> If that is the case, with the current pace of development in the digital SLR
> market, for how long more will people consider it worth their while spending
> the price of a decent car on a  Hasselblad/Phase One type set-up when they
> can have the lot in one body for considerably less?
> 
> Will we soon have a situation where there is 5x4/10x8 at one end and digital
> SLRs at the other?

I dunno. >95% of my work is digital, but I'd say that no DSLR I've yet seen
matches film for smoothness of highlight rendition and lack of colour shift
at the top. MF backs are far better than DSLR in this respect.

There's also the consideration of lenses. I have a Nikon 70-200mm VR zoom
which is a cracking piece of glass, especially for very smooth blur. And
yet, the 80mm lens on my Contax 645 just produces beautiful pictures with a
refinement I don't see in lenses for 35mm.

Best regards

Paul Ellis

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Photography - Interactive Imaging - Apple Macintosh consultancy
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