carl_keeley

Astia.

Easier to scan on a flat bed (eg Epson V700 etc)

True colour

Fine grain

etc etc

Reflective or matt screen?

You'll need an external monitor for colour crucial work (calibrated of course)

How have you set up the color management options?

What program is controlling this?

What program are you printing ut of?

Does the H1 come with 3 lenses too? Or just the standard?

What and where are you shooting?

All true.

MF has a 'look' that a dslr can't duplicate. And of course vice versa. I have both for

different jobs.

My maths;

Quality + budget + superior look = MF film

Bigger budget + bigger look = LF film

Huge budget = 20-40mp digital back for the above cameras.

For fashion:

Natural Skintones = Kodak Porta 160 (neg) or Fuji Astia (slide)

Cooler skintones = Fuji Pro 160 (neg)

Clean whites = Kodak Porta or Fuji Pro

Punchy colour = Fuji Porta, Kodak Porta 160 (rate 100), Fuji Provia (slide) but skintones

warm up alot.

Faster film = Kodak Porta 400

Enjoy!

Go with that pro's advice C.L.

I've just done exactly the same thing as you're thinking of.

To summarize my decission:

*MF has an optical quality due to it's physics (DOF) a DSLR can't get that 'look'

*In fashion or beauty portraiture the 'look' is IT. No one cares about how you get it, just

get it or else.

* High end digi capture is a prohibitive cost right now (it will change)

* You don't need to machine gun a scene so frame rate restriction is not a concern.

* You'll get no respect on set with a plastic digi cam.

* the higher the magazines place in the world, the more film capture in their pages. It

looks expensive.

* Mamiya RZ gear is so cheap right now. I've bought a whole truck full of gear plus a

scanner for way less than a 5D set up with L glass.

*Compare 1 year's film processing (scan a haome up to A3) with digital depreciation. Film

works out the same or cheaper.

Take your film MF learning and shoot some 4x5 (my next plan) & tell me if that's good

enough for a fashion/beauty cover.

I think it's reverse evolution. I'm a computer techno guy from the start, but my eye's tell

me there's a different path needed here.

Hope it help's. Let me know what you do ;-)

To Tom,

you originaled noted the 'tininess of the 'canvas' being a real bug bear for you with the

dslr set up. Also, the highly competitive market that you operate in locally.

So there's two great points to answer.

Because I couldn't get the 'look' I was after using dslr gear. I recently grabbed a RZ Pro 2

and a bunch of fabulous Mamiya glass on Ebay. My potraits (beauty & fashion normally)

now look fabulous. Rich, deep, rounded and tactile. The images have a presence to them

that scream professional. I never got that with dslr gear - you know what i mean.

As for competitive edge. If you pull out the RZ gear your client/model know that you mean

business. It's just impressive. and it looks expensive. I don't get that respect with a dslr.

A couple other things of note is that preprocessing is actually faster with MF film i find.

The lab gets to do most of it whilst i'm shooting in the studio. I know that sounds odd, but

i used to process RAW files myself which is time lost shooting.

Post is also faster with MF film. Scanning takes time of course. But film is way more

forgiving with skin. MF digital or dslr digital with good glass can be too sharp for flattering

skin. Film has a 'creaminess' to it plus fine grain makes skin real. Thats why good

retouchers add grain to digi images. It prevents the plastic look you sometimes get.

Added to all of this is the ability to print huge - a bonus for profits.

The above was my thought process. I hope it helps yours. Each photographer will have a

different view on these things. I think it's called individuality - and don't we all need

that ;-)

Awesome.

I'll email you.

The Visatec tip is great. Their acessories are way cheaper ;-)

Thanks Michael.

I'll try cusomer support.

Here's another pic

I've picked up a set of 3 Broncolor Impact 41's plus extra's on Ebay for $1000.

They've had a life but haven't been too abused.

So i'm excited!

Problem is i know nothing about these. Theres no info on Bron's site that i can see. Can anyone shed some

light on thiese (sorry, couldn't resist )

I'd be interested in the history also, as i'm researching a purchase.

BTW, what is your price Armando?