MikeWhy
February 12th 04, 01:31 AM
Following rafe's example for newbies, I'm posting the first neg to come out
of my new camera. It's not the work of art his was, but I'm still stunned to
speechlessness by the sharpness and detail. For a short while, these images
will be viewable at:
http://homepage.interaccess.com/~myoung/Woodsmith.jpg
http://homepage.interaccess.com/~myoung/WoodsmithDtl.jpg
Lens was the Sironar-N 210mm acquired from our own Gordon Hamm. HP5 at
400EI, f/16 at 4 sec., souped in TMAX; scanned on an Epson 3200PRO at 3200
dpi (200+ megapixels!). The levels and curves were as emitted from
SilverFast; I applied only a touch of USM before cropping and downsampling.
The halftone screen and 300 count weave is clearly delineated from 4 feet
away. It's difficult to say if I'm getting the full 3200 dpi, or if a lower
resolution wouldn't have held all the same information. In any case, the 4x5
scanned cleaner than roll film ever did. I think the stiffer base and
flatness is a big factor.
This is more an accomplishment than I can really say. The camera arrived
pretty busted up in transit. Both standards stripped out from their blocks,
and groundglass was all over the case bottom. A single dollar's worth of
bubblewrap would have made the difference. I bungied the standards
temporarily in place, and focused on a clear sheet of acetate through an 8x
loupe. It's difficult to compose an image this way, but I will say the image
through the loupe is incredibly bright and clear viewed this way. I'll
settle with the post office once the parts and the invoice gets here. (The
folks at Mamiya were a pleasure to deal with, BTW. They were very helpful
and extremely pleasant to work with, which took a lot of the sting out of
this.)
Thanks for all the help.
Mike.
of my new camera. It's not the work of art his was, but I'm still stunned to
speechlessness by the sharpness and detail. For a short while, these images
will be viewable at:
http://homepage.interaccess.com/~myoung/Woodsmith.jpg
http://homepage.interaccess.com/~myoung/WoodsmithDtl.jpg
Lens was the Sironar-N 210mm acquired from our own Gordon Hamm. HP5 at
400EI, f/16 at 4 sec., souped in TMAX; scanned on an Epson 3200PRO at 3200
dpi (200+ megapixels!). The levels and curves were as emitted from
SilverFast; I applied only a touch of USM before cropping and downsampling.
The halftone screen and 300 count weave is clearly delineated from 4 feet
away. It's difficult to say if I'm getting the full 3200 dpi, or if a lower
resolution wouldn't have held all the same information. In any case, the 4x5
scanned cleaner than roll film ever did. I think the stiffer base and
flatness is a big factor.
This is more an accomplishment than I can really say. The camera arrived
pretty busted up in transit. Both standards stripped out from their blocks,
and groundglass was all over the case bottom. A single dollar's worth of
bubblewrap would have made the difference. I bungied the standards
temporarily in place, and focused on a clear sheet of acetate through an 8x
loupe. It's difficult to compose an image this way, but I will say the image
through the loupe is incredibly bright and clear viewed this way. I'll
settle with the post office once the parts and the invoice gets here. (The
folks at Mamiya were a pleasure to deal with, BTW. They were very helpful
and extremely pleasant to work with, which took a lot of the sting out of
this.)
Thanks for all the help.
Mike.