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Thanks Alan and Chris - I appreciate the images, and the details Nice to see that focus to out-of-focus transition.
Yes, it makes sense to make full use of the lenses by using a larger sensor. While the idea was to find out if the C645 lenses hold up on FF (which it does by the accounts already provided), given the restrictions of cost, the price of a Sony A7 (depending on model) plus adapter is not far off a good conditioned 2nd-hand Leica S (which are usually looked after with most already overhauled by Leica) - shame the C645 to Leica adapter is still expensive. I would trust a 2nd-hand Leica (with a fixed sensor) more than a 2nd-hand A7 so I'm slightly leaning more towards a 2nd-hand super-35mm now, assuming the price drops a bit more.
I'm in no hurry at the moment so will wait to see how the second-hand market develops with regard to the GFX as well as the Leica S. With photography as a business venture being in the doldrums (bar for a few lucky ones), one has to think long and hard about the economy of purchase versus the relative improvement in image quality, Zeiss or otherwise.
Cheers,
Duff.
Thanks Kirk.If your goal is to make fine medium-sized prints that fulfill the potential of classic Zeiss lenses, there’s not much point peeping at Internet JPGs. Echoing chrismuc, I suggest you simply try out your remaining Zeiss 645 lenses on a GFX body.
For FF I’d been using adapted Zeiss C/Y and Leica lenses on A7r2, and now I’ve been ‘auditioning’ adapted 645 lenses on my GFX. For the image quality you discussed in original post, IMO it’s worth the expense to go with the larger sensor. The difference is in tonal transitions more than in apparent resolution. If you want the classic Zeiss ‘3D’ look, You should be able to achieve it very well this way.
Kirk
PS, if GFX seems expensive then just wait a bit. There’s little or no advantage to be gained from 100 MP, but when this becomes available some folks will be disposing of 50s bodies.
Yes, it makes sense to make full use of the lenses by using a larger sensor. While the idea was to find out if the C645 lenses hold up on FF (which it does by the accounts already provided), given the restrictions of cost, the price of a Sony A7 (depending on model) plus adapter is not far off a good conditioned 2nd-hand Leica S (which are usually looked after with most already overhauled by Leica) - shame the C645 to Leica adapter is still expensive. I would trust a 2nd-hand Leica (with a fixed sensor) more than a 2nd-hand A7 so I'm slightly leaning more towards a 2nd-hand super-35mm now, assuming the price drops a bit more.
I'm in no hurry at the moment so will wait to see how the second-hand market develops with regard to the GFX as well as the Leica S. With photography as a business venture being in the doldrums (bar for a few lucky ones), one has to think long and hard about the economy of purchase versus the relative improvement in image quality, Zeiss or otherwise.
Cheers,
Duff.
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