on 27/3/04 12:34 pm, Barry Murphy at info(at)barrymurphyphoto.com wrote: > Dont worry, no derision at all from my corner Non taken ;-) There are actually very good reasons for me not going the multishot route, perhaps the main one being timing. I stuck my hand in my pocket nearly four years ago and bought a Rollei Xact with the electronic shutters. At that time there was no real alternative and Sinar were still insisting that a P could hack it. I really wasn't impressed with what was on offer for the extra cash. It's a different story now and the P3 looks fantastic. When shooting macro weird stuff happens. Things move by microscopic amounts. Glue relaxes or softens, vibrations happen etc etc. I often "build a shot" with a dozen or more exposures and I noticed that even with the electonic Rollei shutters, I'd have to nudge the Photoshop layers (and I have a big Inka stand built for 10x8). This is the part that makes a nonsense out of multi-shot for me. It's really not like shooting a set or a packshot. I chose the backs I use on quality of image alone and haven't regretted it once. I always imagined that more pixels the better and readily upgraded when the 16M Kodak chip arrived. However I missed the speed and quality of the old Philips chip and when an ex-demo unit became available I snapped it up and stuck it on a Digiflex body. What a bargain. I now use it for maybe 80% of shots with the 85mm Nikon PC Macro lens. It's really that good. The images rarely get blown up larger than A4 (jewellery actually looks grotesque when over enlarged) and even the finest Bond street names have to be retouched because too much is resolved. Maybe next year I'll buy that sledgehammer to crack a nut. Cheers Paul
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