[Leica] WEBINAR-Phase One XF medium format camera system

[Bob Adler]

In case you're curious...
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Bob Adler
Robert Adler Photography
www.robertadlerphotography.com

> On Jun 2, 2015, at 6:13 PM, Robert Adler <rgacpa at gmail.com> wrote:
> 
> 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/
>> 
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