View Full Version : Love to see "people" shots with X-Pan
Josef Isayo
09-11-2005, 11:00
Anyone out there can show me some people shots with the X-Pan camera?
It can be anything like portraits, strret photography, documentary...anything but landscape and floral.
Thanks,
Josef
www.josefisayo.com
I have not found, but been dying to see, full length portraits with the 90mm. Have yet to find one...:(
f/stopblues
09-11-2005, 12:09
I saw some great street scenes with an X-Pan some time ago, but unfortunately I can't recall who shot them. I've played with picking one of these up just for this purpose. I'm sort of a movie buff, so I tend to really like the X-Pan format since it is more similar to the 16:9 aspect ratio of cinema film, albeit the X-Pan is wider. I'm confident it would be incredible in the right hands. I'm sure someone's out there doing it..
Greeeaat.. off to the 'Bay I go! Thanks :bang:
Chris
Have a look at the work of Michael von Graffenried (http://www.mvgphoto.com/portfolio/portfolioliste.html) - great street and documentary photography with the Xpan.
Cheers,
Nick
look at the xpan gallery on this site :)
I tried a loaner xpan with 45mm and 90mm in addition to the leica on a smaller job last april, some of the contacts (only uploaded the people shots) can be found here:
http://www.philsamhaber.com/temp_galleries/
Most of them at 1/8 or 1/15 on Fuji Press 800 / Neopan 400@800, lenses were the 45 and the 90.
A very fine camera especially for shooting documentary, if you move in close enough.(I didn't..)
f4 can be limiting though, and I found the lightmeter to be rather picky in contrasty light.
If you plan on shooting "classical" portraits, the 90 is an extrordinary lens with very smooth bokeh and creamy tonality and I personally found it the easiest to frame.
Cheers,
Phil
Josef Isayo
09-11-2005, 20:33
Thanks everyone for all the beautiful and useful images you have provided. I can't wait to start shooting this camera along with my other new toy, Mamiya 6, for all the new and exciting adventures to come.
Josef
www.josefisayo.com
Terence T
09-11-2005, 21:10
Here are a couple of xpan galleries on pbase which I like. Some have portrait shots.
http://www.pbase.com/keithbg/panorama&page=1
http://www.pbase.com/hortopth/xpan_and_horizon_202
http://www.pbase.com/image/46105904
The latest issue of CameraArts magazine has an article on Neil Meyerhoff,
http://www.neilmeyerhoff.com
a photographer who primarily shoots with an Xpan, including many portraits and enviornmental portraits.
Xpan Taiwan : 30mm ;45mm;90mm Lene
http://www.pbase.com/xpan
Have a look at the work of Michael von Graffenried (http://www.mvgphoto.com/portfolio/portfolioliste.html) - great street and documentary photography with the Xpan.
Cheers,
Nick
Great imagery. I cannot read French, but they don't look like they were taken with an X-Pan. Images look like they were taken with a swing lens panorama camera.
The latest issue of CameraArts magazine has an article on Neil Meyerhoff,
http://www.neilmeyerhoff.com
a photographer who primarily shoots with an Xpan, including many portraits and enviornmental portraits.
Beautiful, strong imagery!
Skinny McGee
09-12-2005, 05:53
Thanks everyone for all the beautiful and useful images you have provided. I can't wait to start shooting this camera along with my other new toy, Mamiya 6, for all the new and exciting adventures to come.
Josef
www.josefisayo.com
Hello Josef,
I Looked at you site. I have one word for you WOW!!!! beautiful images....
The wedding shots are unbelievable..(so are the rest).. What lens and camera did you use? did you digitally alter them? Just curious..
Thank you for taking pictures.
Skinny
I would like to add to Skinny's compliments. Your range of photos is amazing. Many of them show an incredible human sensitivity in addition to wonderful composition and tonality. How many years have you been shooting?
Great imagery. I cannot read French, but they don't look like they were taken with an X-Pan. Images look like they were taken with a swing lens panorama camera.
Yes, many of his images (I think his earlier ones) were with a swing lens camera. If you look at the "video mvg" on this page (http://www.mvgphoto.com/index.html) here, you 'll see him with a swing lens camera as well as an Xpan. There are French, German, Italian and English versions of the video.
Here's some samples of his more recent work (text in French) Astrid & Peter (http://www.mvgphoto.com/pressebio/illustre51pdf.pdf)
Cheers,
Nick
Josef Isayo
09-12-2005, 19:33
To Skinny and Hoot....thank you!
Most of my editorial is shot on film, Canon and Leica M, while the wedding work is all digital Canon 1DS2/1D2. Recent purchases of a Mamiya 6 and the Hassy X-Pan will change the all digital wedding for me starting this weekend.
I will also be heading to Paris and West Indies in November, Balize in December, and India in January and will be taking the new toys with me. I will certainly post some images when i come back.
Cheers,
Josef
Terence T
09-12-2005, 19:41
No wonder your name sounded familiar, I had written to you regarding the sale of your 1DmkII recently but failed to get a response from you even though I emailed several times.
f/stopblues
09-12-2005, 20:10
Nick, thanks for posting that video! I really love to watch other people work and I don't get to do it nearly enough. Reading about technique and watching someone in action are very different.
Josef, my compliments on your work. Absolutely stunning.
Chris
The latest issue of CameraArts magazine has an article on Neil Meyerhoff,
http://www.neilmeyerhoff.com
a photographer who primarily shoots with an Xpan, including many portraits and enviornmental portraits.
That is truly excellent work, he really makes good use of the panoramic format without any of the shots feeling "forced." I'd like to be that good...
Oh, and Josef, love your work, great stuff on your site.
www.josefisayo.com
Don't know anything about XPan ...
but I like your Portraits, there are some really strong ones.
/rudi
Joseph...beautiful work!
www.josefisayo.com ...take another look at his website!
ducttape
09-14-2005, 15:57
ENOUGH ALREADY!!
I just bought an RD-1 but I am blown away by some of these images. They are incredible. What a tremendous perspective.
Can't you all stop finding equipment for me to drool over? :bang:
:D
Josef Isayo
09-15-2005, 14:21
Thanks for all the complements guys!
I'm really going back to basics again shooting film and rangefinder cameras like I did when I started back in the late 80's. Though I make much of my living with Canon DSLR's, I plan on incorparating alot more film shooting in the near future with my Leica M6, Hasselblad X-Pan, and Mamiya 6.
This is really exciting again!
Josef
www.josefisayo.com
Josef, Very nice. Have you done any traditional full length portraits with the 90 by chance? Nice enviromentals, especially.
There are a couple of interesting Xpan portraits by Kathy Harcome in the latest issue of Hasselblad News (issue 46)
Here are a couple of xpan galleries on pbase which I like. Some have portrait shots.
http://www.pbase.com/keithbg/panorama&page=1
http://www.pbase.com/hortopth/xpan_and_horizon_202
http://www.pbase.com/image/46105904
Thanks Terence T!
Keith
kbg32
There are a couple of interesting Xpan portraits by Kathy Harcome in the latest issue of Hasselblad News (issue 46)
Are they anywhere on the net?
Panoramix
09-16-2005, 07:30
After some googling, I found this stamp-sized picture of the Hasselblad News article on Kathy Harcom's web site:
http://www.kathyharcom.com/news.htm
Some XPan shots in her gallery, but only landscapes...
... hang on, they're in the 'people' gallery on her site!
Cheers, Panoramix
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