On Wednesday, July 30, 2003, at 06:29 PM, jonathan keenan wrote:
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 dont think that will ever change, both sectors keep improving all the time
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
Apart from underwater, sports & press I don't see where, after all you can put it on a DigiflexII and some Nikon prime lenses and away you go, full wide-angle et al.
,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.
Do you really want to increase your workload that much ?
I have not heard of resolution being an issue, was it the lens or the camera?
Definitely the camera, no question about it, probably due to the anti-aliasing filter more than anything else. The Canon's filter does an exceptional job at virtually eliminating moire and other artifacts but at the expense of 'distant' detail ( for want of a better term !).
All the best,
Barry
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