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I have owned a HTS,it does degrade image quality,it will not be a match for a tech camera and Rodie/Schneider glass..Have you tested it by yourself or is it a presumption?
Very impressive performance from the Rodie...:thumbup:Nothing matches the current generation of Roddy/Schneider large format lenses for pure image quality.
Check out a 100% res JPG from a Roddy 32HR at 60mp here:
28mm & 32mm Lens Comparison - DT Blog
It's incredibly sharp even in the extreme corner, even at 60mp.
Nice work! good stuff.I've shot food commercially for 30 years. I started with 4x5 and 8X10 Cambos. When I made the shift to digital in 2006, I went with a Cambo Ultima 23 and a Leaf digital back mounted on a sliding back. For the record, I'm still using my old film lenses, Rodenstock and Schneider 100 and 150mm 5.6. I take full advantage of the camera movements for the pictures that I take and can't imagine making photographs without them. Not saying it can't be done...there's lots of great food pictures taken with something other than a view camera...they just don't fit well in with my work habits.
I don't have a way to compare as I've never used a digital version. I can say though that I can't see any shortcomings of the analog lenses, at least with my older back.And how do you compare analogue Schn/Rod lenses to the digital versions? same quality?
Yes, i don't have digital versions yet, but as you said, those analog ones are no slouch as well, i even tested my family cheap Canon DSLR [500D] on my Shen Hao with Rodenstock lens and it was unbelievable sharp and details, i even confuse which is sharper, this or my Hasselblad H Macro lens, so that i was thinking how the digital LF compared to that.I don't have a way to compare as I've never used a digital version. I can say though that I can't see any shortcomings of the analog lenses, at least with my older back.
I'm sure there are 'technical' reasons as to why the digital versions are better? But, from a practical standpoint....Yes, i don't have digital versions yet, but as you said, those analog ones are no slouch as well, i even tested my family cheap Canon DSLR [500D] on my Shen Hao with Rodenstock lens and it was unbelievable sharp and details, i even confuse which is sharper, this or my Hasselblad H Macro lens, so that i was thinking how the digital LF compared to that.
Excellent, this is all what it is about then, getting the job done and become happy!!!I'm sure there are 'technical' reasons as to why the digital versions are better? But, from a practical standpoint....
When I went digital, my budget covered the back/camera/computers, etc., with not much left over for new digital lenses to replace the lenses that I already owned and had used for years. I put the old lenses on the new camera system and never looked back. My images are used commercially; packaging,advertising, etc. I typically get to see the finished results and so far, all of my expectations (and more importantly , those of my clients) have been met with this old glass.