I shoot MFD exclusively with a Arca ML2 and quite happy that way. However, very occasionally I wish I had an SLR for my back for those difficult to reach jobs or when I just need more resolution than my Canon can provide.
So I make enquiries about a Phase DF and was astounded by the cost of the thing! :bugeyes: What on earth has Phase done other that plastering their name all over it to make it cost so much?
I have previously shot P backs on Mamiya AFDII's and the cost to buy the body back then was very little. I shot with the DF for about a week a few months ago and could see very little difference in the camera other than the absence of the satellite delay shutter release of the AFDII. To top it all off it still felt like the completely average camera it always has been.
So to cut a long story short, considering a new Phase camera is in the pipe line I'm looking at a Mamiya AFDIII/Phase One AF as an option. I understand that I can't use the LS in the new Schneider lenses on the older cameras but can I attach a LS lens and just use it with the focal plane shutter in the body? Then, when the new camera turns up an I don't have to re-purchase the LS lenses in the future.
So I make enquiries about a Phase DF and was astounded by the cost of the thing! :bugeyes: What on earth has Phase done other that plastering their name all over it to make it cost so much?
I have previously shot P backs on Mamiya AFDII's and the cost to buy the body back then was very little. I shot with the DF for about a week a few months ago and could see very little difference in the camera other than the absence of the satellite delay shutter release of the AFDII. To top it all off it still felt like the completely average camera it always has been.
So to cut a long story short, considering a new Phase camera is in the pipe line I'm looking at a Mamiya AFDIII/Phase One AF as an option. I understand that I can't use the LS in the new Schneider lenses on the older cameras but can I attach a LS lens and just use it with the focal plane shutter in the body? Then, when the new camera turns up an I don't have to re-purchase the LS lenses in the future.