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That's like saying that a 500 bhp Chevy is the cheapest Ferrari availableThe D800 is "the cheapest MFD camera available"-DXO.
That's not a bad analogy, as it was the performance and ease of Ferrari's cheaper competition that eventually forced them to improve the driver experience.That's like saying that a 500 bhp Chevy is the cheapest Ferrari available
100% agree Jack ... and each person's list would vary based on their style and applications. Mine would read:IMHO it's horses for courses. There is no single "do it all" camera. I break it down as follows:
1) For ultimate image quality: the best tech lenses in front of a current generation digital MF back. (For me this is an Arca RM3D, Schneider and Rodenstock Digital HR lenses and a Phase IQ180 back.)
2) For ultimate speed and convenience: the best DSLR with the best contemporary lenses you can put in front of it. (For me, this is currently a Nikon D800 and a few Nikon lenses.)
3) For moderate speed/convenience with exceptional image quality: MF body with best glass and current gen MF digital back. (For me, this is a Phase DF body and Schneider LS glass and the IQ180 back.)
4) For just simple and convenient snapshots: Any of the decent P&S cams. (For me this is a small Olympus or Panasonic, but both are quickly being obsoleted by my iPhone 4S.)
5) Best balance of good Image Quality, low cost and convenient to use: any good M4/3rds kit. (For me, I no longer have one because of owning all of the other options.)
Of the above, the last one to go for me would likely be #4. Hands down though, the second last one to go would be #1 and it would not go without a fight.
Medium format digital is very over rated. While it did have a significant advantage in resolution and dynamic range that is not the case today.Hi,
i just want to ask if anybody ever went back to a 35mm digital camera after owning and using a digital medium format camera for some time?
Did you regret it and what was the reason that you no longer use MFD? Did you regret selling your medium format gear?
Philipp
100% true perhaps ... for you Fred. However it is hard to not notice a strange dichotomy ... if 35mm is so wonderful, why do you use a "primitive" MF camera with no AF, no image stabilization, that is so big and cumbersome that it's impossible to use hand-held ... yet prefer it from a visually creative point of view?Medium format digital is very over rated. While it did have a significant advantage in resolution and dynamic range that is not the case today.
The resolution advantage is still there, but it is undermined by rather primitive bodies and their limited autofocus and total lack of image stabalization.
Dynamic range is now as good as if not better with a 35mm DSLR.
As for lenses there are quite a few 35mm system lenses that are giving MF lenses a run for the money and for a much better price.
I shoot with various cameras. 35mm digital, MF digital and large medium format film.
From a visual creative point of view I prefer the Fuji GX680 with film.
From a combination of creativity enabled by the combination of mobility, freedom and quality obtainable I love 35mm Digital
My medium format digital system sort of fits in between, but is nor meat nor fish, but very good.
If I was only allowed two systems MF digital would be the first to go... especially with the D800 now available... or almost.
It is really quite amazing what you can do with 35mm digital. here for example is a shot taken with a "vintage" 11MP canon 1ds
And a crop:
And that was taken with the inexpensive non L lens 100mm f2 @ f2
A bit tricky with the limited dynamic range of the 1DS, much easier with the D800