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Here's some photos of RICs I have owned over the years:
My first - 1991 330-12FG:


1999 620-12JG studio shot:

and window light:


My current 360-12 studio shot:

and close up:


reducing the size of the images from the original creates a little saw-tooth effect in the string, but not in the originals

Rob

Nice work, Rob!

Great pics Rob!

scotty wrote:Great pics Rob!

Ditto!

Wow, great pics! Love the Fireglo on that 330/12.

Ric O'Sound wrote:Wow, great pics! Love the Fireglo on that 330/12.

Is the fade on that fireglo really as abrupt as it seems? There appears to be no transition at all

Thanks for the compliments!

1965 wrote:Is the fade on that fireglo really as abrupt as it seems? There appears to be no transition at all

Here's another shot, I think the lighting, and slide film I used on that, contributed to the harsh appearance of the transition. I started using negative film after the shots of the 330-12, and digital more recently - both allow better control of the contrast. I don't have the 330-12 anymore (just the 360-12) so I can't re-shoot it. It was a deeper, and slightly more amber Fireglo than most of the years that followed. When I bought my 360-12, I wanted either a Montezuma Brown (too hard to get) or a Fireglo. However the Fireglo's around 2003 were way too pink, so I got the Mapleglo.

Both transparency film and digital have a fairly short scale and dynamic range, respectively, but digital is getting a bit better as time goes on. Negative (C41) film has a much longer tonal scale so that is perfect, although tungsten balanced E-6 films are much better in that respect than daylight balanced E-6 film. HDR techniques in Photoshop help in making it better as long as you have at least two different exposures to work with, one favoring the shadows and the other favoring the highlights.

The 330-12 shots were done with Ektachrome 64T(E6 transparency, Tungsten balanced), the 620-12 shot were done with Kodacolor VPL (C41 negative - tungsten balanced), and the 360-12 shots done with a Canon EOS 20D digital. I shot the 330-12 before VPL became available in the 35mm format, since I don't own a film scanner that can handle medium format negatives. My first choice has always been to shoot with negatives, the latitude and dynamic range have always been superior. While digital in theory, has a narrower range than negative film, the results on screen and on paper are more than enough. When Kodak discontinued my beloved Royal Gold I made the switch to digital, and have never looked back.
I have payed around with HDR, but mostly for the posterized effect. You can see my HDR experiments, as well as some of my other work at:
http://www.pbase.com/rob_uchniat

No one makes any tungsten balanced film anymore.! We like using hot lights in our studio, so we don't have any options anymore, truly a loss to the photography world IMHO. For the most part our Hasselblads are gathering dust except for outdoor or b&w shoots. I have a 30D but when I need to I pull out the Ebony.

Wow, really nice pics, Rob!!

Wanna take some pics of my Ricks!

you have some real tallent! nice shots!

the 12 string headstocks never get old. really beautiful engineering.

i know this has alredy been said but,Nice pics!!

Sweet Olan Mills backdrop....nice pix