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I haven't followed the photographic scene lately and suspect there's
been a lot of advancement with digital photography.

I have a complete Rollei SL66 setup and would like to take some nature
photos but prefer to have digital output.

So...

What options are there? Is a digital back available? Would it be
best to shoot transparencies and scan? Or any other suggestions?

Thanks,

Paco

Migration to Digital question
 

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I haven't followed the photographic scene lately and
suspect there's
been a lot of advancement with digital photography.

I have a complete Rollei SL66 setup and would like to take
some nature
photos but prefer to have digital output.

So...

What options are there? Is a digital back available?
Would it be
best to shoot transparencies and scan? Or any other
suggestions?

Thanks,

Paco

You might want to check out the two Rolleiflex mailing
lists, one at Yahoo lists and the other at Freelists. I
don't know the current availablility of a digital back for
the SL-66 but suspect is would be quite expensive. OTOH,
many users of these and other MF cameras produce excellent
results by shooting on film and scanning the negatives. I
don't know the current prices of high qulity film scanners
but suspect you would be ahead of the game by going that
route especially since the scanner can be used for any
negatives where the camera back is specific to the camera.
--
Richard Knoppow
Los Angeles, CA, USA

Migration to Digital question
 

wrote:
I haven't followed the photographic scene lately and suspect there's
been a lot of advancement with digital photography.

I have a complete Rollei SL66 setup and would like to take some nature
photos but prefer to have digital output.

So...

What options are there? Is a digital back available? Would it be
best to shoot transparencies and scan? Or any other suggestions?

I scan using a Nikon 9000 ED with an anti-Newton-ring tray. It takes a
few minutes to setup, scan, occasioanally re-scan. a 6x6 produces a 77
Mpix file of about 470 Mbytes (16b/color).

However, My Sony a900 (36x24mm (aka full frame) sensor) produces cleaner
looking images that print pretty much as large at 24 Mpix. My desire to
shoot MF has waned quite a bit.

I'm considering a MF back for my Hasselblad. Even a used 16 Mpix is
well over $5K - hopefully this will fall with time. A 20 - 25 Mpix
sensor would be great.

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On Wed, 6 May 2009 07:44:32 -0700, "Richard Knoppow"
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wrote in message
.. .
I haven't followed the photographic scene lately and
suspect there's
been a lot of advancement with digital photography.

I have a complete Rollei SL66 setup and would like to take
some nature
photos but prefer to have digital output.

So...

What options are there? Is a digital back available?
Would it be
best to shoot transparencies and scan? Or any other
suggestions?

Thanks,

Paco

You might want to check out the two Rolleiflex mailing
lists, one at Yahoo lists and the other at Freelists. I
don't know the current availablility of a digital back for
the SL-66 but suspect is would be quite expensive. OTOH,
many users of these and other MF cameras produce excellent
results by shooting on film and scanning the negatives. I
don't know the current prices of high qulity film scanners
but suspect you would be ahead of the game by going that
route especially since the scanner can be used for any
negatives where the camera back is specific to the camera.

Thanks for the suggestion. For some reason I had forgotten about the
negative choice versus positives.

I have a great scanner so now the issue is positive or negative. Any
firsthand experience?

Thanks once again,

Paco

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I have a great scanner so now the issue is positive or negative. Any
firsthand experience?

I far prefer scanning positives. You see what you are supposed to be
getting, and the colors are more vibrant. Also, I find grain less obtrusive
with the Fuji 100F films than with most color negative films. I find Provia
100F a real joy to work with. Other folks prefer Velvia 50. Astia 100F for
portraits and when less contrast is desirable.

--
David J. Littleboy
Tokyo, Japan

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Thanks for all the great comments. As with many things I guess I will
have to buy some of each and experiment.

Thanks again, I'm off to the camera store.

Paco