![]() ![]() My Autocords - real images, not test targets or newspapers - and the Have modified a dark slide to mask off a 6圆 area and often shoot this Some more info: I'm using a Toyo 23G with Toyo's 6x7 and 6x9 backs. If the "3D" quality is really from the Minolta, or from your favorite Test, you must shoot the Minolta side-by-side with the view camera We all have a built in bias for our "old favorite" images. Old graflex goodies from the parts bin just don't work as well. Use good, modern roll film holders (Toyo, Linhof, Horseman, Wista). so I try to use no smaller than f/16 unless DOF You need to find the "sweet spot" f-stops for your lens. Work, I need the smaller stops for DOF anyway, so the MF lenses don't Medium format lenses peak at wider f-stops, but for most of my scenic Is also just at the diffraction limit at the corresponding f-stop. Resolution maxed out at 75 lp/mm which is not only outstanding, but Just finished testing a 55mm Apo-Grandagon on an ArcaSwiss 69FC. There have been a number of discussions of medium format vs. ![]() Ideally, I'd like to find a few lenses to cover the 55mm to 150mm range, but if I'm limited to just one, it would need to be in the 75mm to 100mm range since this is what I use most of the time.Īny suggestions or pointers will be greatly appreciated! What's the secret? I enjoy the process of shooting with a view camera and would hate to give mine up but unless I can find at least one lens that can capture an image with Autocord-like qualities, it'll have to go. Recently, I have bought and rented a handful of modern lenses and while they've been able to yield an impressive degree of sharpness, the "3D" quality that I want simply isn't there. Obviously, it must be the lens that's responsible for this quality and to that end, I've tried a variety of older uncoated, single-coated and multi-coated lenses, all without success. Laugh if you must but the Autocords that I own have the ability to capture a bitingly sharp image yet also impart a rounded, almost 3D-like quality that I am unable to duplicate when shooting with my view camera. How do I achieve Minolta Autocord image quality with a view camera? How do I achieve Minolta Autocord image quality with a view camera? : LUSENET : Large format photography : One ThreadĪ recent review of my favorite images surprised me when I realized the majority of them had been shot using a humble Minolta Autocord TLR and NOT my medium-format view camera.
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