[Portable Studio Lights & HSS|TTL]

Hi there

I lost track in the past 4 month of all the novelties. IN addition to roboshoot, there's the Nissin air, the Cactus 6VII, and then new rumours about elinchrom and profit producing the right triggers for fuji

I do not want to purchase a cobra flash TTL solution, I'd like more power 

Who could kindly tell me what's the best solution to use TTL/HSS on profoto gear, elinchrom, phottix and so on ?

Thanks for your help!

Andrea

 

[Getting the Medium Format Look > Utopy on small sensors ?]

BTW : if specs did not matter you'd be able to shoot Mona Kuhn's portraits (Hasselblad analogue) or Alec Soth Mississippi pictures (20x25 analogue) with a Fuji XT1. 

[Getting the Medium Format Look > Utopy on small sensors ?]

Folks, I have had the chance to test the mitakon

It's a very heavy lens. Very difficult to focus with. It's really not appealing.

 

I tried the 90mm too but, if you're accustomed to remain close to a subject when making portraits, it obliges you to move back a good 3/4 steps

That changes the relation. Good to shoot models or weddings

The best solution - I found during these tests-  remains a 56mm or a 55 Zeiss FE on a Sony A7RII

I realise I have compared a 85 with a 55 but still in my quick test the Sony comes out as the winner of the two. In a very convincing way. 

It's the sensor.

[Getting the Medium Format Look > Utopy on small sensors ?]

Hi everyone

I am seeking advice on lenses which can generate on a X mount a middle format look

What I am seeking is the eyes in focus and the cheeks out of focus, I am seeking the f. 0,95 effects which separates subject from the background

 

I have read few reviews about the 0,95 options (mitakon) and found frequent references to flaws

Worth 1300€? Not sure

The 90mm seems an option but I wonder if anyone has a better suggestion

 

I am trying to avoid moving to SONY which offers a much wider set of options and much bigger (80M) sensors

Thanks in advance

[Medium Format Rumors]

2 reasons:

It's not mirrorless.

It's not a Fuji.

Yes flysurfer and more:

 

It's heavy (and maybe fuji comes up with a better design)

It's not a Fuji+ (meaning the company does not react and innovate like fuji, will not have soon a good lens array)

It does not have the right software (ref. different format ratios for example)

It's an isolated system surrounded by competitors with a totally different (read superior) marketing posture and appetite for investment

[Medium Format Rumors]

This medium format story is one of the best news in the business in months

(Somehow a more important one - for the masses - that the new XF100 from PhaseOne)

We are almost about to come back to the 50s: Hasselblad facing Rolleiflex

A flexible, articulated medium format system, next to another, with few constraints but with similar stellar image quality

Hasselblad was the expensive alternative, Rolleiflex a less engaging option (also in terms of weight) 

 

Does anyone have an idea about the nature of the future sensor ?

Any educated guess ?

There must be a deal with sony to produce a 50M X- trans sensor. Producing a slightly larger one (say 60 would be an ideal positioning)

 

Can I launch a proposal for Fuji ?

Make sure the current option in the small format to change the ratio of the pictures is maintained !

It's got to be possible to shoot square (1:1), 4x5 (1:1,25), 24x36 or 6x9 (1:1,5), and the golden rule ratio (1:1,61)

 

If you are a believer, promote this proposal in the forum and elsewhere