Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2015/06/02
[Author Prev] [Author Next] [Thread Prev] [Thread Next] [Author Index] [Topic Index] [Home] [Search]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 >> >> 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 > > ________________________________________ >> _______ > Leica Users Group. > See http://leica-users.org/mailman/listinfo/lug for >> more information > > > > > -- > 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