645D Portrait Test

Having taken photos of the dog and a quick landscape I wanted to give the camera a bit more of a challenge.

I hoped to take a portrait shot that would show all the detail in a person’s face down to individual strands of hair. I knew just the man for the job.

Pentax 645D Studio Portrait of John

Now check out the full size image on Flickr. (Click view all sizes then click full image.) For those who don’t have the time or patience. Here’s an idea of what you can see.

This is John’s right eye. (As a bonus, the shot of the eye also reveals how I lit the photograph, a single gridded beauty dish just above my right shoulder.)

645D John 1 right eye crop

There’s a whole lot of detail in the image. More importantly I am pleased with the way the image looks, the gradations in colors look pleasing and natural. If I can take shots like this out in the field, I’ll be a happy man.

Thanks to John for being a great model. I’ll make sure you and Martha get a print!

5 Comments

John says
- June 20, 2010
Much better resolution…

Jones says
- June 21, 2010
Hey Chris

Do you shoot RAW? JPEG just isn’t the wrong option with MF and you loose lot of detail and dynamic range;)

- travel67 says
  - June 21, 2010
  Hello Jones.
  
  Don’t worry, I will start shooting in RAW soon. Until I few days ago I was only shooting with film!. I have a lot to learn, but I’m scrambling up this learning curve as fast as I can. 🙂
  
  Chris
  
Robin says
- June 22, 2010
It’s great to read about (and see) your progress here on the blog. It looks to me like this camera is going to rock your world.

Jones says
- June 23, 2010
Hey Chris

Ah yeah, well the 645D isn’t the worst entry in to the digital world;) Possible to get a OOC RAW sometime?:)

Jones