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Hassy vs digital
I have a Hasselblad 500C with two lenses, four film magazines and a host of
accessories. I'm thinking of trading in all of my Hassy stuff for a Nikon D1X. Frankly, I'm feeling the pressure to change from film makers, photo supply people even clients. But, I've been using my 500C for twenty years now and I've come to expect the quality in negatives & slides that it can deliver. Can I expect the same from the digital Nikon? pideja |
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Why don't you take a look at the Hassy digital back?
"Pierre Desjardins" wrote in message .. . I have a Hasselblad 500C with two lenses, four film magazines and a host of accessories. I'm thinking of trading in all of my Hassy stuff for a Nikon D1X. Frankly, I'm feeling the pressure to change from film makers, photo supply people even clients. But, I've been using my 500C for twenty years now and I've come to expect the quality in negatives & slides that it can deliver. Can I expect the same from the digital Nikon? pideja |
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In article ,
"Pierre Desjardins" wrote: I have a Hasselblad 500C with two lenses, four film magazines and a host of accessories. I'm thinking of trading in all of my Hassy stuff for a Nikon D1X. Frankly, I'm feeling the pressure to change from film makers, photo supply people even clients. But, I've been using my 500C for twenty years now and I've come to expect the quality in negatives & slides that it can deliver. Can I expect the same from the digital Nikon? Opinions aside. One way to tell is to rent a camera first before making a life altering decision. Most Larger photo dealers in larger cities can do this for you. Consider is it worth $100.00 to have the answer you need prior to making your choice. -- LF Website @ http://members.verizon.net/~gregoryblank "To announce that there must be no criticism of the President, or that we are to stand by the President, right or wrong, is not only unpatriotic and servile, but is morally treasonable to the American public."--Theodore Roosevelt, May 7, 1918 |
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On Wed, 16 Mar 2005 12:33:11 -0500, "Pierre Desjardins"
wrote: I have a Hasselblad 500C with two lenses, four film magazines and a host of accessories. I'm thinking of trading in all of my Hassy stuff for a Nikon D1X. Frankly, I'm feeling the pressure to change from film makers, photo supply people even clients. But, I've been using my 500C for twenty years now and I've come to expect the quality in negatives & slides that it can deliver. Can I expect the same from the digital Nikon? pideja The D1x (6M pixels) is replaced (supersceded) by the D2x (10M pixels). I used to use 503CW bodies and Zeiss Hassy lenses for most all work. Then I changed to Pentax 67 and Pentax 645n. Now, all is Nikon D1x in RAW mode (10M pixels using Bibble). It was rare that I used or wound up with a rectangular final print or image. Consequently, the 6x6 frame became a final 6x4.5cm frame. Hence the move to Pentax 6x7 and 645. Nevertheless, the 6x6 or cropped 6x4.5 frames produced stunning prints. 16" or 24" prints were not a problem. but the real problem was that the final output was not a print--it was a 2" spot in a magazine or text. For this, I don't need a kit of $10,000. The D1x does a fine job. Plus, I can shoot, look at the shot and re-shoot if not right. Adjust color, exposure, subject, etc. Indeed, rent a camera and see how it works for you. If you are mostly emulsion-based now, your computer resources will also be affected by going with all digital. D1x NEF files are about 7MB whereas Nikon 8000 Coolscan TIFF files of emulsion frames are about 50MB or greater. Your end product is important in this decision and the impact on your work flow is also important. Try the digital before you make a leap. Gary Gaugler, Ph.D. Microtechnics, Inc. Granite Bay, CA 95746 916.791.8191 gary@microtechnics dot com |
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Believe you me,
I use MF, 35mm and digital. Digital is very handy but is not as good as 35mm not to mind medium format. Medium format is just streets ahead in terms of print quality. |
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some of my clients ask for digi but the ones I love still ask for 120.
I love those clients and they really respect what I do. |
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"Gregory Blank" wrote in message ... In article , "Pierre Desjardins" wrote: I have a Hasselblad 500C with two lenses, four film magazines and a host of accessories. I'm thinking of trading in all of my Hassy stuff for a Nikon D1X. Frankly, I'm feeling the pressure to change from film makers, photo supply people even clients. But, I've been using my 500C for twenty years now and I've come to expect the quality in negatives & slides that it can deliver. Can I expect the same from the digital Nikon? Opinions aside. One way to tell is to rent a camera first before making a life altering decision. Most Larger photo dealers in larger cities can do this for you. Consider is it worth $100.00 to have the answer you need prior to making your choice. Amen! Truly, dr bob |
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In article . com,
"tangent" wrote: some of my clients ask for digi but the ones I love still ask for 120. I love those clients and they really respect what I do. You can always pick up a cheaper digital camera slr and keep the MF. No one says you can't keep equipment thats paid for. If your mortgaging the house to buy into digital where will you be in 5 years when the new stuff comes out and makes what you have obsolete "again". -- LF Website @ http://members.verizon.net/~gregoryblank "To announce that there must be no criticism of the President, or that we are to stand by the President, right or wrong, is not only unpatriotic and servile, but is morally treasonable to the American public."--Theodore Roosevelt, May 7, 1918 |
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Greg, you're a sharp man. I was going to swap from Nikon to Canon because they were leading the digital race, but to sell all of my favourite lenses and find new ones when 6 months later....who knows? Meanwhile I pay the mortgage with 6x4.5 Velvia. I wish it was 6x7. (my 6x6 Bronica EC is ready for the bin) but I bought the camera cheap from a starving photographer, there's plenty of them about. |
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In article .com,
"tangent" wrote: Greg, you're a sharp man. I was going to swap from Nikon to Canon because they were leading the digital race, but to sell all of my favourite lenses and find new ones when 6 months later....who knows? Meanwhile I pay the mortgage with 6x4.5 Velvia. I wish it was 6x7. (my 6x6 Bronica EC is ready for the bin) but I bought the camera cheap from a starving photographer, there's plenty of them about. By nature I think we photographers like new gadgets, we also second guess ourselves a lot in trying to decide what equipment will make us great or at least known. I remember an article a while back that said in essence, would you rather buy a brand new camera that might take up to 5 years to pay for or go someplace great and stay a week each year of those 5 years creating the very images that "WILL" make you known. Mind you I am not trying to influence your choice, but before consider move from shooting MF completely there would have to be a $3k digital SLR able to shoot 14MP at least and it should be full featured and lighter than my Bronica 6x6. Its a little ways off. But I don't know whether I would get rid of paid for equipment,....depends on whether I could sell it at a good enough price I guess. Thats not to say you can't buy something like a D70 and use those lenses. -- LF Website @ http://members.verizon.net/~gregoryblank "To announce that there must be no criticism of the President, or that we are to stand by the President, right or wrong, is not only unpatriotic and servile, but is morally treasonable to the American public."--Theodore Roosevelt, May 7, 1918 |
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