rollsman44
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I have the sony A900 and CZ 24-70 and would like to know if its worth selling my Sony for the H1 and the Digital back. I shoot mainly portraits now and no longer shoot weddings. Thank you. rollsman
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IMO, it's worth mentioning that if you want to shoot film, you can pick up a Minolta Maxxum/Dynax 9 (or 9Xi) for next to nothing nowadays. The control layout is reasonably similar to an A900, they're built like tanks, have just as nice of viewfinder as the A900, and they have even faster shutters (1/12,000th max and, more importantly, X-sync at 1/350th).The H1 will allow you to switch to film, and also allow an upgrade to the new H4x from Hasselblad.
Actually, it's 1/300 sec, so it's only a wee bit faster than the A900 at 1/250 w SSS off.IMO, it's worth mentioning that if you want to shoot film, you can pick up a Minolta Maxxum/Dynax 9 (or 9Xi) for next to nothing nowadays. The control layout is reasonably similar to an A900, they're built like tanks, have just as nice of viewfinder as the A900, and they have even faster shutters (1/12,000th max and, more importantly, X-sync at 1/350th).
I have a 645 film camera, fuji, GaZi or some such, almost standard zoom, really really sharp lens, my p30+ smokes it ......At similar resolutions, the MFDB solidly trounced my A700, so I suspect it would equally put the 24mp sensor to shame. But, given all the other hassles and compromises of medium format, I'm sure that if I sucked it up and bought an 850/900, I'd have no reason to shoot MF anymore, either film or digital.