[rollei_list] Re: Carl Zeiss Rolleiflex SL66 1:4/40 mm Distagon FLE HFT

  • From: Jim Brick <jim@xxxxxxxxxx>
  • To: rollei_list@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
  • Date: Fri, 28 Sep 2012 23:32:18 -0700

Uwe,

It is not HDR. I didn't like the HDR version. I guess I wasn't clear. Sorry... 
You are seeing the original.

I have an Imacon X1 scanner.


Jim Brick
Sunnyvale, CA
http://www.photomojo.org

On Sep 28, 2012, at 10:17 PM, Uwe Wolfgang Steinke wrote:

> Hi Jim,
> 
> as I looked at the photo I thought "Wow, it looks like HDR - and it's just a 
> scan from an analog photo - great!" Now that I know that it's HDR, I'd like 
> to see the original - which I know is impossible...
> 
> Anyway - which scanner do you use?
> 
> Uwe
> 
> 2012/9/29 Jim Brick <jim@xxxxxxxxxx>
> Hi John,  I have been using HDR since HDR software has been available. I use 
> it both in my digital capture and in scanning. Sometimes, things just look 
> better (to me) in their native form. I do have both over and under of that 
> Hunter Liggett photograph, and I did scan all three and run them through 
> Photomatix. Still, for me, the way I have it, is the way I want it. Which, as 
> I said, is the bottom line.
> 
> HDR certainly has become more sophisticated since its inception. In the 
> beginning, it was nearly impossible to use it with scanned frames as it 
> couldn't figure out how to align them. Nowadays, programs like Photomatix and 
> Photoshop CS6 have no trouble aligning multiple transparency scans.
> 
> :-)
> 
> Jim
> 
> 
> Jim Brick
> Sunnyvale, CA
> http://www.photomojo.org
> 
> On Sep 28, 2012, at 1:02 AM, John Wild wrote:
> 
>> Eric,
>> 
>> I have found that by scanning at 2 or 3 different exposures – one under, one 
>> over and one normally – and combining them in HDR software that I can get 
>> more out of an image. If a transparency, there may not be enough in the 
>> shadows and highlights to pull out anyway.
>> 
>> John
>> 
>> 
>> On 28/09/2012 07:12, "Eric Goldstein" <egoldste@xxxxxxxxx> wrote:
>> 
>>> A digital sure would have done better with capturing contrast... no detail 
>>> in the shadow areas that come through on the scan...
>>> 
>>> Eric Goldstein
>>> 
>>> --
>>> 
>>> On Fri, Sep 28, 2012 at 1:59 AM, Uwe Wolfgang Steinke 
>>> <paintingwithlenses@xxxxxxxxx> wrote:
>>>> awesome - digital cameras can hardly reach that!
>>>> 
>>>> 
>>>> 2012/9/28 Chris Burck <chris.burck@xxxxxxxxx>
>>>>> 
>>>>> beautiful colors.
>>>>> 
>>>>> On Sep 27, 2012 6:33 PM, "Jim Brick" <jim@xxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
>>>>>> It depends on what your idea of affordable is...
>>>>>> 
>>>>>> I have one of these lenses for my SL66 and it is absolutely outstanding!
>>>>>> 
>>>>>> Here is an image via my 40mm FLE.
>>>>>> 
>>>>>> http://www.photomojo.org/Yellow_Field_Oak_Tree-.jpg
>>>>>> 
>>>>>> 
>>>>>> 
>>>>>> Jim Brick
>>>>>> Sunnyvale, CA
>>>>>> http://www.photomojo.org
>>>>>> 
>>>>>> On Sep 27, 2012, at 1:23 PM, Uwe Wolfgang Steinke wrote:
>>>>>> 
>>>>>> > Hi Carlos
>>>>>> >
>>>>>> > and thanks for the superb answer!
>>>>>> >
>>>>>> > Sooo, where do I get an affordable 4/40 FLE for my SL66 or 6008AF? 
>>>>>> > Lots of wishes for the next Christmases.
>>>>>> >
>>>>>> > Uwe
>>>>>> >
>>>>>> >
>>>>>> 
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> 
> 
> 
> 
> -- 
> Uwe Wolfgang Steinke
> 
> 
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