Ken,
thanks so much for your effort and really doing this, especially as you said you had not planned to print as large from a 15MB file
I really appreciate and I really know what this means in additional work!
Coming to the result, it shows me clearly - without having seen the print directly of course but trusting your judgement - the capabilities of the P65+. As you know I am currently in the process of selecting the right MF System and MFDB for my purposes (mainly landscape and nature photography and enlarging up to the sizes we talked). And of course it hows how capable the P65+ would be for that type of work.
So my selection process comes currently to the following conclusions (although I will give it another few months before I buy):
1) 1st place: Phase One camera with 28 / 80 / 150 lens and either P45+ (my favorite because of price) or P65+ (the one I would love to have but price ....)
This system - especially the backs - give me a lot of freedom to further move to a tech camera (do not know if that will ever happen, but I have the option at least
). Further I like the look and feel of the camera and lenses, it is a bit more compact and feels easier to hold, handle and carry for me than the bulkier H System or Leaf and Hy6 - and this really matters, as I want to carry that gear around on my excursions.
And finally C1 Pro - I use this SW already since years, I am very familiar with it and I love the RAW converter which is known to be the best on the market.
2nd place: H3D2 with 28 / 80 or 110 / 150 and 39MP back (maybe 50 MP). Great system, great prices, very capable dealer here in Austria (which is also one of the important parts.
And very important: thy currently are the leader in low bundle prices, o this is the system I can get the most MP and functionality for the lowest price.
What I do not like so much is that the system is a closed system. I I doubt I could ever use such a back on a tech camera (maybe I am wrong and this is also not the most important criterium for me).
And the system is bulkier than the Phase / Mamiya system. And I do not know Phocus and it is a closed SW again
3) 3rd place: Leaf and Hy6. Definitely an interesting solution. And I know the lenses from my analog Rollei 6006 - great glass.
What I like less are the prices, size, weight and also the fat that some of their companies went insolvent and despite of the promises to continue I do not really have the trust into that in today's economy.
4) 4th place: Leica S2 System. Great concept, will be great glass, but as we all know Leica had several issues n the past especially with digital and they have to prove now if they can do better.
And I expect the price to be really high. And the system will kind of limit me WRT exchangeable backs.
So here we go. Coming to an end here, support like what you have given to me is very important and valuable in my decision chain and again I o very much appreciate this.
Many thanks indeed!
And to Guy and Jack - another great example of great support, help and friendlyness here in this forum, which is far above what you can expect from other fora, especilly the LUF :toocool: