I tested the Ixpress and was also mightily impressed, it did however prove to me that just like the good old days photographers like myself require two different sets of kit;
The 135mm equivalent where portability and speed outweigh the desire for ultimate quality and a MF based system like the Imacon or scanning back for everything else. I never did bother much with 4x5 and probably would treat the scanning backs the same.
Buying the two types is beyond my means for now so I am trying to figure out which kit will satisfy the most part of my current workload. At the moment I think there would be too many occasions where the imacon would be impractical but the fringing reported on the 1Ds has me a little concerned, although I have seen it well corrected using (I think) one of the Panorama Tools. I have not heard of resolution being an issue, was it the lens or the camera?
kind regards
Jonathan Keenan
On Wednesday, Jul 30, 2003, at 17:12 Europe/London, Barry Murphy wrote:
I had a 1ds on trial, whilst I did not have a shift lens, I did have the L series 24mm 1.4, which was a real beauty, but it suffered a little fringing and also highlighted the sensor's inability to resolve fine detail at a distance ie. a landscape or even a large building perhaps. On close up images the Canon is cracking for a single shot, but I could not live with the former resolution issue. The imacon Ixpress would knock its socks off, of course it will also knock your bank balance's socks off ! .... but you get what you pay for I'm afraid, sometimes !
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