I was having a conversation on-line today about workshops. I was extolling their virtues for improving your photography, and the other person wasn’t buying it. They said that because of the instant feedback that modern digital cameras provide, you could be your own teacher at least as effectively as learning from someone else. We debated,… [Read More]
Archives for June 2024
Your photograph looks like a painting?
Almost every time I have an exhibition, people take me aside and tell me how much one or more images look like paintings. From their tone of voice, they consider that to be a compliment. In the past, I’ve asked them why that thought that, and not received answers that I could truly understand. Now,… [Read More]
Hasselblad XCD 135/2.8 with 1.7X TC on X2D: high speed mechanical shutter bokeh
LensRentals has loaned me a Hasselblad XCD 135mm f/2.8 lens for testing. Today I’m posting images made with that lens and its matched teleconverter taken wide open at 1/2000 second with the mechanical shutter so you all can judge the bokeh. Out of focus specular highlight shows the artifact. Same here. In this case, the… [Read More]
Hasselblad XCD 135/2.8 with 1.7X TC on X2D: field curvature
LensRentals has loaned me a Hasselblad XCD 135mm f/2.8 lens for testing. Today I tested for focus curvature with the matched 1.7 X teleconverter (TC), using Roger Cicala’s (Ps>Filter>Stylize>Find Edges) test method. I found a flat surface with some texture, set the lens to wide open, and got this image: In order to show the… [Read More]
Hasselblad XCD 135/2.8 with 1.7X TC on X2D: OOF PSFs
LensRentals has loaned me a Hasselblad XCD 135mm f/2.8 lens for testing. Today I tested with the matched 1.7X teleconverter (TC), and looked at the out of focus (OOF) point spread functions (PSFs) using the mechanical shutter. I focused the lens to minimum focus distance (MFD), set the aperture wide open, and aimed it at… [Read More]
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