hasselblad Sat, 5 May 2001 Volume 1 : Number 1217 In this issue: Re: fs 5-04-01 50 C lens Problem? RE: 50 C lens Problem? Re: 50 C lens Problem? And again . . . RE: 50 C lens Problem? Re: 50 C lens Problem? Re: 50 C lens Problem? RE: 50 C lens Problem? RE: 50 C lens Problem? flash advice FS: Hassy/Zeiss (Leica too) RE: 50 C lens Problem? For Sale 5/4/01 ---------------------------------------------------------------------- Date: Fri, 4 May 2001 05:13:37 -0400 (EDT) From: shino@ubspainewebber.com To: hasselblad@kelvin.net Subject: Re: fs 5-04-01 Message-ID: <200105040913.FAA22634@tigercat.pwj.com> > Hasselblad Flexbody, Mint demo, boxed $1450 > > Rich > photovillage.com > 212-398-0402 (leave a message if I'm out...) hi rich, i wanted to know if your flex comes with all accessories supplied by Hass., case, slide-in screens, accumat, and so on. i rented a flex for a weekend and it's pretty nice... though not cheap! :-) thanks, -rei ------------------------------ Date: Fri, 4 May 2001 10:26:18 -0400 From: "Derek Zeanah" To: Subject: 50 C lens Problem? Message-ID: Shot in a wearhouse the last few days and was dismayed by some of what I saw -- looks like flare at the top of the frame in a number of images, which I didn't expect from a Distagon degign. I was shooting with the screw-on filter (which *is* short) but it didn't seem to help much. Is this normal behavior from a 50 C T*? Here are some examples: http://www.zeanah.com/dollartree/pages/DZ010007-03.htm http://www.zeanah.com/dollartree/pages/DZ010006-14.htm http://www.zeanah.com/dollartree/pages/DZ010013-18.htm Thanks. ------------------------------ Date: Fri, 4 May 2001 10:41:14 -0400 From: "Derek Zeanah" To: , Subject: RE: 50 C lens Problem? Message-ID: Whoops. Should be *warehouse* and *design*. I hate it when I type in a hurry. -----Original Message----- From: Derek Zeanah [mailto:derek@zeanah.com] Sent: Friday, May 04, 2001 10:26 AM To: hasselblad@kelvin.net Subject: 50 C lens Problem? Shot in a wearhouse the last few days and was dismayed by some of what I saw -- looks like flare at the top of the frame in a number of images, which I didn't expect from a Distagon degign. I was shooting with the screw-on filter (which *is* short) but it didn't seem to help much. Is this normal behavior from a 50 C T*? Here are some examples: http://www.zeanah.com/dollartree/pages/DZ010007-03.htm http://www.zeanah.com/dollartree/pages/DZ010006-14.htm http://www.zeanah.com/dollartree/pages/DZ010013-18.htm Thanks. ---------------------------------------------------------------------- The Hasselblad Users Group Listserv is a public service of Absolute Internet, Inc., which is not responsible for its content. This mailing list is in no way affiliated with Victor Hasselblad AB, it's subsidiaries, or affiliates. Please turn off HTML mail features prior to posting to this list. Use text mode only. To change your subscription status, go to: http://mail.kelvin.net/guest/RemoteListSummary/Hasselblad Digest archives are stored at http://www.kelvin.net/hasselblad/hassy.htm Searchable archives can be found at http://www.listquest.com/arts/index.html ------------------------------ Date: Fri, 4 May 2001 10:54:30 -0400 From: Evan J Dong To: hasselblad@kelvin.net Subject: Re: 50 C lens Problem? Message-ID: <20010504.105431.-332951.0.evanjoe685@juno.com> Derek, It might be your magazine back has a light leak at the top. Another possible is that the shutter within the body is not closing correctly. I had a similar problem like your with my new 503CW. Ony my first time out, I was high up in the mountain shooting landscape scenics. After I had my chromes processed I noticed this problem. Hasselblad had me bring in all of my equipment that I used that day. Needless to say, they discovered that it was my new 503CW and one of my A-12 backs. Hope this might be of some help to you. Evan On Fri, 4 May 2001 10:26:18 -0400 "Derek Zeanah" writes: > Shot in a wearhouse the last few days and was dismayed by some of > what I > saw -- looks like flare at the top of the frame in a number of > images, which > I didn't expect from a Distagon degign. I was shooting with the > screw-on > filter (which *is* short) but it didn't seem to help much. > > Is this normal behavior from a 50 C T*? > > Here are some examples: > > http://www.zeanah.com/dollartree/pages/DZ010007-03.htm > > http://www.zeanah.com/dollartree/pages/DZ010006-14.htm > > http://www.zeanah.com/dollartree/pages/DZ010013-18.htm > > Thanks. > > ---------------------------------------------------------------------- > > The Hasselblad Users Group Listserv is a public service of Absolute > Internet, Inc., which is not responsible for its content. 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We oppose commercialization of the Digest and look forward with eager anticipation to the sanity of a digest free of this sort of thing. -- regards, Henry Posner Director of Sales and Training B&H Photo-Video, and Pro-Audio Inc. http://www.bhphotovideo.com ------------------------------ Date: Fri, 4 May 2001 11:04:19 -0400 From: "Derek Zeanah" To: Subject: RE: 50 C lens Problem? Message-ID: You might have figured it out. :( Here's a shot with the same camera/back, with a 80mm lens instead: http://www.zeanah.com/dollartree/pages/DZ010012-08.htm Same damn malfunction. Arrrrrrggggggggghhhhhh. Hmmmmm. Another thought. I'm using an NC-2 prism, and lately I've had to really work to get the camera backs (all of them) onto the back of the camera or they fall off. It's move the lever to the right, connect the back, puch a little, and move the lever all the way to the left. The prism doesn't seem to fit very well. Might this also be the problem? If so, is it easy to correct? -----Original Message----- From: Evan J Dong [mailto:evanjoe685@juno.com] Sent: Friday, May 04, 2001 10:55 AM To: hasselblad@kelvin.net Subject: Re: 50 C lens Problem? Derek, It might be your magazine back has a light leak at the top. Another possible is that the shutter within the body is not closing correctly. I had a similar problem like your with my new 503CW. Ony my first time out, I was high up in the mountain shooting landscape scenics. After I had my chromes processed I noticed this problem. Hasselblad had me bring in all of my equipment that I used that day. Needless to say, they discovered that it was my new 503CW and one of my A-12 backs. Hope this might be of some help to you. Evan On Fri, 4 May 2001 10:26:18 -0400 "Derek Zeanah" writes: > Shot in a wearhouse the last few days and was dismayed by some of > what I > saw -- looks like flare at the top of the frame in a number of > images, which > I didn't expect from a Distagon degign. I was shooting with the > screw-on > filter (which *is* short) but it didn't seem to help much. > > Is this normal behavior from a 50 C T*? > > Here are some examples: > > http://www.zeanah.com/dollartree/pages/DZ010007-03.htm > > http://www.zeanah.com/dollartree/pages/DZ010006-14.htm > > http://www.zeanah.com/dollartree/pages/DZ010013-18.htm > > Thanks. > > ---------------------------------------------------------------------- > > The Hasselblad Users Group Listserv is a public service of Absolute > Internet, Inc., which is not responsible for its content. 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Please turn off HTML mail features prior to posting to this list. Use text mode only. To change your subscription status, go to: http://mail.kelvin.net/guest/RemoteListSummary/Hasselblad Digest archives are stored at http://www.kelvin.net/hasselblad/hassy.htm Searchable archives can be found at http://www.listquest.com/arts/index.html ------------------------------ Date: Fri, 04 May 2001 08:11:16 -0700 From: Jim Brick To: hasselblad@kelvin.net Subject: Re: 50 C lens Problem? Message-ID: <4.1.20010504080329.04703b80@xsj02.sjs.agilent.com> If the flare is at the top of a photograph (which it is) and if it caused by the film back, it would have to come from the "bottom" of the magazine. Not the top. Remember, the image is upside down on the film. I believe the problem is the filter. Filters are not coated like lenses. Zeiss lens coatings have to me an order of magnitude better than most filter. When you put a filter in front of a lens, you have just made the wonderful "lens" anti-reflection coating useless. And you are relying on cheap filter coating. I'd put my money on the filter causing the flare, not the lens. Been there too many times myself. Was "always" the filter. The rule of thumb is that if you have any bright light sources or high contrast areas in your photograph, don't use a filter unless you check out the image v-e-r-y carefully on the ground glass. And you can still be fooled. Jim At 10:54 AM 5/4/01 -0400, Evan J Dong wrote: >Derek, > >It might be your magazine back has a light leak at the top. Another >possible is that the shutter within the body is not closing correctly. I >had a similar problem like your with my new 503CW. Ony my first time out, >I was high up in the mountain shooting landscape scenics. After I had my >chromes processed I noticed this problem. Hasselblad had me bring in all >of my equipment that I used that day. Needless to say, they discovered >that it was my new 503CW and one of my A-12 backs. > >Hope this might be of some help to you. >Evan > >On Fri, 4 May 2001 10:26:18 -0400 "Derek Zeanah" >writes: >> Shot in a wearhouse the last few days and was dismayed by some of >> what I >> saw -- looks like flare at the top of the frame in a number of >> images, which >> I didn't expect from a Distagon degign. I was shooting with the >> screw-on >> filter (which *is* short) but it didn't seem to help much. >> >> Is this normal behavior from a 50 C T*? >> >> Here are some examples: >> >> http://www.zeanah.com/dollartree/pages/DZ010007-03.htm >> >> http://www.zeanah.com/dollartree/pages/DZ010006-14.htm >> >> http://www.zeanah.com/dollartree/pages/DZ010013-18.htm >> >> Thanks. >> >> ---------------------------------------------------------------------- >> >> The Hasselblad Users Group Listserv is a public service of Absolute >> Internet, Inc., which is not responsible for its content. This >> mailing list is in no way affiliated with Victor Hasselblad AB, it's >> subsidiaries, or affiliates. >> >> Please turn off HTML mail features prior to posting to this list. >> Use text mode only. >> >> To change your subscription status, go to: >> http://mail.kelvin.net/guest/RemoteListSummary/Hasselblad >> Digest archives are stored at >> http://www.kelvin.net/hasselblad/hassy.htm >> Searchable archives can be found at >> http://www.listquest.com/arts/index.html > >________________________________________________________________ >GET INTERNET ACCESS FROM JUNO! >Juno offers FREE or PREMIUM Internet access for less! >Join Juno today! For your FREE software, visit: >http://dl.www.juno.com/get/tagj. >---------------------------------------------------------------------- > >The Hasselblad Users Group Listserv is a public service of Absolute >Internet, Inc., which is not responsible for its content. This mailing list >is in no way affiliated with Victor Hasselblad AB, it's subsidiaries, or >affiliates. > >Please turn off HTML mail features prior to posting to this list. Use text >mode only. > >To change your subscription status, go to: >http://mail.kelvin.net/guest/RemoteListSummary/Hasselblad >Digest archives are stored at http://www.kelvin.net/hasselblad/hassy.htm >Searchable archives can be found at http://www.listquest.com/arts/index.html ------------------------------ Date: Fri, 4 May 2001 11:11:42 -0400 From: "Peter Klosky" To: , Subject: Re: 50 C lens Problem? Message-ID: <002c01c0d4ac$8706d810$230a210a@dulles> Derek, It looks for all the world like some light source did cause flare in the images, exactly as you say. My thinking is that the source of the flare was from the overhead illumination. Probably the flourescent tubes which are evident, but also possible from the overhead box lights which are visible in some of the shots. It could even have been a flash unit of yours forward of the lens, but I seriously doubt it. I think these problems could have been prevented, and will comment. My first question is: "Did you use a tripod?" Had you used a tripod, you would have been able to set the shot, then moved to the front of the rig, and seen if any of the overhead lights were striking the lens or filter. I suspect this simple test may have been enough to cause you to re-think your angles and eliminate the flare. I'm thinking you probably did use a tripod, but did not walk around to the front. My next question is: "Did you use a decent lens shade, such as the Hasselblad bellows shade?" This also may have eliminated the flare. In a pinch, you could shield the lens from the flare source by using a magazine, hat or your hand. My third question is: "Did you use Polaroid?" It would have detected any flare. For this type of work, I would have used it. My fourth question is: "How much time did you budget for each shot?" For this type of shoot, I try to plan every shot with the client, with the goal of allowing about 30 or 45 minutes for each shot. This gives plenty of time to arrange everything properly, make test Polaroids, etc. My fifth question is: "Did you use professional models, or at least get the subjects to agree to spend a certain amount of time dedicated to the shoot?" This is really a re-hash of the last question. My sixth question is about this screw-on filter. "Was the filter itself of high quality, or serving some purpose?" In some cases, like with my 80CF, I am much better off without a filter than having just a filter and no lens shade. The way the lens elements are set back into the lens means that some overhead source would hit a filter, where a no-filter situation would be just fine. You might want to mount your rig on a tripod at home under a light and see just how sheltered from overhead sources you can get it by adjusting filters, shades, etc. My seventh question is: "Have you considered cropping?" I examined most all the shots on your site, and found that simply cropping off some of the top and some of the side yielded a more interesting image, anyway, with less similar ceiling with/flare that only serves to distract. Some custom burning of the flare spots might help. Close examination makes me suspect the lens shade even more. The flare is located near the lights, and only when they appear. This makes me think the back and body do not have leaks. If they did, the flare would not always be near the lights. The precise location of the flare does not lead me to think the flare is from light within the scene, but rather from lights almost directly over the camera. Well, thet's my $0.02. While it is an excellent shoot, I share your passion for making sure to critically review my work and try to improve. Peter ----- Original Message ----- From: "Derek Zeanah" To: Sent: Friday, May 04, 2001 10:26 AM Subject: 50 C lens Problem? > Shot in a wearhouse the last few days and was dismayed by some of what I > saw -- looks like flare at the top of the frame in a number of images, which > I didn't expect from a Distagon degign. I was shooting with the screw-on > filter (which *is* short) but it didn't seem to help much. > > Is this normal behavior from a 50 C T*? > > Here are some examples: > > http://www.zeanah.com/dollartree/pages/DZ010007-03.htm > > http://www.zeanah.com/dollartree/pages/DZ010006-14.htm > > http://www.zeanah.com/dollartree/pages/DZ010013-18.htm ------------------------------ Date: Fri, 4 May 2001 12:05:03 -0400 From: "Derek Zeanah" To: Subject: RE: 50 C lens Problem? Message-ID: >I'd put my money on the filter causing the flare, not the lens. I wish. Unfortunately, I wasn't using any filters. ------------------------------ Date: Fri, 4 May 2001 12:09:07 -0400 From: "Derek Zeanah" To: "Peter Klosky" , Subject: RE: 50 C lens Problem? Message-ID: Thanks for the reply. Looks like I was unclear (hate being in a hurry) -- instead of "filter" I should have said "shade" -- I don't own a bellows shade, instead using the Hasselblad bayonet shades (for 80 and 150) and screw-on (for the 50). I had about 30 minutes to shoot on that day, no paid models, just people on the floor that I wasn't supposed to stop from doing their job. Tried deploying a tripod, but things were moving too quickly and the "floor" on those levels was sort of a metal mesh -- big enough holes for tripod legs to fall through. This isn't really a paid gig -- it's the first commercial environment I've shot, and I'm doing it at cost (as a favor to the GM). I learned, but wish I could figure out what'g going on with the glare. A bellows-type lens shade might have helped, but then again, I'm not sure if I could have used it. I was shooting at something like 1/15s handheld but braced as well as I could. Not sure I could manage that with the bellows shade too. Didn't use a polaroid either, though that would have found the problem (assuming I could maintain the same composition). Time for each shot was short. I shot 4 rolls of 120 in 45 minutes (including driving around -- it's 1/4 mile from corner to corner), though many were duplications as I was fearful of camera shake. Re: cropping: the client wants 16x20's out of this so they'll be cropped, but not necessarily in a way that improves the image. I'm a little skittish about cropping too much -- I was shooting with flash so the subject should be reasonably sharp, but these were still 1/15s handheld shots... I learned, so it wasn't a futile exercise. Thanks for the help on figuring out what went wrong. ------------------------------ Date: Fri, 4 May 2001 13:23:44 -0400 (EDT) From: Shane W Davis To: hasselblad@kelvin.net Subject: flash advice Message-ID: Here is the underexposed photograph that a couple of people asked to see. With a little more exposure, the motion blurring would not be so conspicuous, the twilight would not seem too dark, and maybe the "no... skateboarding" sign would be legible (smaller aperture and brigher flash to reach out and grab the sign, I guess). http://www-personal.umich.edu/~swdavis/up.jpg After this little failure and the helpful tips from list members, I feel better prepared to use my hasselblad "on the street" with flash and did so with slightly better results the following weekend. Thanks again to all who wrote. ------------------------------ Date: Fri, 4 May 2001 14:47:32 -0400 (EDT) From: Andrew Moore To: Subject: FS: Hassy/Zeiss (Leica too) Message-ID: Hasselblad: $2475 - Zeiss 120/4 CFi Makro-Planar T*, mint, 2 months old, USA, one-owner, with caps, pouch, box, manuals. Images at http://pubpages.unh.edu/~amm4/im/1204/ $1250 - Hasselblad 501cm, mint-, 4 months old, USA, one-owner, with front cap, manuals, box. Images at http://pubpages.unh.edu/~amm4/im/501back/ $495 - Hasselblad A12 6x6 back, new style with dark slide holder, mint, USA, 4 months old, 2 rolls of film through it, matching insert, in box with manual. Images at http://pubpages.unh.edu/~amm4/im/a12/ $495 - Hasselblad A12 6x6 back, new style with dark slide holder, mint, USA, 4 months old, 2 rolls of film through it, matching insert. Images at http://pubpages.unh.edu/~amm4/im/501back/ (same as for the 501) Leica: $1095 - 50/2 Summicron, current version, in Leica screw-mount. Literally new/unused in box with blank USA/Passport warranty. Case/caps/everything included. Images at http://pubpages.unh.edu/~amm4/im/352/ $1695 - 35/2 Summicron, current version, in Leica screw-mount. Hood is Mint-, everything else is mint, in box with blank USA/Passport warranty. Case/caps/everything included. Images at http://pubpages.unh.edu/~amm4/im/502/ ------------------------------ Date: Fri, 4 May 2001 17:11:30 -0700 From: "Rod Leavitt" To: , Subject: RE: 50 C lens Problem? Message-ID: " just people on the floor that I wasn't supposed to stop from doing their job " I didn't save your images, but a new issue might be model releases---depending on how the images are used, if the people are identifiable, etc. Be careful doing shoots for friends, even if you're not paid well. R -----Original Message----- From: Derek Zeanah [mailto:derek@zeanah.com] Sent: Friday, May 04, 2001 9:09 AM To: Peter Klosky; hasselblad@kelvin.net Subject: RE: 50 C lens Problem? Thanks for the reply. Looks like I was unclear (hate being in a hurry) -- instead of "filter" I should have said "shade" -- I don't own a bellows shade, instead using the Hasselblad bayonet shades (for 80 and 150) and screw-on (for the 50). I had about 30 minutes to shoot on that day, no paid models, just people on the floor that I wasn't supposed to stop from doing their job. Tried deploying a tripod, but things were moving too quickly and the "floor" on those levels was sort of a metal mesh -- big enough holes for tripod legs to fall through. This isn't really a paid gig -- it's the first commercial environment I've shot, and I'm doing it at cost (as a favor to the GM). I learned, but wish I could figure out what'g going on with the glare. A bellows-type lens shade might have helped, but then again, I'm not sure if I could have used it. I was shooting at something like 1/15s handheld but braced as well as I could. Not sure I could manage that with the bellows shade too. Didn't use a polaroid either, though that would have found the problem (assuming I could maintain the same composition). Time for each shot was short. I shot 4 rolls of 120 in 45 minutes (including driving around -- it's 1/4 mile from corner to corner), though many were duplications as I was fearful of camera shake. Re: cropping: the client wants 16x20's out of this so they'll be cropped, but not necessarily in a way that improves the image. I'm a little skittish about cropping too much -- I was shooting with flash so the subject should be reasonably sharp, but these were still 1/15s handheld shots... I learned, so it wasn't a futile exercise. Thanks for the help on figuring out what went wrong. ---------------------------------------------------------------------- The Hasselblad Users Group Listserv is a public service of Absolute Internet, Inc., which is not responsible for its content. This mailing list is in no way affiliated with Victor Hasselblad AB, it's subsidiaries, or affiliates. Please turn off HTML mail features prior to posting to this list. Use text mode only. To change your subscription status, go to: http://mail.kelvin.net/guest/RemoteListSummary/Hasselblad Digest archives are stored at http://www.kelvin.net/hasselblad/hassy.htm Searchable archives can be found at http://www.listquest.com/arts/index.html ------------------------------ Date: Fri, 04 May 2001 17:34:57 -0700 From: Jim Brick To: HUG Subject: For Sale 5/4/01 Message-ID: <4.1.20010504173332.01fa6f00@xsj02.sjs.agilent.com> Hasselblad 150 CFi f/4.0 Sonnar, LN, used once, all papers, bags, pouches, boxes, etc. USA warranty good until August 2002. $1800. Leica 75/1.4 Summilux, Mint, all papers, bags, pouches, boxes, etc., latest Solms version, still under USA Passport warranty. $1700 On everything... 10DRP (10 Day Return Privalege,) I pay FedEx to US locations. Jim Brick 408-970-2533 (work - week day 7am - 5pm) 408-247-0312 (home - all other times) jim@brick.org ------------------------------ End of hasselblad V1 #1217 ************************** ---------------------------------------------------------------------- The Hasselblad Users Group Listserv is a public service of Absolute Internet, Inc., which is not responsible for its content. This mailing list is in no way affiliated with Victor Hasselblad AB, it's subsidiaries, or affiliates. Please turn off HTML mail features prior to posting to this list. Use text mode only. To change your subscription status, go to: http://mail.kelvin.net/guest/RemoteListSummary/Hasselblad Digest archives are stored at http://www.kelvin.net/hasselblad/hassy.htm Searchable archives can be found at http://www.listquest.com/arts/index.html