[itshimitis]

I am with Cartier-Bresson on sharpness. ("Sharpness is a bourgeois concept") I think too many people on forums obsess over it, over and above decent composition. Pixel Peeping is the bind of modern photography. The other aspect of forum "willy waving" is getting the fastest aperture lens possible and always shooting wide open without thought to the artistic application of it.

[SFTphotography]

I am with Cartier-Bresson on sharpness. ("Sharpness is a bourgeois concept") I think too many people on forums obsess over it, over and above decent composition. Pixel Peeping is the bind of modern photography. The other aspect of forum "willy waving" is getting the fastest aperture lens possible and always shooting wide open without thought to the artistic application of it.

So why shoot top level digital medium format - surely an APSC system and kit lens would suffice.

I agree re the shooting wide open part - but having something nice and sharp and not blurry matters to me and my style of work. I wouldn't be in business if it didn't.

[itshimitis]

So why shoot top level digital medium format - surely an APSC system and kit lens would suffice.

I agree re the shooting wide open part - but having something nice and sharp and not blurry matters to me and my style of work. I wouldn't be in business if it didn't.

I'm not suggesting blurry images are acceptable, but there is an obsession with sharpness over and above every other aspect of a shot. There is more to a shot than just it being sharp.

[SFTphotography]

I'm not suggesting blurry images are acceptable, but there is an obsession with sharpness over and above every other aspect of a shot. There is more to a shot than just it being sharp.

Of course - and it is a given that at this level the photographers composition, subject and light as good as it can be.

These aren't beginner chump camera's but tools for highly skilled amateurs or working professionals. Therefore you'd just expect everything else to be good and when I saw the lens sample was like this, well lit, composed, focused, good subject, nice light but with that blurring you couldn't print this image other than a small size - which defeats buying a system/lens combo as expensive as this.

So - at this level -the performance of the equipment is of paramount of importance - because the people that use these camera's will be at the pinnacle of their photography.

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[SFTphotography]

Some ICM photography from me - taken in the Bluebell woods in Kinclaven. Others probably do this far better than me. I really enjoyed this but it's not my norm - a tbh a little bit of a waste of a medium format sensor.

ICM



Spinning in the woods



Blurred vision



A wiggle in the hands



Hypnosis

[Bonner04]

Loon Point Beach
FujiFilm GA645wi Pro, Fuji 45mm f/4.0, Ilford Pan F Plus
Developed with Xtol, stock, 7 Minutes
Epson Perfection V550 Photo Scanner

[SFTphotography]

Dumb question - do these old Fuji MF lenses adapt on to the GFX system or even mount on?

[kaseki]

Of course - and it is a given that at this level the photographers composition, subject and light as good as it can be.

These aren't beginner chump camera's but tools for highly skilled amateurs or working professionals. Therefore you'd just expect everything else to be good and when I saw the lens sample was like this, well lit, composed, focused, good subject, nice light but with that blurring you couldn't print this image other than a small size - which defeats buying a system/lens combo as expensive as this.

So - at this level -the performance of the equipment is of paramount of importance - because the people that use these camera's will be at the pinnacle of their photography.

True enough, asserts kaseki, standing on a mole hill hoping to reach meerkat mound status.

[itshimitis]

Dumb question - do these old Fuji MF lenses adapt on to the GFX system or even mount on?

Doubtful directly, but with an adaptor, certainly.

[ivanvernon]

Garden flowers with 645Z and Pentax 67 75mm f 2.8.

[RICHARD L.]

[Aaron28]

previous meet & greet...pentax 6x7....smc tak 105/2.4...kodak ektar100

[barondla]

Garden flowers with 645Z and Pentax 67 75mm f 2.8.

The second flower picture has amazing colors. So pure and radiant.

Thanks for sharinging,
barondla

[ivanvernon]

The second flower picture has amazing colors. So pure and radiant.

Thanks for sharinging,
barondla

Thank you. I love the Pentax 67 75mm f 2.8 lens with its really short MFD which makes it great for flower closeups.

[rlmartindale]

....these are all handheld....75mm....most are AF to test the lens and camera combination....very pleased....