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

  • From: Laurence Cuffe <cuffe@xxxxxx>
  • To: "rollei_list@xxxxxxxxxxxxx" <rollei_list@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
  • Date: Sat, 29 Sep 2012 08:17:13 +0100

Jim it rust looks great!
Laurence cuffe

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On 29 Sep 2012, at 07:32, Jim Brick <jim@xxxxxxxxxx> wrote:

> 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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