Quite a few studio pros shoot large format digital. You can get a 4x5 back fitted with multiple sensors. A computer assembles the the tiled images. Paul -------------- Original message ---------------------- From: "Steve Desjardins" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > Film size and sensor size are two different things. Grain vs. > resolution and all that, and maybe wide angles. However, my argument is > a market one. LF is film and always will be. MF may hang around as a > film format. But how many folks, e.g., wedding photographers, are going > to drop the big money to get an MF sensor when there are cheaper > alternatives that give good results. The one exception would be if for > some reason a miraculous breakthrough made sensors very inexpensive. > > > >>> "P. J. Alling" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> 8/14/2007 10:06 AM >>> > Already he forgets the beauty of medium and large format prints and > slides... > > Steve Desjardins wrote: > > Interesting. I still think (nothing radical here and has been said > by > > others) that APS or 4/3 (maybe both) will be the new "35 mm" and > that > > the 24 x 36 sensor will be the new MF. MF sensors will just be > > expensive overkill for most folks, consumer, enthusiast or > professional. > > > > > > > >>>> "Sandy Harris" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> 8/14/2007 9:00 AM >>> > >>>> > > On 8/6/07, Bob Shell <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > > >> On Aug 5, 2007, at 10:37 PM, Sandy Harris wrote: > >> > >> > >>> There have been reports that Zenit is working on a DSLR with a 4/3 > >>> sensor that will take LTM (Leica thread mount 39mm) kenses. Not > >>> sure about exposure, but obviously manual focus. > >>> > >> Reports from whom? Where? > >> > > > > One is here: > > http://www.pentaxlife.com/forum/topic/90 > > > > > > > > > -- > cognoscenti: "Those who know" > > cognesnotty: The stringy material that forms in the nasal passages of > "Those who know." > > > -- > PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List > [email protected] > http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net > > !SIG:46c1b95a196701259023854! > > > -- > PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List > [email protected] > http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net
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