. Just that I rarely have two backs

on the same shoot... But this is as close as I can get: I am right now looking at two files

from people shoots, unfortunately from two different ones, with different cameras/lenses

(P45/RZ, 50mm+P30/H2, zoom somewhere 65-70mm), but very similar lighting. Both are

processed the same way (no sharpening, 16bit HighRes): Both are similarly crisp (if that

term applies to an unsharpened file), can't really judge sharpness differences since I don't

know how exact I focused. But I shot both from a tripod indoor with Profoto flash. What's

apparent (at the same magnification) is that the P45 looks a tad less 'aggressive' with

softer color gradients, the skin a tad more real with that 'transparence' I know from film.

No huge difference, but enough for someone walking into my studio to see it immediately

at 200% (just happened) on the monitor. Thought I share this, even if insufficient as a

technically representative reference. Thanks again!

Hi,

I am an advertising photographer and rented P30 and P45 backs, used them on Hasselblad H and

Mamiya RZ. I am in between purchasing either a P45 or P30. The 45 appears too sluggish on some

shoots on location with a 15" powerbook but a similar setup will be unavoidable at a certain percentage

of my future work. I never made a 'back to back' comparison with the same subject, the nature of my

shoots never really allows for that. But I keep hearing claims about MF lenses not being up to the task

(in which case my nod could go towards the P30). Is there any truth to that? Real life truth?

Hi,

are all future Hasselblad 'H' lenses going to be 'H3D' dedicated (like the coming HCD 4/28)? I am about

to get a Phase P45 and find the H2 fixed focal length range quite insufficient for my use with a digital

back (except maybe the 50mm). With an 'H' body I would hope for a 60mm and 40mm lens to come

out. But I am suspecting that if Hasselblad will produce these lenses, they will want to make them

specifically for use with an H3D. Any info out there? Thanks!