ptomsu
Workshop Member
All,
I am overwhelmed by all the input, really valuable and good for me. You bring me so much further in my decision process, and help me obviously spare a lot of money same time!
For me MF digital is the real next step, I had a look into tech cameras (Linhof, Cambo) this week and I must say this is really cool stuff, but for the moment I cannot think of flying somewhere in the world with such a ton of equipment in my suitcase and then travel around and use this while on a trip. I also considered film several times and my Flextight X5 would love to se this material, but for me the analog process is just too time consuming and I do not want to continue like that! Want to get on a trip, make my shoots (500 - 1000 photos) and then publish 100 or so out of them for sale. This is what I want to see for the next years. With film and scanning putting these 100 pictures on the WEB would cost me at least 6 months of heavy editing work. With a pure and well balanced digital workflow it takes maybe 2 or 3 days.
So I think it will have to be MF digital for my next future (4-5 years at least). And when I consider MFDBs I come more and more close to Phase and their P45+ mainly because of the system behind it, the resolution it gives me for landscape and the great killer SW behind it - C1.
For me the evaluation criteria turn out something like
20% back and its overall quality
20% system (camera, glass etc)
10% flexibility (open system allowing me to use back on other cameras)
20% price
30% SW behind the system.
If it would not be C1 then Hasselblad would be my favorite, just because it is still cheaper as the Phase system at least with the same resolution on paper. But I do not need any leaf shutter and short sync times as I almost never work (or plan to work) in a studio and especially not with studio flash. Thus a Phase / Mamiya system is much better suited for my needs.
Still I have some time for further investigations and I will make best use of it. So please keep posting your thoughts, cannot get enough of this valuable input.
THANKS!
I am overwhelmed by all the input, really valuable and good for me. You bring me so much further in my decision process, and help me obviously spare a lot of money same time!
For me MF digital is the real next step, I had a look into tech cameras (Linhof, Cambo) this week and I must say this is really cool stuff, but for the moment I cannot think of flying somewhere in the world with such a ton of equipment in my suitcase and then travel around and use this while on a trip. I also considered film several times and my Flextight X5 would love to se this material, but for me the analog process is just too time consuming and I do not want to continue like that! Want to get on a trip, make my shoots (500 - 1000 photos) and then publish 100 or so out of them for sale. This is what I want to see for the next years. With film and scanning putting these 100 pictures on the WEB would cost me at least 6 months of heavy editing work. With a pure and well balanced digital workflow it takes maybe 2 or 3 days.
So I think it will have to be MF digital for my next future (4-5 years at least). And when I consider MFDBs I come more and more close to Phase and their P45+ mainly because of the system behind it, the resolution it gives me for landscape and the great killer SW behind it - C1.
For me the evaluation criteria turn out something like
20% back and its overall quality
20% system (camera, glass etc)
10% flexibility (open system allowing me to use back on other cameras)
20% price
30% SW behind the system.
If it would not be C1 then Hasselblad would be my favorite, just because it is still cheaper as the Phase system at least with the same resolution on paper. But I do not need any leaf shutter and short sync times as I almost never work (or plan to work) in a studio and especially not with studio flash. Thus a Phase / Mamiya system is much better suited for my needs.
Still I have some time for further investigations and I will make best use of it. So please keep posting your thoughts, cannot get enough of this valuable input.
THANKS!