[Leica] Phase One XF medium format camera system

[Robert Adler]

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
>
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> Mark William Rabiner
> Photographer
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