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David in Tokyo
David in Tokyo @ djl @mastodon.mit.edu
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  • @mattblaze@federate.social

    Do you have the negative at hand? What is it's actual size in mm?

    FWIW, the '85 Hasselblad 500CM here is 53x53mm, the '53 Rolleiflex T is 54x54 mm, and the no longer here Mamiya 7II was a seriously glorious 54x70 mm.

    Although I've never used a GX680, I was photographed by one once (they were standard for wedding/family studio group photos here in Japan in the good old days).

  • @mattblaze@federate.social

    Matt: Looking at more images is, of course, good advice. You've mentioned in the past several names I wasn't aware of, so, thanks.

    I got stuck on the Minor White/Ansel Adams axis in high school (68-72 or so) when every issue of Aperture was jaw-dropping amazing. I really wanted to study with Minor White (who was at MIT when I was), but realized a hyperactive computer nerd might grate on White's sensibilities...

    An attempt from those days...

    https://pbase.com/davidjl/image/170630571

  • @mattblaze@federate.social

    Feel free to tell me I'm dizzy, but:

    I find correctly perspective corrected images to make the buildings look top-heavy. You've got the lines straight and parallel, but what I'd want would be a perceptually realistic (yes, that doesn't mean anything: sue me) rendering. And I don't know how to do that.

    I let my Canon 24 TSE II go because with the adaptor it was just too much of a clunker on a mirrorless. Sigh. So I haven't put in anywhere near the amount of effort this deserves.