Yes there are scanning backs for 4x5, and maybe 8x10. Have been for a long time. Expensive, not very mobile, and pretty much limited to time exposures. You could get a 150mbyte 4x5 back years ago.
Ciao, Graywolf http://pages.prodigy.net/graywolfphoto ----- Original Message ----- From: "Patrick White" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Sent: Tuesday, August 12, 2003 2:50 PM Subject: Re: Full frame D-SLR - get over it > On Monday 11 August 2003 07:00 pm, [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: > > From: T Rittenhouse [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] > > Totally logical... so APS size sensors replace 35mm and 24 X 36 mm sensors > > replace MF ...not sure what's going to happen to 4X5 and is anyone even > > using 8X10 these days? > > Why.. they'll just modify an ordinary flatbed scanner to have a ground-glass > surface, strap it on the back of the camera, and use their handy 'ol laptop > to scan their images while-u-wait. Probably blow us all away with resolution > given the optical resolution capability of some of those flatbed scanners out > there already. > > Ok, probably not as simple or practical as it sounnds, but I can't help > thinking someone with an 8x10 is already doing something similar or in the > process of giving it a go. > > later, > patbob ([EMAIL PROTECTED]) > --- Outgoing mail is certified Virus Free. Checked by AVG anti-virus system (http://www.grisoft.com). Version: 6.0.507 / Virus Database: 304 - Release Date: 8/4/03
