As you know if you’ve been following along in this blog, I’ve been working on ways to digitize film. I once has an Imacon Precision II scanner, but Hasselblad stopped supporting it. My thinking has been to use a GFX 100 or GFX 100S and Schneider and Rodenstock macro lenses. I’ve done some work the… [Read More]
Illuminants for scanning
I’ve been working away on developing a way to digitize black and white silver negatives at high quality using a GFX 100 and/or GFX 100S (I’m going to call this operation “scanning” although I’m aware that that term doesn’t really fit). I’ve reported on this blog about some of my testing of appropriate lenses. I’ve… [Read More]
Cambo Ultima II user error
In the 1980s, I bought an Arca Swiss 8×10 camera. The standards attached to a monorail. I had some tripod heads with Arca Swiss clamps. I went to my local camera store (RIP, Keeble and Shuchat) and asked for an adapter so I could mount the 8×10 on the head. My friendly salesman explained to… [Read More]
3D subjects at 1:1 magnification: the cruel numbers
I’ve been testing the Fujifilm 120/4 GF macro lens at 1:1, using the Fuji 45 mm extension tube. I found that the corners were soft. I’ve been using the lens for a long time, and I never noticed this before. But I’ve never used it for repro work, where such a flaw could well be… [Read More]
Fuji 120/4 GF at 1:1 with tubes
This is one in a series of posts on the Fujifilm GFX 100. You should be able to find all the posts about that camera in the Category List on the right sidebar, below the Articles widget. There’s a drop-down menu there that you can use to get to all the posts in this series;… [Read More]
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