checked out a few things only first hand viewing can provide:
cambo actus, capture integration: a very nice kit. since all focus is done on the rail, all lenses need no helicoid (your WRS lenses would need to be modified). in addition, demands live view on the back (no infinity stop to get you in range) extremely well made. saw the MF and Sony AR versions. wide lens selection with short focal lengths will be limited, yet to be fully determined. Phase 250 is very nice with this setup and wifi will let you view the live feed on your i-pad, but i didn't try it to check load time or image quality. makes you realize how useful live view is for technical cameras
Arca rail camera, Digital transitions: very similar to the actus; advantage is it will accept the same mounts as the Arca RM tech camera lenses
Leaf Credo 250: very nice display and touch screen, no wifi, so you need tethering to a computer running Capture 1 to port off the live view to an external screen
hasselblad C50-v: wanted to like this baby and the V version is beautiful, complementing the V design quite well. however a few issues: the battery is external, mounted below and a bit of a pig
you cannot mount it with the battery to the SWC without some sort of extension plate (they didn't have one). mounted it to my SWC (w/o battery) and it was a beautiful extension to the body, not much different from a film back. it can't be rotated with respect to the body. live view had not been implemented yet; with any of the V cameras the use will be fiddly: wind shutter, lock up the mirror, put shutter in bulb, (keeping it open with finger of cable release stop) set aperture to get viewable exposure, etc. seems like live view would be of little use with an SLR and the battery with extension and crop factor would minimize the appeal with the SWC. main advantage to CMOS would be the better high ISO performance, not live view
no wifi, i don't think it has usb3, will tether with firewire using Phocus on your computer
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saw a lot of helicopter drones and they are way cool
cambo actus, capture integration: a very nice kit. since all focus is done on the rail, all lenses need no helicoid (your WRS lenses would need to be modified). in addition, demands live view on the back (no infinity stop to get you in range) extremely well made. saw the MF and Sony AR versions. wide lens selection with short focal lengths will be limited, yet to be fully determined. Phase 250 is very nice with this setup and wifi will let you view the live feed on your i-pad, but i didn't try it to check load time or image quality. makes you realize how useful live view is for technical cameras
Arca rail camera, Digital transitions: very similar to the actus; advantage is it will accept the same mounts as the Arca RM tech camera lenses
Leaf Credo 250: very nice display and touch screen, no wifi, so you need tethering to a computer running Capture 1 to port off the live view to an external screen
hasselblad C50-v: wanted to like this baby and the V version is beautiful, complementing the V design quite well. however a few issues: the battery is external, mounted below and a bit of a pig
you cannot mount it with the battery to the SWC without some sort of extension plate (they didn't have one). mounted it to my SWC (w/o battery) and it was a beautiful extension to the body, not much different from a film back. it can't be rotated with respect to the body. live view had not been implemented yet; with any of the V cameras the use will be fiddly: wind shutter, lock up the mirror, put shutter in bulb, (keeping it open with finger of cable release stop) set aperture to get viewable exposure, etc. seems like live view would be of little use with an SLR and the battery with extension and crop factor would minimize the appeal with the SWC. main advantage to CMOS would be the better high ISO performance, not live view
no wifi, i don't think it has usb3, will tether with firewire using Phocus on your computer
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saw a lot of helicopter drones and they are way cool
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