EXCERPT page containing first few paragraphs. 2024-05-04 06:21:29
UA_SEARCH_BOT_compatible_botmozilla/5.0 applewebkit/537.36 (khtml, like gecko; compatible; claudebot/1.0; +claudebot@anthropic.com) @ 18.221.98.71
For full access, subscribe here. Or click title to login. 
Examples: Early Oil Paintings of Ann Kurz-Chambers
This page looks at the Hasselblad XCD 55mm f/2.5 V used to capture oil paintings of various sizes, what the challenges and issues are in using it.
Includes images up to full camera resolution.
Oil paintings by Ann Kurz-Chambers. Most circa 1978-1981. Paintings are available for sale, contact Lloyd to inquire. All original paintings copyright by Ann Kurz-Chambers, photographs ©2022 Lloyd L Chambers. All rights reserved. Do not copy/reproduce/display/etc except as in the course of normal viewing as a current subscriber of this web site.
Painting frames were cropped away. An effort was made to align/square-up each image (camera to painting) but some skew was inevitable and this has been dealt with by cropping slightly and stretching corner areas very slightly for a rectangular image.
Article continues for subscribers...
Diglloyd Medium Format is by yearly subscription. Subscribe now for about 33 cents a day ($120/year).
BEST DEAL: get full access to ALL 8 PUBLICATIONS for only about 75 cents a day!
Diglloyd Medium Format covers medium format camera systems, including the Hasselblad X1D and Fujifilm GFX.
These systems are hugely expensive, so make the right choice for your own needs (full frame vs medium format).
- In-depth lens evaluations covering behaviors not likely to be found anywhere else, based on real-world field shooting.
- How to configure menus and buttons and best operating practices, gotchas and how-to.
- Real world examples with insights found nowhere else. Make sharper images just by understanding lens and camera behaviors.
- Jaw-dropping image quality found nowhere else utilizing Retina-grade images up to 100 megapixels filling up to 5K display, plus large crops.
- Aperture series from wide open through stopped down, showing the full range of lens performance and bokeh.
- Optical quality analysis of field curvature, focus shift, sharpness, flare, distortion, and performance in the field.
©1978 Ann-Kurz Chambers. Oil on masonite, 24X20, 5/1978. 1st Place Oshkosh, WI Museum Show
Hasselblad X2D 100C + Hasselblad XCD 55mm f/2.5 V @ 45.3mm equiv (55mm)
RAW: distortion corrected, vignetting corrected, +10 Whites, +10 Clarity
[low-res image for bot]