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- Thread starter simonpg
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VIctor, you do justice to your namesake.
The Graphic bird shot is an award winner.
The landscape is stunnning.
More people must post shots or links to shots ... please.
Hasselblad Photography isn't all about chart's and lens element mumbo-jumbo.
Photos inspire. Let's see more.
The Graphic bird shot is an award winner.
The landscape is stunnning.
More people must post shots or links to shots ... please.
Hasselblad Photography isn't all about chart's and lens element mumbo-jumbo.
Photos inspire. Let's see more.
wbulte
Active Member
Marc suggested more pictures be posted and less 'lawyering' be done..
so here you go:
For the curious: this is the reflection of the Berliner Dom in the
glass surfaces of that other 'temple', the Haus der Republik. The
latter was being torn down at the time of the shot. Taken with the
C50 I think.
Wilko
so here you go:
For the curious: this is the reflection of the Berliner Dom in the
glass surfaces of that other 'temple', the Haus der Republik. The
latter was being torn down at the time of the shot. Taken with the
C50 I think.
Wilko
simonpg
Active Member
Cheers Colin!
Paul your early Hasselblad lens comments were very interesting. You must post some s&les!
Victor your seascape is wonderful and has a very clear 3D effect in the sky. And Marc is spot on, the bird image is simply an award winner!
Marc said: Hasselblad Photography isn't all about chart's and lens element mumbo-jumbo. TOUCHE Marc! Absolutely correct!
Wilko - beautiful image with superb tonality. Edge to edge that lens did your image great justice.
Guys it is great to see so many images posted - as the expression says: a picture is worth a 1000 words!
Paul your early Hasselblad lens comments were very interesting. You must post some s&les!
Victor your seascape is wonderful and has a very clear 3D effect in the sky. And Marc is spot on, the bird image is simply an award winner!
Marc said: Hasselblad Photography isn't all about chart's and lens element mumbo-jumbo. TOUCHE Marc! Absolutely correct!
Wilko - beautiful image with superb tonality. Edge to edge that lens did your image great justice.
Guys it is great to see so many images posted - as the expression says: a picture is worth a 1000 words!
wbulte
Active Member
Hi Paul,
I just found on the net that Velvia 50 should come back onto
the market:
http://www.robgalbraith.com/bins/content_page.asp?cid=7-7900-8678
Never used Velvia myself, but it looks interesting for the right
subject.
Wilko
I just found on the net that Velvia 50 should come back onto
the market:
http://www.robgalbraith.com/bins/content_page.asp?cid=7-7900-8678
Never used Velvia myself, but it looks interesting for the right
subject.
Wilko
simonpg
Active Member
Great stuff Wilko. I have learnt 2 things from these images:
1. the 40mm is capable of excellent images - until now whenever I have looked through one I've been somewhat distracted by the visible distortion, which is obviously aggravated by how the camera is positioned. I've always preferred the less visible distortion of the 50mm although I'd prefer the wider angle of the 40mm. For that reason an SWC is on my wish list. So I have new-found respect for the 40mm.
2. When I have used Velvia (50 and 100) it's been for landscapes and I have had mixed feelings about the results so have generally used Provia 100 instead and more recently discovered Kodak 100VS and GX which I really like.
Yes Velvia 50 is back on the market in Europe now or very soon at least. Fuji's announcement was a bit vague and went like this: "we are reintroducing Velvia 50 which has had a huge following but was withdrawn from the market after stocks ran out and we were unable to continue to purchasing a specific chemical that was a key to its manufacture. However we have sourced a replacement chemical enabling Velvia 50 to be produced although with a slightly formulation, which we are sure will delight its fans". That is the best recall I have from a press release which I think went out at the end of 2006 or maybe in Jan 2007.
Why did I not like Velvia? Depending on the time of day I used it (early morning or late afternoon, I found 2 problems with it - heavy and unnatural colour casts - such as excessive blue or pink. The second feature but a less problematic one was that I found what I call excessive "chocolate box" colour saturation. But that is how I see it and obviously many thousands of shooters disagree!
However, Wilko's images show how well Velvia can be used in non-landscape images - very nice indeed.
1. the 40mm is capable of excellent images - until now whenever I have looked through one I've been somewhat distracted by the visible distortion, which is obviously aggravated by how the camera is positioned. I've always preferred the less visible distortion of the 50mm although I'd prefer the wider angle of the 40mm. For that reason an SWC is on my wish list. So I have new-found respect for the 40mm.
2. When I have used Velvia (50 and 100) it's been for landscapes and I have had mixed feelings about the results so have generally used Provia 100 instead and more recently discovered Kodak 100VS and GX which I really like.
Yes Velvia 50 is back on the market in Europe now or very soon at least. Fuji's announcement was a bit vague and went like this: "we are reintroducing Velvia 50 which has had a huge following but was withdrawn from the market after stocks ran out and we were unable to continue to purchasing a specific chemical that was a key to its manufacture. However we have sourced a replacement chemical enabling Velvia 50 to be produced although with a slightly formulation, which we are sure will delight its fans". That is the best recall I have from a press release which I think went out at the end of 2006 or maybe in Jan 2007.
Why did I not like Velvia? Depending on the time of day I used it (early morning or late afternoon, I found 2 problems with it - heavy and unnatural colour casts - such as excessive blue or pink. The second feature but a less problematic one was that I found what I call excessive "chocolate box" colour saturation. But that is how I see it and obviously many thousands of shooters disagree!
However, Wilko's images show how well Velvia can be used in non-landscape images - very nice indeed.
Wilko:
If these are down and dirty, I'd sure like to see the opposite.
Why did I not like Velvia? >
Simon:
For quite a long time while buying Kodak film, my supplier always asked me to try some Velvia and eventually she gave me some. I used it in on a beautiful morning at the beach shooting some surfers. I think the slides looked a little blah. So, I am still using Kodak 100 VS.
Regards:
Gilbert
If these are down and dirty, I'd sure like to see the opposite.
Why did I not like Velvia? >
Simon:
For quite a long time while buying Kodak film, my supplier always asked me to try some Velvia and eventually she gave me some. I used it in on a beautiful morning at the beach shooting some surfers. I think the slides looked a little blah. So, I am still using Kodak 100 VS.
Regards:
Gilbert
wbulte
Active Member
Hi Simon,
Stop the press! The pictures I posted were not on Velvia, this is Ektachrome 100.
I have another shot that I want to share, lots of straight lines in there. But it needs a bit of tweaking, the colors are a bit 'off' to my eyes. Need to fire up the Mac first for that.
Wilko
Stop the press! The pictures I posted were not on Velvia, this is Ektachrome 100.
I have another shot that I want to share, lots of straight lines in there. But it needs a bit of tweaking, the colors are a bit 'off' to my eyes. Need to fire up the Mac first for that.
Wilko
simonpg
Active Member
Thanks guys. So, Gilbert what was the "blah"? - colour casts, unnatural colour...?
I understand Wilko and you remind me that I planned to try Ektachrome, so I will next weekend!
And, finally, the very very WORST film I have EVER used is Kodak Supra 400 or 800 - can't remember which. EVERY image was DISGUSTING - had a shocking deep aqua colour cast in every type of light I shot. It was SOoooooooo bad it ruined every image. However, it had one good attribute - very very fine grain.
But, I think now Supra has been dropped and Kodak just run 2 pro negative film types - Portra and Ultra Colour both of which I like.
As a company Kodak annoys the hell out of me - it's been a very badly run company from day 1. The only real success it ever had was in film and one of it's great legacies is when Eastman told Xerox to shove his "silly paper duplication idea" up his backside - the beginning of a litany of mistakes.
I understand Wilko and you remind me that I planned to try Ektachrome, so I will next weekend!
And, finally, the very very WORST film I have EVER used is Kodak Supra 400 or 800 - can't remember which. EVERY image was DISGUSTING - had a shocking deep aqua colour cast in every type of light I shot. It was SOoooooooo bad it ruined every image. However, it had one good attribute - very very fine grain.
But, I think now Supra has been dropped and Kodak just run 2 pro negative film types - Portra and Ultra Colour both of which I like.
As a company Kodak annoys the hell out of me - it's been a very badly run company from day 1. The only real success it ever had was in film and one of it's great legacies is when Eastman told Xerox to shove his "silly paper duplication idea" up his backside - the beginning of a litany of mistakes.
najobskalf
Member
Simon, I spent years in the 1970s hoping that Kodak would issue Kodachrome 25 in 120 rolls. So, I actually quite liked Velvia 50, even if it is not perfect for everything.
polypal
Active Member
This major mistake from Kodak reminds me of a blunder of similar size made by a senior producer from Decca records at the beginning of the sixties when he decided not to offer the Beatles a contract .
He motivated this by saying guitar music was going out of style anyway.
I do not think he was promoted after this decision.
He motivated this by saying guitar music was going out of style anyway.
I do not think he was promoted after this decision.