Hasselbald 500CM 40mm lens V’s Fuji G617 105mm lens.

Before the new beast arrives here is a comparison shot between the blad and the Fuji G617. Hasselblald 6×6 with the 40mm lens on the left and Fuji G617 with the 105mm on the right. Set up side by side at the time.

Now all I need is another three tripods for my Fotoman 6×24 (110mm lens), Fuji GX617 (90mm lens) and the 5D Mk II. Can be quite a circus when I am out shooting some times

Both images shot on Velvia 50 of course with the lee 2 stop soft grad. Filter hand held for the 40mm lens.

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Bateau Bay, Sunrise Shoot

I have been heading out quite a bit of late shooting, some brilliant light getting around over this side of Australia at the moment. On this morning I took my daughter Lily with me and her bear which basically is attached to her. The top shot is taken on the Fuji GX617 and the bottom one on the Fuji G617. I bought my old Fuji back off the guy I sold it to. Love that camera. As you can see still makes a cracker of a shot.

Fuji GX617 panoramic camera RAW file

Just thought I would show you all what a RAW file looks like from the Fuji GX617 shot on Velvia 50 slide film. When I say RAW file I am of course talking about how my shot looks in a plastic sleeve back from the lab complete with the film rebate. I just love getting film back and you put it on your light table and the whole roll looks like this and your job is to pick which one looks better. Most of the time it comes down to which shot has the better wave movement.

What I love about shooting film now is in a world / profession that is super saturated with digital images, it is now us slide film shooters that have images with the unique look about them in terms of colour capture and tones. Sure I will be the first to admit that digital has a lot over shooting film in some areas. But with capturing that amazing natural colour for me it beats digital hands down. No clipping RGB colour channels here !!

With film it really is more about the knowledge and skill of capture, exposure and tonal range control than your ability in photoshop to bring the image to it’s intended glory.

Curious Pelican, Turimetta Beach

On an cold and wet day I decided to go through my huge archive of transparencies and I came across this one taken about 6 years ago. When looking at the image it is funny how you are taken back to that exact moment. So I scanned the shot on my Imacon 343 scanner and when viewing the shot in Photoshop memories of the morning I took it started to come back to me. I recalled shooting in the other direction waiting for the sun to come up when I heard a sound behind me. I was initially taken by suprise when I turned and saw this curious fellow standing right behind me. I took one shot before he realised I was actually quite boring and he waddled off.

The shot to the right is taken on my Canon on a recent trip to Terrigal Beach on the Central Coast and the shot below is the sunrise shot I took that day after my feathered visitor left as the sun breached the horizon.

The shot below was taken on my Fuji G617 camera on Velvia 50 slide film. Wish I could remember the settings but it is a while ago now though I usually shoot at f16 and this looks like a 1/4 or 1/2 sec exposure.

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