The AI in Photoshop is generally rather mediocre. Resolution often sucks, and the "fantasy" in terms what i creates when you give in various themes, are often ridiculous.

Nevertheless, I often find it to be invaluable in terms of correction. For example small surface areas that need correction, or better definition compared to the original - then it often shines. Or to get out some blemishes that otherwise are difficult to correct - it often shines here too.

One of my absolute favorite - is extending the Fujifilm GFX rectangular images into a "6x6" mediumformat looking portrait. Often, there are no sharp details in the periphery - and then the AI (+ enhanced details) works wonderful. It is actually good in extending blurry areas that do not have any sharp details. Sometimes you need to iron our the transition between the sharp and the blurry area, so that they fit.

With my type of portraits that is often not a problem.

But trying to extend the image surface, with plenty of sharp details - it simply looks horrible once you zoom in. So, that i almost never use. Only to extend image surfaces which only are made up of bokeh. It is a way for me to give me back that classic "mediumformat" look in the "Hasselblad 6x6" format. I find the square format to be lovely for portraits.

Absolutely love it !

In the end

we may never get true 6x6 (cm) digital image sensor cameras... Yet, in today's world of 2025, there are options which can give you the next best thing, by emulating that classic 6x6 look many portrait became so famous for in the past, when analog film was used, like Hasselblad cameras and Mamiya RZ67.

Now on top also being able to use the legendary Mamiya RZ67 lenses with a digital mediumformat camera like the Fujifilm GFX, and then extending the surface with AI, resulting into lovely 6x6 format portraits.

I couldn't be happier !

My home-made setup for Mamiya RZ67 lenses, altogether give me that notch of slowness, together with manual focus - gives me that kind of pace i am so familiar with from all the portraits i have made back int he 90s, with the manual Mamiya RZ67 setup (or Mamiya C330s camera with 6x6 format).

It isn't that rushed click-click all the time. The only thing I feel I need to work with, now that i have been focusing so much on the technical aspects to become really high quality... is the soft component; composition, expression, the feeling of the people within the frame.

Here i need to re-learn to interact with the model again. Not just to see that the eyes are in focus, but to SEE what is in the frame. So, I still have to re-connect between technical aspects and the "artistic" feel in connection to the model / person i am taking portraits of.

Nope. No movement *grin*

And yeah, the models are not really allowed to move. When you focus with an APO 210mm lens, at wide open aperture - then the focus area, where things are sharp, are spelled in millimeter. Perhaps one centimeter.

And I love that they have to be still. Instead of dancing around like little chicks waving with tail and wings. I think it is so overrated with "fast photography style" these days. (of course one doesn't exclude the other; there is room for all kinds of photography, including fast paced)

There is however no fast photography to speak of, when using Mamiya RZ67 lenses with manual focus mounted on a rail *LOL*. that resembles more the old style of photography and reminds slightly of large format photography. OK, it goes a little bit faster then that. Having a digital screen, makes a huge difference. So, while it is slow, but not that slow (once the model has fixed his/her a certain position).