Such a deal for only $12,000 for the budget, Kodak DCS Pro-Back 14mgpx.
$29,000 for the 22mgpx Leaf Valeo.
I guess if you're making significant, incremental money from them, they make
sense.
Skip
>
>Subject: Re: [OM] E-1 4/3 vs. full sensor
> From: "Alienspecimen" <alienspecimen@xxxxxxxxxx>
> Date: Fri, 5 Dec 2003 12:02:45 -0500 (EST)
> To: olympus@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
>
>
>I just skimmed through the article, but in the latest issue of Outdoor
>Photographer there is an interview with someone who uses a Hassy with a
>digital back.
>One thing that was said impressed me (loosely off the top of my head)was the
>comment that the back has such a wide range that he no longer need to wait for
>the soft light early in the morning or later in the evening. I think they
>also stated how many times wider it gets compared to film.
>Boris
>
>Original:
>Date: Fri, 5 Dec 2003 08:30:38 -0500
>From: Skip Williams <om2@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
>Subject: Re: [OM] E-1 4/3 vs. full sensor
>
>Don't hold your breath for any digital system other than a traditional one.
>The Contax AX was quite a beast of a camera and not very successful. The
>complex, ceramic machinery necessary to move the film plane exacted a heavy
>toll on size and weight. The supposed rationale was that Zeiss lens users
>would do ANYTHING to keep using that glass. The argument was proved wrong by
>the market.
>
>Leica is betting along similar lines with their R8/9 digital back. I'll bet
>that it becomes a very low production, low selling item, esp at their prices.
>
>There may be some technology that will allow the use of non focusing lenses,
>but it's certainly not in the mainstream right now and won't be for the next
>5-10 years, IMO. The market isn't going to support such a radical idea and no
>company would fund R&D for such a device.
>
>The most we can hope for is incremental improvements in DSLR technology.
>
>Skip
>
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>
>This hath not offended the king.
>
>Sir Thomas More (at his execution)
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