Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2003/11/29
[Author Prev] [Author Next] [Thread Prev] [Thread Next] [Author Index] [Topic Index] [Home] [Search]Don The Imacon Ixpress will fit all medium format cameras with an adapter - an adapter not to expensive pr camera and you can swithc it freely - Michael at Lominous landscape did not like it because of the harddisk being a seperate unit - but a unit tha can contain 1000 shots higg res is pretty atractive to me. The last thing you mention is a problem the other way around to- now it is your problem wether the digital image prints correctly - when you only supplied slides it was the problem of the printer/repro company. I have seen terrible things done to digital files by photographers wanting to pop up pictures making them imprintable - you take on a large responsebillity on you, when you deliver digitale files sorry about the spelling - in a hurry Ruben Don Dory wrote: >Mark, >Over on the Luminous Landscape site they have done a comparison of >medium format backs. The basic premise is that the larger sensor is >better than the one on the 1Ds but that you needed a dedicated body >combination to take advantage of the digital back. So, all the Hassy >gear is being turned in because the various bodies don't deal well with >one shot backs. This is why the deal with Fuji went through, to have a >dedicated back. > >Another answer is the classic, it's good enough. A third answer is that >it is now a digital file you are selling so the art director can't get >all hissy over wanting a certain size transparency on the light table. > >Don >dorysrus@mindsprig.com > >-----Original Message----- >From: owner-leica-users@mejac.palo-alto.ca.us >[mailto:owner-leica-users@mejac.palo-alto.ca.us] On Behalf Of Mark >Rabiner >Sent: Saturday, November 29, 2003 1:22 AM >To: leica-users@mejac.palo-alto.ca.us >Subject: Re: [Leica] Panasonic DMC-FZ10 with Vario-Elmarit lens > >Frank Dernie wrote: > > >>I would expect the performance to be limited by the sensor size - it >>has the really minute one about 4x6mm half the size of my little >>fingernail, probably to keep cost and size down. IME the size of the >>sensor is as important in digital cameras as in film for overall >>quality. >>cheers >>Frank >> >><Snip> >> >> > >We've seen these pictures of a photographer on a bluff with a view >camera and a 4x5 digital back back to fit it and a laptop and we assume >they are getting better images than we are. >But why are the Hasselblads being dropped like lemmings going over the >cliff filling up the used glass cases in the camera stores? >"My digital photography with my Nikon/Canon body is so good anyway!" >they all say. > >Would it be even better if it was "medium format' digital photography >I've got to ask. >Would the law of bigger the better film/sensor acrerage not exist >between the 35mm sensor sizes and the medium format sensor sizes? Like >it does with film? > >I'm sure it does and am looking forward to doing some "medium format" >digital photography and plan on holding on to my Hasselblads. The old >fashioned square kind made by Swedes mainly. With those inconsequential >Zeiss lenses. > >Mark Rabiner > >Portland, Oregon USA >http://www.rabinergroup.com >-- >To unsubscribe, see http://mejac.palo-alto.ca.us/leica-users/unsub.html > > >-- >To unsubscribe, see http://mejac.palo-alto.ca.us/leica-users/unsub.html > > > - -- To unsubscribe, see http://mejac.palo-alto.ca.us/leica-users/unsub.html