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MGrayson replied to a thread Medium Format-Changed Everything. in Medium Format Systems and Digital Backs

Oh, I have no idea if I'll like the 907x or not. I was talking about the X1D. I can't tell anything until I pick up and use a camera. I'm slightlyt...

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MGrayson replied to a thread Medium Format-Changed Everything. in Medium Format Systems and Digital Backs

Indeed! Which is why I find gear wars baffling in the extreme. Somehow "I like X" becomes "you shouldn't like Y". Very strange. :chug: Matt ...

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MGrayson replied to a thread Medium Format-Changed Everything. in Medium Format Systems and Digital Backs

An update, as that was 15 months ago. Leica S - especially with 24mm, too heavy due to health problems (now resolved). Leica SL- too heavy, as I...

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MGrayson replied to a thread The Perfect Leica Standard lens? (50 APO Summicron SL) in Leica

Thanks, Jono! The pictures in reviews are usually 105% the photographer and -5% the equipment under review (or something like that). This is one...

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MGrayson replied to a thread Hasselblad X1D II review in Medium Format Systems and Digital Backs

What's hard to follow? Some people like external controls. Some don't. There are lots of arguments for both sides, but it comes down to preference....

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MGrayson replied to a thread Hasselblad X1D II review in Medium Format Systems and Digital Backs

Why is it necessary to denigrate another camera in order to justify buying one’s own? Camera X appeals to me. Full stop. There are cameras I...

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MGrayson replied to a thread Looks like Phase One got bought in Medium Format Systems and Digital Backs

I'm a descriptivist. Yes, this is as :OT: as they come. :ROTFL: Matt And sanction is a good one. I once saw a sign saying "No permitted...

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MGrayson replied to a thread Looks like Phase One got bought in Medium Format Systems and Digital Backs

I would love to leave Adobe. IMHO, they're headed for Cloud Only. Subscription is bad enough, but forcing the images to live on their servers gives...

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MGrayson replied to a thread Fun with MF images in Medium Format Systems and Digital Backs

That's spooky!

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MGrayson replied to a thread Fun with MF images in Medium Format Systems and Digital Backs

Magnificent and touching story, Dave. And a rose, too! ]Matt

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MGrayson replied to a thread Lens Design Revolution? in Medium Format Systems and Digital Backs

The accomplishment was an analytic solution. Computers and computer operated machinery use numerical solutions. With limited computing power, an...

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MGrayson replied to a thread F number "equivalence" and M43 in 4/3rds Cameras

:lecture: The rules of equivalence (this is math, not reality) require that for two cameras of different sensor sizes (ratio k) to take the same...

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MGrayson replied to a thread What bags do you use for your Tech cameras? in Medium Format Systems and Digital Backs

Alas, this stuff matters. I packed a tech cam with back and lens mounted a little too tightly and ended up with a useless SK35XL that, even after two...

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MGrayson replied to a thread Hasselblad X1D II Deliveries/Delays? in Medium Format Systems and Digital Backs

Old School, (Leica S007 and 120/2.5. I don't have any shallow DoF Hassy lenses) :toocool: Matt

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MGrayson replied to a thread Hasselblad X1D II Deliveries/Delays? in Medium Format Systems and Digital Backs

What is this "excuse" you speak of? :grin: I had no need or desire for the X1D II. I preordered the 907X special edition milliseconds after it was...

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MGrayson replied to a thread Hasselblad X1D II Deliveries/Delays? in Medium Format Systems and Digital Backs

The obsession isn’t with finances, corporate structure, or photography. The obsession is with fighting.

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MGrayson replied to a thread Jono's review is up in L-mount Cameras

*I* can't, but HE can. He's not an "eyes must be sharp" guy, and admits that that's too hard to nail focus wide open, but he loves the look. I...

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MGrayson replied to a thread Fun with MF images in Medium Format Systems and Digital Backs

Vieri, Thank you for the suggestion. It does, indeed, improve the image. One of the hardest things for me to learn when I started taking...

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MGrayson replied to a thread Fun with MF images in Medium Format Systems and Digital Backs

I'm not usually this insecure about posting but a) the last several pics in this thread have been awesomely good and b) I've gone back to photo...

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MGrayson replied to a thread Jono's review is up in L-mount Cameras

M 75/1.2 on SL is scary good. Makes S lenses look cheap, though. One advantage of M lenses on the SL is that they seem to tether better. No AF...

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MGrayson replied to a thread Fun with MF images in Medium Format Systems and Digital Backs

Vieri, A sensible solution! Thanks, Matt

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MGrayson replied to a thread Fun with MF images in Medium Format Systems and Digital Backs

Vieri, Beautiful picture! If a three second exposure would do that for me every time, I'd never shoot any other way. Getting a bit :OT:, but do...

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MGrayson replied to a thread New Hasselblad Special Edition!!! in Medium Format Systems and Digital Backs

It is a fine tool, but for comparing square formats, the numbers are enough. I'm happy to see that a 16mm on FF gives a square crop diagonal FoV...

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MGrayson replied to a thread Hasselblad X1D II Deliveries/Delays? in Medium Format Systems and Digital Backs

Cameras that aren’t shipping don’t exist. Shipping estimates aren’t worth the pixels they’re printed on. Really. Don’t make plans based on them.

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MGrayson replied to a thread Fun with MF images in Medium Format Systems and Digital Backs

I meant that as a compliment! :angel:

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MGrayson replied to a thread Fun with MF images in Medium Format Systems and Digital Backs

Well, the compositional elements really jump out at you. That is a very illuminating treatment. Thanks, Ed. And speaking of composition, Dan......

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