Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2015/06/02
[Author Prev] [Author Next] [Thread Prev] [Thread Next] [Author Index] [Topic Index] [Home] [Search]Pentax is a Sony CMOS like the PhaseOne 250 back john -----Original Message----- From: LUG [mailto:lug-bounces+john=mcmaster.co.nz at leica-users.org] On Behalf Of Mark Rabiner Sent: Wednesday, 3 June 2015 3:10 p.m. To: Leica Users Group Subject: Re: [Leica] Phase One XF medium format camera system There's the aspect perhaps that once you're getting into thousands of dollars not just hundreds you're talking about financing. And its a thing you arrange with a banker and a payment is a payment. Its a slight bigger monthly chunk of money you're paying off to get Schneider glass or Leica glass. Or Pentax glass which is marvelously above average. So when it comes to having to finance something I'd go for the gusto. I'd not skimp on glass. And who knows what Pentax sensor is like vs. a Leica or a PhaseOne.? No clue. On 6/2/15 9:13 PM, "Bob Adler" <rgacpa at gmail.com> wrote: > Our local store is having a Pentax 645Z sale where if you buy the body > (a50MP back is an integral component), you get a free 55mm f/2,8 lens. For > $8k... Phase is going to have a tough time with prosumers and dilettantes > like me... On Tue, Jun 2, 2015 at 5:14 PM, Mark Rabiner > <mark at rabinergroup.com> wrote: > A new standard in photography is being hyped with this new major > upgrade to the whole medium format PhaseOne system the whole thing > seemingly totally re designed and the top ended of three cameras > having a CMOS but the lower two sticking with a more traditional for > medium format CCD. > XF IQ3 80MP - $48,990 / ?38,990 CMOS > XF IQ3 60MP - > $41,990 / ?33,990 CCD > XF IQ3 50MP - $40,990 / ?31,990 CCD > > Is the top end > one the lower ones not that much cheaper. > > What really caught me is the way > the Schneider-Kreuznach leaf shutter > lenses > are being described or > hyped. > They are rated at 100MP. Not line pairs but MP's which are > megapixels. So glass now is now rated now by its real resolution (line > pairs), contrast or MTF charts but on what size digital file they can > support. > The upshot one may assume you know when you spend tens of thousands on > a new lens you wont be buying a camera afterwards which resolves > higher than your lens thus putting a damper on the buying of the > camera for a big part. > To me this is a milestone but I'm ready for someone here to tell me > its been going on for years. This is the first I've noticed. > > I do > think I've been using for most of my digital experience over the past > dozen > years glass that resolved higher than my camera bodies. And lived. > But I've > not been in a medium format mindset. Or do set. But instead I've > been going > through the burgeoning beginnings of fairly serious digital > photography. Not > the pie in the shy over the top end. > > Lenses Ready for 100MP > > -- > Mark > William Rabiner > Photographer > > http://gallery.leica-users.org/v/lugalrabs/ > > >