I've tried for some while to find out if the ground glass resolution of the new bright Linhof ground glass is as good as the old (which is very good for being a ground glass). Linhof themselves are reluctant to answer the question though, and the dealers that do answer have not really used 20x loupes or 1:1 macro photography to find out for real. This glass costs $1500 so I'd like to know before I buy what I get. I've seen photos of the improved brightness (which is substantial), so that I know. But resolution is still unknown to me.
Any Linhof user that owns this ground glass and can provide macro shots of the glass?
This is the shot I made on the standard ground glass mounted to the sliding back, with comparison of the resulting 33 megapixel image:
http://www.ludd.ltu.se/~torger/photography/img/dwcf-fs.png
(A 21 megapixel DSLR with a 1:1 macro lens was used to take the shot of the ground glass image.)
That resolution together with a 20x loupe gives me the focusing precision I need. But I cannot go any lower.
I'd like to see a similar shot with the new bright ground glass.
Any Linhof user that owns this ground glass and can provide macro shots of the glass?
This is the shot I made on the standard ground glass mounted to the sliding back, with comparison of the resulting 33 megapixel image:
http://www.ludd.ltu.se/~torger/photography/img/dwcf-fs.png
(A 21 megapixel DSLR with a 1:1 macro lens was used to take the shot of the ground glass image.)
That resolution together with a 20x loupe gives me the focusing precision I need. But I cannot go any lower.
I'd like to see a similar shot with the new bright ground glass.