It's a test shot

michswissmichswiss Registered Users, Retired Mod Posts: 2,235 Major grins
edited May 15, 2011 in Street and Documentary
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  • DonRicklinDonRicklin Registered Users Posts: 5,551 Major grins
    edited May 13, 2011
    Looks pretty good to me! :D

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  • SyncopationSyncopation Registered Users Posts: 341 Major grins
    edited May 13, 2011
    What's being tested?ne_nau.gif
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  • michswissmichswiss Registered Users, Retired Mod Posts: 2,235 Major grins
    edited May 13, 2011
    Syncopation wrote: »
    What's being tested?ne_nau.gif

    A stupidly expensive camera that I'm lusting over. I. Must. Resist.
  • RichardRichard Administrators, Vanilla Admin Posts: 19,961 moderator
    edited May 14, 2011
    michswiss wrote: »
    A stupidly expensive camera that I'm lusting over. I. Must. Resist.
    The pic looks good, but at this size it's certainly no better than what your D700 can do. The EXIF data show that it's a Pentax 645D. OMG, Jenn, that's serious stuff. Keep in mind that the body is just the beginning--you'll need high quality glass and you may find that your computer is too wimpy to process and store the huge image files efficiently. I generally think of medium format as being more suitable for landscape and studio work than for street. Are you branching out?
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  • MarkRMarkR Registered Users Posts: 2,099 Major grins
    edited May 14, 2011
    I say go for it! Plenty of legacy glass for MF available, you keep my hometown company (Kodak) making sensors, and you keep Pentax in business so that I can save up my pennies for a K-5 and/or 15mm DA. It's a win-win for everybody. Especially me! :lol
  • rainbowrainbow Registered Users Posts: 2,765 Major grins
    edited May 14, 2011
    Picture quality is superb. I was wondering if it was MF (due to your profile).

    Only you can decide if it is worth it. Only given is that you can't take it with you...
  • jpope42jpope42 Registered Users Posts: 150 Major grins
    edited May 15, 2011
    Great IQ, but then you'd expect that from MF. Personally I've lusted after mf film for a long time, i have an old tlr but really want a used Hassy. Anyway, I say go for it if you can. A great camera in the right hands will produce some outstanding images.
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  • michswissmichswiss Registered Users, Retired Mod Posts: 2,235 Major grins
    edited May 15, 2011
    Richard wrote: »
    The pic looks good, but at this size it's certainly no better than what your D700 can do. The EXIF data show that it's a Pentax 645D. OMG, Jenn, that's serious stuff. Keep in mind that the body is just the beginning--you'll need high quality glass and you may find that your computer is too wimpy to process and store the huge image files efficiently. I generally think of medium format as being more suitable for landscape and studio work than for street. Are you branching out?

    It's not that I want to branch out so much as a couple of other motivations. Once you're carrying a largish dSLR on the street, you're going to be noticed. Moving to an MF camera won't really modify that that much. But it opens up a few extra creative areas that I've been hoping to explore. If I want to stay discreet, I'll carry the little Sony.

    I want to go larger and I want shots that feel like you can walk through them. I also want to create shots that others would consider wall-hangers. Still "street" in sensibility and feel but probably a bit more abstract. People seem to like my stuff, but they don't really want those extra people looking at them in the dining, living or bedrooms. It's a little too real.

    I took several test shots as much to check out the workflow with the DNG files. They are large, but so far no issue working with them.
    MarkR wrote: »
    I say go for it! Plenty of legacy glass for MF available, you keep my hometown company (Kodak) making sensors, and you keep Pentax in business so that I can save up my pennies for a K-5 and/or 15mm DA. It's a win-win for everybody. Especially me! :lol

    Let me know if there's anything else I can do for Upstate NY. :D There's a lot of old, affordable and apparently good glass for the 645. The biggest issue I've read up on is that there can be a fair amount of CA, but that seems easily correctable. The new "digital" glass coming out is pricy.
    rainbow wrote: »
    Picture quality is superb. I was wondering if it was MF (due to your profile).

    Only you can decide if it is worth it. Only given is that you can't take it with you...

    I'm not planning on taking anything with me. In fact, I intend to follow my grandmother's approach and only leave memories behind. Oh, and a ton of prints.
    jpope42 wrote: »
    Great IQ, but then you'd expect that from MF. Personally I've lusted after mf film for a long time, i have an old tlr but really want a used Hassy. Anyway, I say go for it if you can. A great camera in the right hands will produce some outstanding images.

    I've thought a lot about going with a MF film body. In particular the Mamiya 7II which is nicely suited to street work, but I think I'm addicted to AF at this stage. Plus, while I very much like film, the workflow can be cumbersome.

    Thanks for all the comments all. I'm still no closer to making a decision but it is fun to contemplate. thumb.gif
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