August 2014 portrait

[Pali K]

Thats amazing Andre. I am new to large format and would appreciate if you could share how you setup the shot - particularly interested in how you achieved the shallow dof.

Thanks, Plai

[andre]

Thanks!!
No severe light leaks so far.
One thing I noticed was that the bellows hangs too far down the front standard and a bit over the lens, blocking the top edge.
I fixed that by letting the lens barrel deeper into the the bellows.

Nice Andre!
No light leaks...?

[andre]

Thanks Pali! I'm new myself, only 2 month in

The shallow DOF is a combination of a couple of things...
This Petzval lens has a wide aperture of F3.5.
The focal length is 6" which is like a 45mm equivalent so I had a very close focusing distance.
I think I added a bit of swing which again changes focus plane.

Adding to the look is the very soft light from the open sky.
And maybe the fact that the lens is quite low in contrast which gives a very nice tonailty with traditional black & white film like TriX and HP5

Thats amazing Andre. I am new to large format and would appreciate if you could share how you setup the shot - particularly interested in how you achieved the shallow dof.

Thanks, Plai

[Pali K]

Thanks Pali! I'm new myself, only 2 month in

The shallow DOF is a combination of a couple of things...
This Petzval lens has a wide aperture of F3.5.
The focal length is 6" which is like a 45mm equivalent so I had a very close focusing distance.
I think I added a bit of swing which again changes focus plane.

Adding to the look is the very soft light from the open sky.
And maybe the fact that the lens is quite low in contrast which gives a very nice tonailty with traditional black & white film like TriX and HP5

Thanks Andre. Really nice portrait.

[Bill Christian]

I did some tilt and there might have been an Einstein flash camera left for fill.

Model: Vanessa A Leigh
Camera: LargeSense LS911 Pre Production Camera
Large format digital camera (single shot sensor, size bigger than 8x10 inch)
Fujinon SF lens 1:5.6 / 250 mm
Photo Taken: August 14, 2014 Los Gatos, CA, USA
Copyright LargeSense LLC
All rights reserved

Bill

[Ari]

Fantastic results, Bill; I can't wait to hear more about the LS911 when you're ready.

[Bill Christian]

Ari,

Thanks, I'll keep posting a few when I take photos and will update when the camera progresses.

Bill

[VictoriaPerelet]

I did some tilt and there might have been an Einstein flash camera left for fill.

Model: Vanessa A Leigh
Camera: LargeSense LS911 Pre Production Camera
Large format digital camera (single shot sensor, size bigger than 8x10 inch)
........

Now, can we please see pic of camera?

[Bill Christian]

The camera now is just a test box, but we're working on the first metal prototype and when it looks nice I'll have pictures. I don't want to show photos of an unfinished camera.

Bill

Now, can we please see pic of camera?

[Richard Johnson]

First one with Tom's 45n-2.
I really like how the small camera get's out of the way when shooting.

Eliseo by Andre Mueller, on Flickr

Excellent. Keeping the subject's eyes' closed is a good way to get them to hold still and stay in focus too.