I have to put this in the Off Topic category because it was taken with the Hasselblad

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STM

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But it is one of my most favorite recent portraits.

Hasselblad 500CM, 80mm f/2.8 Planar, Kodak T-MAX 100. Nothing compares to the Blad!

 
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Blacktop

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STM said:
But it is one of my most favorite recent portraits.

Hasselblad 500CM, 80mm f/2.8 Planar, Kodak T-MAX 100. Nothing compares to the Blad!

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Ok, granted it's a nice shot, but are you telling me that you could not have taken it with a 610 and an 85/2.8 and gotten the same result?
 
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Blacktop

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Print out your image taken with a 610 and compare it to the print I make on Oriental Seagull grade 2 and you will have your answer. And it will not be the one you were hoping for.
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I was just hoping for a normal answer. No need to get pissy.
 
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STM

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Blacktop said:
I was just hoping for a normal answer. No need to get pissy.
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Not getting pissy, just presenting the facts. The fact remains, nothing printed in black and white with digital can stack up to the same thing taken with medium format and printed high end black and white paper. Maybe one day, but it is still a long day off.
 
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Blacktop

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The fact remains, nothing printed in black and white with digital can stack up to the same thing taken with medium format and printed high end black and white paper. Maybe one day, but it is still a long day off.
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Thank you. That's what I was hoping for.


 
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STM

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You could buy a nice 2 bedroom vacation cabin in the woods for what that camera costs an that is with only 1 lens. Can you afford one? I sure can't. Nor would I want one even if I could. Nothing like getting 26 images on a 32 GB flash card!
 
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RON_RIP

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That was a great photo and a great photo is a great photo, even if taken with a pinhole camera. I think that the skill of the photographer had as much to do with this image as the camera used. But that's just me.
 
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John P

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I am a sucker for black and white.
That shot is oustanding!
Thanks for sharing.
I would click on the like button if it was there.
 
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Rick M

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Excellent! Beautiful work.

Some things just have to be seen in person to be truly appreciated. I don't think we can judge between film and digital by viewing an image on a computer. Grain is a component that can't be appreciated on a monitor (in my opinion). When I see some of my Dad's work hanging on my walls and compare it to my digital, there is just something missing in mine. Film and developing is just plain different, it has unique qualities which digital can never reproduce. In the same sense, digital has it's own unique qualities. I think grain becomes over enhanced when represented digitally, that's probably why I can't appreciate it on a computer monitor.
 
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