alright, David, I don't have a second MF, so I decided to put the Contax THE WAY I CARRY IT!
up against.... hmmm a 35mm
the R9/DMR
interesting. in the hand, one doesnt need L brackets, and the battery pack is old news. The new lithiums? I used only three batteries in Contax for 2500 shots..
Victor
Yep, size comparisons are fun.
This one with a fully integrated MF camera
AND a 90 degree prism finder (waist level finder available) ... it delivers almost twice the megs of the reigning King of high rez 35mm digital, does it with a much larger sensor area, while remaining smaller in size. Very easy travel and field camera.
Note the large focus assist on the Hassey, and where the stop down and mirror up buttons are located in the grip indent, and other key controls on the top just behind the shutter button, where you can activate them without taking your eye from the finder (where all the info is displayed when you press the buttons.) The whole grip is the Lithium battery, and lasts for entire jobs.
For extensive extended shooting in the field there is the small but powerful Firewire 800 "pocket rocket" Image Bank-II ... it powers the back with easily found Sony Lithium video batteries (same as powers the CFV and CF backs), and allows up to 1000 images to be captured as fast as you can shoot... all while performing selection architecture to segregate files against corruption, plus allows you to divide job jackets scene-to-scene. The H system optionally also allows GPS data to be captured with each shot.
When the back is mounted to a view camera, the software not only provides Live View and magnification, it has the option of a sonar like audio feed back to zero in optimal critical focus. I've used this, and it works like a charm.
