The shots have some blown highlights because there are some peripheral areas in direct sun, for example in the background of the pic with the pumpkins. But the main light is provided by the flash and softbox, so the exposure had to be based on those. Any film or digital would show some blown highlights here. Paul On Oct 2, 2006, at 11:36 PM, Jack Davis wrote:
> Paul, > Thanks for the look. Generally crisp and well composed, but contrast > seems a problem. Maybe it's due to the scanner you want to replace or > the VC version of Portra. Hot emulsions has blown highlights for me to > the point where I usually increased the ISO by about a third of a stop. > > Jack > > --- Paul Stenquist <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > >> I did as I had threatened, and shot a couple of rolls of Portra VC >> 160 >> at the local Farmer's Market. I used the 6x7 with the 165/4 Leaf >> Shutter lens and the AF 400T flash with a Lumiquest Softbox. I like >> the >> fill from the softbox, particularly in the shot of the kids sitting >> on >> the wall with the hard midday crosslight. Nothing special here, but I >> >> had a good time, and I like the performance of that lens. The negs >> look >> great under a loupe. If I were to continue with medium format, I >> would >> want a better film scanner. I'm still using the Epson Photo 3200 >> flatbed. It's marginal. >> >> http://www.photo.net/photodb/photo?photo_id=5027776&size=lg >> http://www.photo.net/photodb/photo?photo_id=5027772 >> http://www.photo.net/photodb/photo?photo_id=5027701&size=lg >> >> >> -- >> PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List >> PDML@pdml.net >> http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net >> > > > __________________________________________________ > Do You Yahoo!? > Tired of spam? Yahoo! Mail has the best spam protection around > http://mail.yahoo.com > > -- > PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List > PDML@pdml.net > http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net > -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List PDML@pdml.net http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net
