Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2009/08/13
[Author Prev] [Author Next] [Thread Prev] [Thread Next] [Author Index] [Topic Index] [Home] [Search]My desire for a digital back for my CM has a lot more to do with nostalgia and missing a long used and loved the tool in the hand than practicality. The same holds true for view camera work. I really miss the slow methodical use of my view cameras. Especially, the 5x7, 8x10 (and larger) ground glass days. I imagine that I'd enjoy a digital back for my view cameras. Yet, the reality is that I'd need new "digital," shorter lenses and be looking at a tiny little ground glass image; not that beautiful, 8x10, upside down vista of yore. I'm hoping that a CFV back will eventually turn up as an affordable toy in the used market. Everything I've read supports your statement regarding the need for exceptional lenses for high resolution, large sensor backs. Investing in those backs means investing in an entirely new system; as opposed to bringing an old system out of mothballs. I also suspect that the crop factor of a CFV back would soon show itself to be a tad less fun than my "lust" may admit to. 36.7 x 36.7 is not even twice area of my 5D sensor. This and the distinct possibility that even that back may show my 40, 80 and 120 Zeiss glass to be "less than" I remember (with film); stops me from throwing $6K toward lust and nostalgia. Regards, George Lottermoser george at imagist.com http://www.imagist.com http://www.imagist.com/blog http://www.linkedin.com/in/imagist On Aug 12, 2009, at 7:17 PM, Henning Wulff wrote: > Unfortunately putting such a back on the old 500 series (or even > 2000 series) is a waste of pixels. A lot of the old Zeiss glass > just isn't up to the hi-res backs. Best bet would probably be to > get something in the 16 to 31Mp range. Nice clean lower ISO stuff, > as long as you don't put a 40 onto it, or expect top resolution > from some of the other lenses at less than optimum apertures. > > > At 6:06 PM -0500 8/12/09, George Lottermoser wrote: >> I too hope to some day hang a digital back on my Hassy cm >> but we'll again only be using a fraction of our zeiss image circle >> >> Another interesting set of charts >> comparing formats >> and image circles >> <http://www.stitchpix.com/image_circles.html> >> >> for your medium format drooling pleasure >> <http://www.captureintegration.com/phase-one/new-backs/> >> >> the P65+ finally hits actual "full frame" 645 >> (tears and drool flowing freely) >> >> Regards, >> George Lottermoser > > > -- > > * Henning J. Wulff > /|\ Wulff Photography & Design > /###\ mailto:henningw at archiphoto.com > |[ ]| http://www.archiphoto.com > > _______________________________________________ > Leica Users Group. > See http://leica-users.org/mailman/listinfo/lug for more information