Editorial shoot

[roby17269]

My Hassy was in the shop so I used the R5, with the RF 50 1.2 and RF 85 1.2. Broncolor strobes.
This was taken in a studio and the background is AI generated

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[Click]

Excellent shots. Well done, roby17269.

 

[Jethro]

Very impressive, and the backgrounds (especially the 1st one) are great! How do you compare the results from the R5 to the Hasselblad?

 

[roby17269]

Excellent shots. Well done, roby17269.

Thank you!

 

[roby17269]

Very impressive, and the backgrounds (especially the 1st one) are great! How do you compare the results from the R5 to the Hasselblad?

Thank you!

They are 2 very different beasts. If all the stars align, I prefer the Hassy's output. I prefer the CCD color and the 80mp non-aliased files are biting sharp. But the CCD's inherent limitation, the abysmal AF and speed make shooting with older MF (mine is a H5X with a IQ1-80 and HC lenses) a much more laborious process and they are unforgiving of any mistake you make, while you can depend on a modern mirrorless to nail the focus and give you latitude to tweak exposure in post (I should say brightness).

I love shooting with the Hassy since it's so dumb and mechanical that I know that I can take the credit if an image is good. But I would not suggest one does the same unless they have a good grasp of photography techniques already. Completely different with modern MF (Hassy and Fuji) which is closer to modern mirrorless.

Lenses-wise, it's a toss. The older MF lenses are not as sharp as some RF lenses and nowhere near as fast. On the other side they have a beautiful rendition and I love love the inverted crop factor (0.66)