jeff zueger

Hi, we just finished a big shoot a few weeks ago, and the film was sent to a lab which I had not used before. We shot factory sealed 5201 and all the stuff was outside at sunny 16. When appropriete, we used a pola opening up 2-3 stops to compensate. We got the film back and to me it all looks very dark and muddy. Some shots almost looked like Day for Night. I know a lot of this has to do with the transfer and we are going to have it retransfered somehwere else. I don't see how this stuff could look so under exposed. Even if we wouldn't have compensated for the pola, the most we could have been under is 2-3 stops. Shouldn't most telecine systems be able to bring this back up? My concern is the film may have been mis-processed. Any thoughts?

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Well put...Thanks Karl...that is what I was hoping to hear. Jeff

Sorry not Jennas...Jenas.

Hey all, didn't mean to start any sort of controversy on lens history here, which I am no expert. Simply trying to get some sound info on the viability of using these lenses in a S35mm application. This may be a stupid question, but are all Hasselblad medium format lenses "Jennas"? The lenses I was refering to are all T*s. Distagon 4/40mm/50mm, Planar 2.8/80mm/Planar /3.5 100mm and Sonnar 150mm. I don't see "Jenna" anywhere on any of them. I have seen "Jenna" on ziess lenses before, but there is no reference to it on any of the ones I'm looking at. Not saying one way or the other, just curious. Anyway, I searched back to the begining of this thread (Lenses and Lens Accessories) and have found nothing on the topic. Also tried searching medium format (etc.) Maybe it is another thread? Be good. Jeff

Thanks everyone for your input. I figured it had been talked about before but when I searched Hasselblad nothing came up. I will look again and try to dig some stuff up. I did find a blad to PL adapter and thats what got me starting to think this may be viable option. Thanks again Jeff

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HI all, new to this forum, so I apologize if this topic has been discussed already I'm sure it probably has. Has anyone had any experience using medium format Hasselblad lenses with a PL adapter for 35mm, actually S35mm production. There seems to be an abundance of them on EBAY for pretty reasonable prices (considering the current shortage of PL prime lenses) Is there any issues, besides the focal length factor, in using these lenses. Hard to get step up/down rings, finding focus gears (etc.)?? I would think this would be a nice set up using the sweet spot of an already high quality lens. I know they tend to be a little slow, but I shoot alot of tourism/slice of life stuff which 95% is outdoors. Looks like a great forum and I hope someone can shed some light on any experiences they have had with this type of set up. Thanks Jeff Zueger Spectrum Films South Dakota