On Wed, 6 May 2009 07:44:32 -0700, "Richard Knoppow"
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wrote in message
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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.

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