Chris Giles
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As a 1Ds3 shooter who moved to medium format for portraits I noticed a much bigger improvement. I was using the 9 micron 22mp leaf back.
Images were also much sharper and I was shooting in natural light almost exclusively.
It depends on your market. If you have enough trade to justify the spend then it's a worthwhile investment. For me I moved to MF not just for portraits but for pure self indulgence. I like to shoot film as well. (One of the reasons for the Hassy choice) and I quite enjoy shooting a landscape, then sticking the film back on as well for the same shot.
I think under studio lighting the differences are less obvious, especially considering many togs smooth skin. In natural light though there's a bit of a difference. Although the 5D3 looks very similar to the P25 back.
At ISO25 it's another world.
Here's a studio shot at ISO50 on the 22 back. My 1Ds3 couldn't do this.
http://www.chrisgilesphotography.co.uk/forums/11.jpg
Straight out of the camera, no sharpening or NR, white balance corrected, exported as jpg and saved at level 10 in photoshop. (The back I had was front focusing so the point is on the lips).
Images were also much sharper and I was shooting in natural light almost exclusively.
It depends on your market. If you have enough trade to justify the spend then it's a worthwhile investment. For me I moved to MF not just for portraits but for pure self indulgence. I like to shoot film as well. (One of the reasons for the Hassy choice) and I quite enjoy shooting a landscape, then sticking the film back on as well for the same shot.
I think under studio lighting the differences are less obvious, especially considering many togs smooth skin. In natural light though there's a bit of a difference. Although the 5D3 looks very similar to the P25 back.
At ISO25 it's another world.
Here's a studio shot at ISO50 on the 22 back. My 1Ds3 couldn't do this.
http://www.chrisgilesphotography.co.uk/forums/11.jpg
Straight out of the camera, no sharpening or NR, white balance corrected, exported as jpg and saved at level 10 in photoshop. (The back I had was front focusing so the point is on the lips).
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