kit laughlin
Subscriber Member
Just supposing that you knew someone whose favourite WA range was 18-24mm (135 EFOV); that they needed a standard lens, and that they used a 85-90mm EFOV for portraits, AND you heard that they were thinking that it might be time to experiment with a MF back. As well, you know they owned C1Pro6; and they didn't need more than ~20–40MP (but wanted as physically large a sensor as possible, to keep the wides, well, 'wide',) what would you recommend to this hapless soul (who has abandoned hope!) as a starter kit?
Seriously, I am considering going into this, now that the new IQ backs are out and so many second-hand backs are on offer. I would shoot this system tethered in the studio or on location for the architectural work; but I would still use the Sony for the John Deere location work and the faster stuff.
I have been thinking about this as a result of shooting a bunch of instruments in the studio; getting perfect focus (and the difficulty of using the Focus Mask tool with a DSLR with an AA filter, plus the fact that focus can only be assessed after making an image with the Sony) is one of the reasons I am thinking about this.
I don't mind if your impulse is to recommend against this course of action, either!
What I would like from the members here is a kind of 'pros' and 'cons' list of the system that they recommend. Assume complete ignorance of the digital MF world (though had film MF cameras in the day)
cheers all, Kit
Seriously, I am considering going into this, now that the new IQ backs are out and so many second-hand backs are on offer. I would shoot this system tethered in the studio or on location for the architectural work; but I would still use the Sony for the John Deere location work and the faster stuff.
I have been thinking about this as a result of shooting a bunch of instruments in the studio; getting perfect focus (and the difficulty of using the Focus Mask tool with a DSLR with an AA filter, plus the fact that focus can only be assessed after making an image with the Sony) is one of the reasons I am thinking about this.
I don't mind if your impulse is to recommend against this course of action, either!
What I would like from the members here is a kind of 'pros' and 'cons' list of the system that they recommend. Assume complete ignorance of the digital MF world (though had film MF cameras in the day)
cheers all, Kit