Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2009/08/13

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Subject: [Leica] Hasselblad digi-backs, lenses - was M9"M8
From: mark at rabinergroup.com (Mark Rabiner)
Date: Thu, 13 Aug 2009 19:34:46 -0400
 
> I shoot 4x5, still.  ( Still film.  Still an amateur as well.....)
> 
> I realize the Schneiders and Rodenstocks are all for view cameras, but now
> the bar is significantly raised, again.  You are comparing the quality of 
> 20
> square inches of film plus scanner to a digi-sensor.
> 
> Not as easy a comparison as 35mm or 645 systems.... there is a LOT of
> information in 20 square inches of film......5 times the data as a 2x2
> negative....... and maybe double that for a MF Digi-sensor.....
> 
> Just not as easy...... or straightforward..... scanner or not.
> 
> Frank Filippone
> red735i at earthlink.net
> 


I'd think a print from cheapest scan from a hunk of 4x5 sheet film would
blow away the results of $8,000 digital small format captures.


Mark William Rabiner
In reply to: Message from red735i at earthlink.net (Frank Filippone) ([Leica] Hasselblad digi-backs, lenses - was M9"M8)