Member David Farkas

Beautiful shot, Kurt. Which lens?

David

Mark Gowin;91 wrote: Josh and David, thank you for showing me what is possible. I am embarrassed to admit it but truth be told I have purchased three previous Photoshop versions (CS2, CS3, and CS4) with every intention of learning how to use it each time I purchased it. It's funny that it took me three well intentioned tries before I figured out…

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Mark,

I was on the same wavelength as Josh apparently. I also used Lighten for my blending mode, but added some curves adjustments with clipping paths. This applies the curves layer to only the layer immediately below it. So, I boosted the brightness of the firefly images a bit and brought down the background image to make it look more like…[Read more]

Atanabe;79 wrote: Cool!

Took a look at a Sinar P3 this weekend, my they are proud of their price, $8000! I bought my first Sinar P 4×5 for $750

Al,

An Arca Swiss 6×9 F-Classic like this one can be had for around $1800 used. And the form factor of 6×9 (2×3 in) is much smaller than 4×5 (in). Something to consider for field use.

David

Atanabe;74 wrote: I guess part of the problem in deciding on what lens to get is not being able to see one.

We've had all four lenses for quite some time and even offer them for remote Test Drive for this very reason.

Leica S2 Professional Rental | Dale Photo & Digital

Tell you what, Al…. buy me a ticket to Seattle and I'll…[Read more]

Atanabe;71 wrote: Okay David, you know better, the Hassey lenses are f4 max aperture. That aside, I shot at max aperture for all lenses and yes the Leica wins but not by much.

Yes, the 120 is a killer lens but so is the 70 and it shoots reasonably close so it will be my macro for now.

There's no doubt that the 40 FLE and 120 CF Makro…[Read more]

Atanabe;69 wrote: Today, I found unobtanium, 35 Summilux Asph vII, 35 Summarit S, 120 Summarit S. A trifecta! Of course, none were for sale but at least I got to handle and shoot with them so nowthe true lust begins. What I found interesting was the performance of the 35 Summarit vs 40 CF FLE Zeiss. The Summarit was sharper but only when pixel…

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Hi Guys,

I find the AF on the S2 to be very accurate and repeatable, much more so than a Nikon or Canon pro body. I think the biggest stumbling block is understanding how the AF system on the S2 works. Once that is understood, life becomes much easier. For instance, the AF isn't a single point in the crosshairs, it is more an average of what…[Read more]

Mark Gowin;34 wrote: How well does this work? A little bit of tilt could solve some of the foreground to main subject depth of field problems I have been having. Granted I wouldn't want to tote that rig around all the time.

It actually works very well. Note that the lens mounted here is a Scheider APO Macro 120mm. Because of the increased…[Read more]

Thanks, Mark. Looks like the formatting is working pretty well.

And…. yes, the 180mm is that good!! 😎