6 Nov
2009
6 Nov
'09
8:03 a.m.
At 11:12 AM -0500 11/6/09, Sridhar Ayengar wrote:
Zane H. Healy wrote:
What I'd like to know is what backs offer a larger sensor size than
the medium format backs. The "Better Light" scanning backs look to
be 3"x4", and are the largest I've been able to find. Just about
every back I've seen will work on various MF and LF cameras depending
on the adapter used. The real purpose of putting one on a LF back
seems to get the camera movements.
I can't help but wonder if a better purchase wouldn't be a drum scanner.
For me personally a digital back for my 4x5 doesn't make sense, as I
need negatives, not digital images for what I have it for. OTOH, a
good digital back for my Hasselblad might make sense, if nothing else
if the price was right and the specs were good enough, it would be
fun to play with.
Zane
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At 4:33 PM -0500 11/5/09, Sridhar Ayengar wrote:
That's not really what I was asking. I meant how good are large
format digital backs *now*? I've shot with medium format digital
backs, so I'm familiar with those. And I didn't really mention
anything about money...
Anything available now will be available in a few years for affordable prices. How good are large format digital backs getting
lately?
A Nikon D700 or the equivalent Canon would blow anything away that most
of us with a large format camera could afford. For that matter I can't
afford the CFV-39 back I'd like for my Hasselblad (plus adapters are
available for view cameras).