Peter Lik...

[Erik Naso]

That is fantastic!

 

[Brian Iannone]

Just out of curiosity, would any of these guesses about the original image be correct?

- You shot between 33 and 50 images.
- The original image is between 458 and 700 MP.

If you are going to display a 10' print at the SCARLET event, the image used for that print should be around 458 MP. So, I'm assuming the original photo is quite a bit larger than that.

Sorry if someone answered this question in a previous post. I went through a few dozen, but couldn't find answer.

 

[Brian Self]

If I myself were an enthusiastic billionaire (or move the slider anywhere between enthusiastic to megalomaniac)… I would like to completely re-think the Hassleblad idea. Victor Hasselblad originally got the idea from a captured German Aerial survey camera during WWII that he was ordered to reverse engineer and improve. I think today Hassleblad lost the plot with a lot of rubbery and plasticky looking elements that make the camera look like a design hang over from the late eighties. If I was in control of the universe I would revise the Hasselblad design to a sort of “Hassleblad-X” that would have very pure and clean lines and space grade finishes. The concept being that the lenses and body are very clean cut metal but with a modern look. I.e. getting back to the original idea of Hasselblad that folks originally appreciated. I think they, (Hassy) really lost the plot.

The EPIC is a different idea design wise but to my eye seems very cinematic… (that’s what we all adjust and become familiar with now).

With Leica especially with their digital rangefinders what people are buying into is perceived quality. The lenses are almost too good but are very much more expensive than they are good, but the camera bodies are NOT on the inside what people imagine them to be. It’s not the Swiss watch on the inside, instead crude cottage craft production techniques (almost); the bodies don’t match the engineering and precision of the lenses (no-where close). [If you don’t believe me grab a screw driver and start taking your Leica apart!..he, he].

It’s interesting to think what is a camera these days? Especially as so much functionality is from the sensor or camera back and associated electronics (particularly for Medium Format). [obviously some one will post “RED DSMC” in answer to that (somewhat rhetorical) question.

If you don’t need the prism, mirror box, shutter mechanism etc etc. then like a lot of higher end pro systems the Camera becomes a “plate” i.e. it’s not even a box anymore.. (i.e. the literal meaning of the word camera box/chamber). A Camera is in some cases just an interface between sensor and lens.

The medium Format manufacturers are going to ever higher MP and larger sensor sizes. My fear is that they disappear up the mountain and discover when they get there that there is not much room at the peak and there is no helicopter that is going to rescue them if they all get stuck up there. There are many real world applications that REALLY require a large piece of silicon but I am fearful that one or two of the MF manufacturer’s (not all) may become unnecessarily rarefied and therefore unwittingly become extinct. There are Many advantages for a large sensor even at lower MP even at the 21MP mark (but generally I am thinking from 30-60MP), but for some reason MF manufacturer’s don’t see the merit in implementing more innovative camera designs that could function superbly and really get in the swim slightly lower down or laterally in the “market space”. Price is one thing but actual value is another thing all together, and I think that’s what people are really looking for.

Issues of sensitivity are another dimension too of course.

I like my pixels* and silicon BIG!!!

But I like the fact that RED really has absolutely pushed the capabilities and frontiers of what a smaller sensor can really achieve, (in photographic terms). Year on year the MF guys are getting nibbled and gnawed away on several different fronts. I’ll be honest I don’t want to see these types of systems and devices disappear as they are (for certain applications VERY useful indeed).

Cheers

Eric

*"photo sites".

I TOTALLY agree Eric! I have a 500 c/m, its stunning and I love it. Hasselblad needs a fresh design team and some new direction.

 

[Chad Lancaster]

12 shots, it was a amazingly sharp print. face-mounted too

Just out of curiosity, would any of these guesses about the original image be correct?

- You shot between 33 and 50 images.
- The original image is between 458 and 700 MP.

If you are going to display a 10' print at the SCARLET event, the image used for that print should be around 458 MP. So, I'm assuming the original photo is quite a bit larger than that.

Sorry if someone answered this question in a previous post. I went through a few dozen, but couldn't find answer.

 

[Will Wernick]

Totally stunning to see the print tonight. Was so much better up close. Wish I could buy a print.

 

[Marcos Montenegro]

So, was that shot by an Epic or by a Scarlet?

Totally stunning to see the print tonight. Was so much better up close. Wish I could buy a print.

 

[Paul Ellington]

I've listened to Peter talk about what he is doing and why... very thoughtful stuff. I am impressed at the lengths he goes to to get what he envisions. He grades like Fincher. He is one of the few that won't give up his Light-Jet because it is still the best printer on the planet. Plus he is delightfully quirky and almost has as many personality disorders as I do. That's saying' something.

Jim

I'm probably third in line...

 

[Luke Schenk]

Just went to a Peter Lik gallery in person, his work is even more phenomenal in person. I feel like I need to buy some prints, and start shooting my own on my EPIC.