apocolibri
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Doug,
Great move picking up Bill's DMR! For what I do (hummingbirds) nothing comes close. MF digital isn't an option as I'm shooting with the 400 APO with and without the 1.4 APO converter, and there is nothing in the MF world that can touch that. What I'd personally like to see will never happen: a cropped sensor update of the DMR with 50% more pixels.
I need the additional depth of field the cropped sensor provides. A full frame sensor would only mean having to shoot at higher ISOs to enable stopping down to get what the DMR provides at wider apertures. The DMR is cleaner than the Sony at 100 ISO so I'd really be gaining nothing but a larger file with less quality.
For wave shots that I need to print big I'll just shoot them on the Pentax 67 with the 500 5.6 and 1.4 TC. The film in the freezer certainly isn't getting any fresher!
Lawrence
Great move picking up Bill's DMR! For what I do (hummingbirds) nothing comes close. MF digital isn't an option as I'm shooting with the 400 APO with and without the 1.4 APO converter, and there is nothing in the MF world that can touch that. What I'd personally like to see will never happen: a cropped sensor update of the DMR with 50% more pixels.
I need the additional depth of field the cropped sensor provides. A full frame sensor would only mean having to shoot at higher ISOs to enable stopping down to get what the DMR provides at wider apertures. The DMR is cleaner than the Sony at 100 ISO so I'd really be gaining nothing but a larger file with less quality.
For wave shots that I need to print big I'll just shoot them on the Pentax 67 with the 500 5.6 and 1.4 TC. The film in the freezer certainly isn't getting any fresher!
Lawrence