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Hasselblad X2D 100C sensor sensitivity

September 23, 2022 JimK 5 Comments

This is the first in a series of posts on the Hasselblad X2D 100C camera and the XCD lenses. I only have one XCD lens, the 38mm f/2.5. Whether I get more or not depends on how much I like the camera and the 38. You will be able to find all the posts in… [Read More]

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Coming attractions

September 10, 2022 JimK 6 Comments

I haven’t posted much here lately. I’ve been involved with another project that’s taking up a lot of my time. But there are some interesting posts coming. I’ve ordered a Hasselblad X2D 100 and the new quick-focusing 38 mm f/2.5 lens. I’ll be testing those and reporting on my findings in this blog. I’ve also… [Read More]

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New server is up

August 31, 2022 JimK 2 Comments

Same content, same hosting company. New server. New IP address. You should see better performance. Please let me know if you are having any difficulties.  

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Lightroom sharpening of Leica Q2 Monochrom files

July 23, 2022 JimK 1 Comment

I received a request to look at how Lightroom sharpens the Leica Q2 Monochrom (Q2M) files. Before I get into the graphs and numbers, I need to point out that there are three kinds of sharpening: Input, or capture sharpening Artistic sharpening Output sharpening The first has as its objective to get the file sharpness… [Read More]

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Gelling the light source for better balance in B&W scanning

July 17, 2022 JimK Leave a Comment

With light sources anywhere near D50, when scanning B&W negatives or positives, the green raw channels saturates well before the red and blue ones. It occurred to me that gelling the light source might even this out, and give me a higher SNR in the scans. I ordered a Rosco Minus Green #247 gel filter… [Read More]

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      • Good 18mm FF lens
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      • Good 60 mm lens on IQ3-100
      • Good 63 mm MF lens
      • Good 65 mm FF lens
      • Good 85 mm FF lens
      • Good and bad 25mm FF lenses
      • Good zoom at 24 mm
      • Marginal 18mm lens
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      • Mildly problematic 55 mm FF lens
      • OK 16-35mm zoom
      • OK 60mm lens on P1 P45+
      • OK Sony 600mm f/4
      • Pretty good 16-35 FF zoom
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    • Found a problem – now what?
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    • Shortcuts to UniWB
    • Preparing for monitor-based UniWB
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