Marc,
Man, you really are a gear whore!! :wtf: Less than 24 hours ago you told me that you'd decided NOT to upgrade to the 1DSMark111 as the Hassy had more than satisfied than nitch!! :cussing: You sure are the right guy to get opinions from !! :angry: :ROTFL: :ROTFL: Sheeesh, I haven't even pulled the trigger on a digital back yet and you've already supplied your own store ! You must get really nice Christmas cards (?) from several manufacturers !!
Having said all that, boy am I ever jealous ! :grin: But at least I know your weather sucks !
Look forward to hearing your impressions, and know you'll have a great time doing so.
Cheers :salute:,
Jim
ps It's now time to go ahead and get the Alpa to use with that Aptus 75s !!
Hey Jim, I could have just kept quiet about it (wink,wink) ...
When I got home from freezing Miami to balmy Michigan there was a message from my long time Canon dealer and his discount was so good I couldn't resist. Guess he didn't want me to jump ship. Fortunately, there was also a message from a fellow who wanted to buy my SWC kit, which helped.
Believe me, I do not confuse any 35mm DSLR with MF Digital. My main application of the Canon stuff is wedding work almost exclusively. Low light, f/1.2 & f/1.4 optics, high ISO, fast AF candid work. IQ is somewhat secondary to those criteria. And as any wedding shooter will tell you, you HAVE to have 2 of everything.
Much as I drool over the ALPA, sadly I just don't have the application for one. I don't do landscape or city scape work at all (I leave that to the passionate experts). If I did, I'd be all over the ALPA & digital back. But business comes first.
So, I may be selling the brand new Aptus 75s, and if so will list it here first at a very, very nice forum price ... including a new Mamiya AFD-II kit thrown in. Those with an RZ system will also get an adapter for that camera. ALPA makes a Mamiya adapter Jim ... ( wink, wink ). Stand by!