The Figital Revolution » stephen schaub

Presenting The Cuboid Selectascope

figitalrevolution — Mon, 19 Sep 2011 18:55:11 +0000

After quite a while working with my Cuboid camera I asked Matt Abelson of Abelson Scopeworks if a turret with 6 scopes would be possible to retrofit to my Cuboid while maintaining the ultra wide 25mm focal length… all I have to say is that it is spot on for my artworks and damn does it look nice!!

With the custom SELECTASCOPE option I have the choice of F196 – F32 with a Zone Plate at F45! The varying degree of sharpness and the option of overlaying different levels of sharpness on the same negative through multiple exposure is a creative A-Bomb…. ART Bomb that is!

The Cuboid SELECTASCOPE

Previous articles on the Cuboid:

http://figitalrevolution.com/2010/02/08/the-cuboid-pinhole-camera-pimped-out/

http://figitalrevolution.com/2009/12/18/new-addition-to-the-cuboid/

http://figitalrevolution.com/2009/10/29/the-cuboid-multi-aspect-ratio-pinhole-camera-part-2/

http://figitalrevolution.com/2009/10/22/the-cuboid-pinhole-120-film-camera-abelson-scopeworks-schaub-indianhill/

For those of you who are curious I believe only one Cuboid is left for sale!

Viva la Revolution- Stephen

Filed under: alternative process, analog film technology, analog photography, Camera Technologies, cuboid, film capture, indian hill imageworks, pinhole, pinzonie, stephen schaub, Technologies, The Cuboid, Uncategorized, zone plate Tagged: abelson scope works, color pinhole photography, color zone plate, cuboid camera, hybrid camera, matt abelson, multi aspect ratio camera

The End Of Film? Or… The End Of Digital?

figitalrevolution — Wed, 01 Jun 2011 14:55:15 +0000

Click on the audio play button to listen to this 14 minute discussion on the future of photography by Stephen Schaub.

LINKS:

How Much Longer Can Photographic Film Hold On?

Traditional Camera Film Makes A Come Back

Filed under: alternative process, analog film technology, analog photography, bw400cn, Camera Technologies, death of film, digital photography, digital printing, digital revolution, digital technology, film capture, Film Is Fun, film scans, inkjet papers, kodachrome, kodak, photo industrial complex, photo magazine, photography, photography today, stephen schaub Tagged: death of digital photography, digital camera death, end of film, film dead, future of photography

The Recipe

figitalrevolution — Fri, 28 Jan 2011 21:33:20 +0000

Click on the audio play button above to listen to an audio blog on the photographic process / routine and its relationship to baking bread.

Each image provides a link to the content mentioned in the audio blog.

Filed under: Artist Spotlight, stephen schaub, Suggestions from the Revolution Tagged: a year of no sugar, eve schaub, jim lahey photography, kids and sugar, no sugar diet, photography and bread, sullivan street bakery

Another Kodak Portra 400 Review

figitalrevolution — Wed, 08 Dec 2010 13:35:39 +0000

This review was passed on to me this morning and thought it would be of value to readers here on FR… his tests confirm what my posts here on FR did but he also tested the new Kodak Portra 400 at 6400 and 12,000 with very usable results… check it out:

www.twinlenslife.com

Links to articles on the New Kodak Portra 400 here on FR:

New Kodak Porta 400 Review Part 1

Kodak New Portra 400 Review Part 2: Skin Tones

Kodak New Portra 400 Review Part 3: Usable EI Range

Kodak New Portra 400 Review Part 3a: 3200!

New Kodak Portra 400 Review Part 4: Conclusion.

I have also heard that pushing the film in development for the 6400 is also quite amazing but of course requires special processing which is not available at my film processing lab… CVS or Rite Aid!

Viva la Revolution- Stephen

Filed under: analog film technology, analog photography, film capture, film scans, imacon scanner, indian hill gallery, indian hill imageworks, kodak, Kodak Portra, stephen schaub Tagged: high speed portra, new kodak portra 400 review

New Kodak Portra 400 Review Part 4: Conclusion.

figitalrevolution — Tue, 23 Nov 2010 16:14:49 +0000

New Kodak Portra 400

Click on the audio play button to listen to my final thoughts on this new film offering by Kodak.

Viva la Revolution- Stephen

Filed under: analog film technology, analog photography, Ektar, film capture, film scans, fuji film, imacon scanner, indian hill gallery, indian hill imageworks, indianhillimageworks, kodak, kodak ektar, photography today, scanning film, schaub, stephen schaub Tagged: fuji or kodak scanning, new kodak portra film, Portra 400, scanning color negative film

Kodak New Portra 400 Review Part 3: Usable EI Range

figitalrevolution — Thu, 18 Nov 2010 16:28:19 +0000

How low can you go!

As promised here are example images of the new Kodak Portra 400 film with a bit of a twist… you get to vote… again! There are two different films shown, both films are a 400 speed color negative material… one of them is the new Kodak Portra 400. Which do you like? These scans represent the outer edge for a 400 speed film… EI 25 and 50 as well as 1600! In the last post here on FR you are voting on EI 100 and box speed 400- if you have not voted in that post yet please do now:

http://figitalrevolution.com/2010/11/17/kodak-new-portra-400-review-part-2-skin-tones/

I will use the information gathered from both of these posts and your votes along with additional testing I am running for my final thoughts in Part 4 which will be next week.

All negatives were scanned on an Imacon Scanner as a 3F linear file with no sharpening… essentially a RAW scan.

All images were processed exactly the same in Photoshop. All images were captured with my Nikon FM3a and a 50mm f1.2 AI lens.

Tell every photographer you know to vote on this as the results will be very informative for our Figital community and will be covered in my fourth and final post on this review on Novemember 23, 2010… vote now!!

Be sure to Vote now!!!!

Filed under: analog film technology, analog photography, film capture, film scans, imacon scanner, indian hill gallery, indian hill imageworks, indianhillimageworks, kodak, photography today, stephen schaub Tagged: best color negative film, figital, high speed color negative, high speed film scan, hybrid film, Kodak Portra 400 at 1600, kodak portra at 25, new kodak portra at 1600

Kodak New Portra 400 Review Part 2: Skin Tones

figitalrevolution — Wed, 17 Nov 2010 18:16:03 +0000

As promised here are example images of the new Kodak Portra 400 film with a bit of a twist… you get to vote! There are two different films shown, both films are a 400 speed color negative material… one of them is the new Kodak Portra 400. Which do you like? Both films have two examples images provided- one at box speed and one using a popular 2 stop overexposure. I have also provided a crop detail of each image at both the 100 and 400 speed settings.

All negatives were scanned on an Imacon Scanner as a 3F linear file with no sharpening… essentially a RAW scan.

All images were processed exactly the same in Photoshop. All images were captured with my Nikon FM3a and a 50mm f1.2 AI lens.

So which do you like??!! Vote Now!!

Filed under: analog film technology, analog photography, film capture, film scans, indian hill imageworks, kodak, scanning film, stephen schaub Tagged: color negative film for portraits, film test, scanning color negative film, shooting film

New Kodak Porta 400 Review Part 1

figitalrevolution — Fri, 12 Nov 2010 02:20:02 +0000

As promised my review of the NEW Kodak Portra 400 speed film. Click on the audio button to listen to Part 1.

Technical Info on sample images below:

New Kodak Portra 400, 35mm.
Scanned on an Imacon Scanner, no sharpening applied
Photoshop adjustments basic to include levels and spotting.

New Kodak Portra 400, EI 400. Click for a larger image.

New Kodak Porta 400, EI 400. Click for a larger image.

New Kodak Porta 400, EI 400. 5"x 5" crop from 20" x 30".

Also here is a recent artwork of mine made using the Kodak Porta 400 and the Overlapping Frame Panoramic Technique I outlined here some time ago… but now with a tweak!… Print size up to 32″ x 90″!

Viva la Revolution- Stephen

Filed under: analog film technology, analog photography, figital revolution, film capture, film scans, imacon scanner, indian hill gallery, indian hill imageworks, kodak, scanning film, schaub, stephen schaub Tagged: fast film scan, New Kodak Porta Film, Portra 400, Scanning Portra film

A Different Strategy

figitalrevolution — Wed, 10 Nov 2010 14:12:31 +0000

Click on the audio button to listen to a post on a new online strategy for showcasing artworks.

Link to my new web site referenced in the audio:

www.stephenschaub.com

Viva la Revolution- Stephen

Filed under: Admin, AudioBlogs, photography today, stephen schaub Tagged: artworks online, buying art online, new art online, new photography

Why Shoot Film – Part 1

figitalrevolution — Tue, 26 Oct 2010 01:12:11 +0000

Click on the link above to listen to a 6:41 minute discussion on Why Shoot Film, Part 1.

Digital Test-Image

Film Test-Image

Please note that the test files are kinda big so if you have a slow internet connection just be patient. Also note that the different composition is due to the different aspect ratio but I tried to get at least the top and bottom about the same.

Viva la Revolution- Stephen

Filed under: analog film technology, analog photography, death of film, digital photography, digital revolution, Ektar, film capture, film scans, photography today, scanning film, stephen schaub Tagged: ep-2, film scan, kodak ektar, nikon fm2, olympus, Zork MFS