Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2015/06/03
[Author Prev] [Author Next] [Thread Prev] [Thread Next] [Author Index] [Topic Index] [Home] [Search]I think you may be looking at the lenses from the wrong side ;-) They are for using rather than looking at...... john -----Original Message----- From: LUG [mailto:lug-bounces+john=mcmaster.co.nz at leica-users.org] On Behalf Of Mark Rabiner Sent: Thursday, 4 June 2015 9:18 a.m. To: Leica Users Group Subject: Re: [Leica] Phase One XF medium format camera system Oh boy a Pentax!! Will I be able to get Super Takumar lenses? NO! I know I just checked the Ricoh site. A camera body is all about giving an impressive line of glass a home . These babies are dog ugly...: not going to spend five grand for them. http://www.us.ricoh-imaging.com/645z/lens.html On 6/3/15 12:39 AM, "Bob Adler" <rgacpa at gmail.com> wrote: > Mark, $8,000 for a MF SLR PLUS a MFDB of 50MP PLUS a MF 55/f2.8 about the same > cost as a M240 or new M246 or Nocti 0.95 all alone. It's a freaking steal > anyway you slice it! The Canon EOS1-D C is $8,000 18MP AND NO LENS! Yes it's > expensive, but compared to others in the market, it's a give away! What are > you waiting for? A Pentax complete MF camera and lens system for the > same price as a Canon body... Keep us posted... :-) Bob Adler Robert Adler > Photography www.robertadlerphotography.com > On Jun 2, 2015, at 8:10 PM, Mark > Rabiner <mark at rabinergroup.com> wrote: > > 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 >>