Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2015/06/02
[Author Prev] [Author Next] [Thread Prev] [Thread Next] [Author Index] [Topic Index] [Home] [Search]Our local store is having a Pentax 645Z sale where if you buy the body (a 50MP 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/ > > > > _______________________________________________ > Leica Users Group. > See http://leica-users.org/mailman/listinfo/lug for more information -- Bob Adler www.robertadlerphotography.com