Hi Guys,
Background: I've been a 35mm DSLR for sometime. D700, 5Dmk2, and even the Leica M9.
I know I might not even qualify to ask here, since I'm not a professional Photographer, but I am a digital artist of a different kind, and imagery or the quality of it, especially in photography, I have become somewhat snobbish of it (my own photos) and am fairly demanding of the quality of the images I see. So for whatever the reasons, please entertain me, since photography is a passion of mine. Oh and I enjoy shooting landscape and people.
Premise: I've read in various threads here talk about Dalsa and Kodak sensors, crop and full frame, dynamic range, ALPA tech cams, 645 and hassys and costs even. However, if you are willing to carry a full DLR kit with lenses say a D3 with three lenses, that is a considerable weight already, however once set up you maybe able to shoot fairly quickly.
Now the question, this isn't so much a single question but for someone thinking about going to MF with serious consideration and want to know about the experience: How much of a shock would it be to someone like me changing to to MF and how much would I be slowing down, please explain. Could I be dissappointed in the image quality still?
Most asked question and most difficult to answer, if lenses also determine the best system, which one? I love all the talk about the IQ systems and interested in the H4d for a closed package and somewhat tempted my the S2 quality of glass. However, I read about back focus issues and how serious is that, would I be buying into many glass and choosing the best of each?
I know Guy talks about about the whole service as well, such as backend support, replacement, upgrades, etc. Please let me know how this has been with the different brands/vendor.
Again, sorry for such wide question!
Background: I've been a 35mm DSLR for sometime. D700, 5Dmk2, and even the Leica M9.
I know I might not even qualify to ask here, since I'm not a professional Photographer, but I am a digital artist of a different kind, and imagery or the quality of it, especially in photography, I have become somewhat snobbish of it (my own photos) and am fairly demanding of the quality of the images I see. So for whatever the reasons, please entertain me, since photography is a passion of mine. Oh and I enjoy shooting landscape and people.
Premise: I've read in various threads here talk about Dalsa and Kodak sensors, crop and full frame, dynamic range, ALPA tech cams, 645 and hassys and costs even. However, if you are willing to carry a full DLR kit with lenses say a D3 with three lenses, that is a considerable weight already, however once set up you maybe able to shoot fairly quickly.
Now the question, this isn't so much a single question but for someone thinking about going to MF with serious consideration and want to know about the experience: How much of a shock would it be to someone like me changing to to MF and how much would I be slowing down, please explain. Could I be dissappointed in the image quality still?
Most asked question and most difficult to answer, if lenses also determine the best system, which one? I love all the talk about the IQ systems and interested in the H4d for a closed package and somewhat tempted my the S2 quality of glass. However, I read about back focus issues and how serious is that, would I be buying into many glass and choosing the best of each?
I know Guy talks about about the whole service as well, such as backend support, replacement, upgrades, etc. Please let me know how this has been with the different brands/vendor.
Again, sorry for such wide question!