Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2009/08/13
[Author Prev] [Author Next] [Thread Prev] [Thread Next] [Author Index] [Topic Index] [Home] [Search]I'm nearing the end of a project with PN55. I'm almost certain that my Sinar system, small as it is, will be junk within the next couple of years. Though, I'm tempted to try a project with 4x5 Litho, developed in continuos tone chemistry. At best, it might stretch the useful life of the gear another 2-4 years. S.d. On Aug 13, 2009, at 7:21 AM, George Lottermoser wrote: > My desire for a digital back for my CM > has a lot more to do with nostalgia > and missing a long used and loved the tool in the hand > than practicality. > > The same holds true for view camera work. > I really miss the slow methodical use of my view cameras. > Especially, the 5x7, 8x10 (and larger) ground glass days. > I imagine that I'd enjoy a digital back for my view cameras. > Yet, the reality is that I'd need new "digital," shorter lenses > and be looking at a tiny little ground glass image; > not that beautiful, 8x10, upside down vista of yore. > > I'm hoping that a CFV back > will eventually turn up as an affordable toy > in the used market. > > Everything I've read supports your statement regarding > the need for exceptional lenses > for high resolution, large sensor backs. > Investing in those backs > means investing in an entirely new system; > as opposed to bringing an old system > out of mothballs. > > I also suspect that the crop factor > of a CFV back would soon show itself > to be a tad less fun than my "lust" may admit to. > 36.7 x 36.7 is not even twice area of my 5D sensor. > This and the distinct possibility that even that back > may show my 40, 80 and 120 Zeiss glass > to be "less than" I remember (with film); > stops me from throwing $6K > toward lust and nostalgia. > > Regards, > George Lottermoser > george at imagist.com > http://www.imagist.com > http://www.imagist.com/blog > http://www.linkedin.com/in/imagist > > On Aug 12, 2009, at 7:17 PM, Henning Wulff wrote: > >> Unfortunately putting such a back on the old 500 series (or even >> 2000 series) is a waste of pixels. A lot of the old Zeiss glass >> just isn't up to the hi-res backs. Best bet would probably be to >> get something in the 16 to 31Mp range. Nice clean lower ISO stuff, >> as long as you don't put a 40 onto it, or expect top resolution >> from some of the other lenses at less than optimum apertures. >> >> >> At 6:06 PM -0500 8/12/09, George Lottermoser wrote: >>> I too hope to some day hang a digital back on my Hassy cm >>> but we'll again only be using a fraction of our zeiss image circle >>> >>> Another interesting set of charts >>> comparing formats >>> and image circles >>> <http://www.stitchpix.com/image_circles.html> >>> >>> for your medium format drooling pleasure >>> <http://www.captureintegration.com/phase-one/new-backs/> >>> >>> the P65+ finally hits actual "full frame" 645 >>> (tears and drool flowing freely) >>> >>> Regards, >>> George Lottermoser >> >> >> -- >> >> * Henning J. Wulff >> /|\ Wulff Photography & Design >> /###\ mailto:henningw at archiphoto.com >> |[ ]| http://www.archiphoto.com >> >> _______________________________________________ >> Leica Users Group. >> See http://leica-users.org/mailman/listinfo/lug for more information > > > _______________________________________________ > Leica Users Group. > See http://leica-users.org/mailman/listinfo/lug for more information