 Posted: Thu Jul 23, 2009 11:03 pm Post subject: Pentax 645 - Provia 100 - Sea Life |
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Laurence wrote:
Here's another one from the depths of my hard drive.
Again, this is a scan of a medium format transparency, but this time
from a Pentax 645 that takes a bit of a smaller overall image at
6cm x 4.5cm in size.
The smaller transparency means that the camera can be smaller than
a lot of other medium format cameras as well, and that there are more
exposures available per roll of 120 film. This makes the Pentax 645 a
very good choice for "quick" shots, and can actually be used even as a
street camera!
However, I like to use a tripod and "settle in" to try to
compose landscapes, and then I can use lower speed films such as
Velvia 50 or Provia 100. The fine grain can give some very nice
enlargements.
In this case, I used Provia as I wasn't feeling that the colors needed
to be showcased. The fine grained Provia gives only very slightly
saturated colors, so is great for showing detail and textures, as I felt
that these California Mussels had. I also feel that the 75mm lens has
decent (not spectacular, but decent) fall-off of out of focus areas.
Once more, the web loses detail. The transparency shows superb
sharpness in the focused areas with good microdetail. When looking
at the slide against a lightbox, or projected onto a screen, it feels
like I can "dive in" and pick those mussels off the rock! That is one
of the joys of medium format.
Salt-Spray Mussels
Pentax 645
Pentax-A 75/2.8 with #2 extension tube
f:4 and 1/250th
Provia 100
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Demur,—you ’re straightway dangerous,
And handled with a chain.
Emily Dickinson
Cameras and Lenses in Use:
Yashica Mat 124 w/ Yashinon 80/3.5,
CV Apo-Lanthar 90/3.5SL, (Thank you Klaus),
Pentax 645,
Flek 50,
Pentax-A 150
Pentax-A 120 Macro
Voigtlander Vitomatic I w/Color Skopar 50/2.8
Konica TC and zoom lenses (thanks Carsten)
Contax AX
Yashica ML 50/2
Yashica ML 35/2.8
Carl Zeiss Contax 50/1.4
Tamron Adaptall SP 17/3.5
Tamron Adaptall 28/2.5
Tamron Adaptall SP 300/2.8 LD (IF)
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