Current Equipment List - Beckerman
Medium and large format negatives scanned with Epson 4990 scanner.
35mm film scanned with Minolta Dimage 5400 film scanner. 16-bit. 35mm grayscale file is about 78 mb.
Current Film Favorite: tri-x, rated at asa 400
Current Film Developer: Ilford DD-X (1:4)
Printer: Epson 4800
Paper: Crane / Museo Silver Rag
Camera: Leica M6
Lenses: 28 f1.9 Voigtlander, Leica f2.0 (non-asph) 50mm
Light Meter: Gossen Luna-Pro digital handheld reflective
Photoshop Plugins: Pixel Genius - Photokit
35mm Film Scanner: Konica/Minolta Dimage 5400 (no longer available, but I’d recommend the latest Nikon film scanners of 4000 dpi or more)
Medium Format Scanner: Epson 4990 Flatbed scanner. No, not up to a good medium format film scanner, but not bad either.
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UPDATE: I returned to digital capture Jan. 2008, with a Canon 40D and two prime lenses: Canon 50 f1.4 and Sigma 30 f1.4. I also have the Canon 20mm f2.8 but I don’t use that very often. Most processing is now being done with Adobe Lightroom.
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Time: June 26, 2007, 8:34 pm
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Comment from Bill
Time: March 28, 2008, 6:02 am
Thanks for posting this.
My first question when I saw “Laugh, Times Square” ( http://beckermanphoto.com/2008/03/27/laugh-times-square/ ) was what camera/lens combo. Such gorgeous detail and bokeh. So instead of posting the question I’m sure you get a gazillion times, I decided to look around.
Yet another example of why I need (OK, want) a Leica/Voightlander combo.
Comment from luke
Time: March 28, 2008, 6:16 am
Bill, this list is out of date. Dave is now using a Canon 40D with a Sigma 30/1.4 and a Canon 50/1.4.
Comment from Thomas
Time: May 14, 2008, 11:58 am
BTW, printing through Qimage (WinXP) on a HP Z3100 works quite fine…
Comment from Rebecca
Time: June 9, 2007, 6:21 pm
Very interesting. Thanks for posting the equipment list.