On 30 Jun 2005 at 11:03, Henning Wulff wrote: > An interesting item: The Mamiya ZD, with 22mp back, is now in > pre-production testing and in the hands of selected photographers. It > does not come with a low-pass filter, but it has a _removeable_ IR > cutoff filter. Apparently the IR filter is user removeable, and there > is a low-pass filter which can be added by the user. > > High quality, convenient digital IR is coming!
Only when the Mamiya chief-engineer really understood what I told him on the PhotoKina 2004[*], and *also* releases a matching IR-pass filter....:)) (otherwise we are back to the old analog days, before we applied the trick of putting the IR-pass filter behind the mirror, between the film rails (and end up with a black viewfinder again (despite image- preview on the back-screen)) [*] none of the European Mamiya dealers/representatives present there thought I would manage to climb my way up the foodchain, and speak to the chief-engineer (not even *they* had good access to him), or even have the only camera present being pulled from the display, to illustrate my point....but my persistence over (and success after) several days nagging left even them stunned....:)) Btw, previous medium-/large-format digi-backs already had similar removable low-pass filters (Phase-One I think, not sure about Leaf/Scitex; I believe the division between those was also Japan vs rest-of-world, Phase-One being Japanese (wasn't Hasselblad bought by them, Hasselblad now effectively being Japanese?)). > Short review (in German): > > http://www.possi.de/fotografie/mamiyazd.html > > and even shorter English translation: > > http://www.luminous-landscape.com/reviews/cameras/mamiya-zd-ist.shtml The system would become even more attractive if the APO lenses from the RB6x7-system could be used....that way we can even combine the 70mm film back for the RB with the 645 digiback....:)) Btw2: for frequent changing of this filter, it would probably be better to buy the separate back, instead of the complete camera (as shown on the above pages; while the Dalsa site lists both models: http://www.dalsa.com/pi/products/DSC.asp -- Bye, Willem-Jan Markerink The desire to understand is sometimes far less intelligent than the inability to understand <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> [note: 'a-one' & 'en-el'!] * **** ******* *********************************************************** * For list instructions, including unsubscribe, see: * http://www.a1.nl/phomepag/markerink/eos_list.htm ***********************************************************
