Digital BW, The Print

Robert, Even if I could afford 20K for a 2 1/4 back, I'd never pay it,
simply because to me, it is so overpriced as to be absurd.

Jerry





Robert Morrison wrote:
> 
> So what you really want is a Hasselblad, not a F5?!?  I enjoy using my Nikon
> 990 as a poor man's Hasselblad, sneaking up on unexpecting pedestrians and
> museum guards.  My D1 takes the pictures I'm not afraid to be seen taking.
> Just shot 15 rolls of TMAX400 on an F100...should be interesting to see how
> similar shots taken with the D1 compare. From what I understand the D1X
> blows away everything on the market except for the Digital Hasselblad back
> ($20K).  But if you have Canon lenses then Canon it must be.
> 
> Robert
> 
> On 9/7/01 5:53 PM, "Jerry Olson" <jerryolson@...> wrote:
> 
> > Thanks for the info. I'm waiting for the next Canon, myself.
> >
> > Sure wish they had a waist level finder, or a swing out Monitor.
> >
> > Jerry
> >
> >
> >
> >
> >
> >
> > Robert Morrison wrote:
> >
> >> No...its shaped like a F5, feels like an F5, and layed out like an F5...but
> >> is not an F5...its a D1X.  Nikon and Canon don't make digital cameras like
> >> Kodak...thank God...they aren't as big either.
> >>
> >> Robert
> >>
> >> On 9/7/01 1:18 PM, "Jerry Olson" <jerryolson@...> wrote:
> >>
> >>> but if it has no removable prism, It can't really be an F5 body, can it?
> >>>
> >>> There's an awful lot you cannot do if you don't have the removable prism.
> >>>
> >>> Jerry
> >>>
> >>>
> >>>
> >>>
> >>>
> >>> Robert Morrison wrote:
> >>>
> >>>>> Does the DX1 have that sports viewfinder the F4 and F5 had available?
> >>>>
> >>>> Probably not.
> >>>>
> >>>>> It was
> >>>>> terrific, if pricy. Is the DX1 truly an F5 body?
> >>>>
> >>>> Yes, same metering and controls, but obviously many extra controls.  Feels
> >>>> very similar...although a bit heavier.
> >>>>
> >>>>> Does it have a
> >>>>> removeable prism?
> >>>>
> >>>> No
> >>>>
> >>>> Robert
> >>>>
> >>>>>
> >>>>>
> >>>>> David Brugge wrote:
> >>>>>
> >>>>>> --- In DigitalBlackandWhiteThePrint@y..., "Garry Sarre"
> >>>>>> <gazzzzperth@y...> wrote:
> >>>>>>
> >>>>>>> Ideally I would like to shoot digital, but the medium format
> >>>>>> digital
> >>>>>>> backs for hasselblad are a bit pricey here ($50,000 by the time you
> >>>>>>> upgrade the blad) and the next step down is to 35mm maybe a Nikon
> >>>>>> d1X
> >>>>>>> (I think) but I can't see the subjects expression big enough
> >>>>>> through
> >>>>>>> the viewfinder. I need to see exactly what the eyes are doing so
> >>>>>> that
> >>>>>>> I can choose the moment to click. This was a big dissappointment
> >>>>>> when
> >>>>>>> trying 35mm digital for portrait. Subject expression is everything
> >>>>>>> in my stuff.
> >>>>>>>
> >>>>>>
> >>>>>> Garry,
> >>>>>>
> >>>>>> I am not a portrait photographer, but I shoot a lot of kids for
> >>>>>> advertising. Because I seldom have to do extreme enlargements, I
> >>>>>> don't need to shoot medium format. I DO have to see the eyes, so 35mm
> >>>>>> just doesn't get it for me.
> >>>>>>
> >>>>>> Lately I started experimenting with digital camera equipment. I'm
> >>>>>> waiting for the dust to settle a little before I invest any real
> >>>>>> dollars into equipment. In the meantime I got a Nikon 990, just to
> >>>>>> fool around.
> >>>>>>
> >>>>>> A neat feature that I didn't know about is the video out port. I can
> >>>>>> mount the camera on a tripod and hook up a regular TV as a monitor. I
> >>>>>> took this setup to a shoot and halfway through the shoot, turned the
> >>>>>> monitor around so that the kids could see themselves. I worked great!
> >>>>>>
> >>>>>> I can get a very respectable image from the little camera in full
> >>>>>> TIFF mode, but the refresh rate at HI setting is just too long (about
> >>>>>> 45 sec.) to be used for serious work.
> >>>>>>
> >>>>>> I mention this because you MAY want to consider something like the
> >>>>>> D1H or D1X (very fast refresh rate, much higher quality output) with
> >>>>>> a video monitor, just to get your feet wet.
> >>>>>>
> >>>>>> David Brugge
> >>>>>>
> >>>>>>
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> >>>>>>
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> Robert Morrison
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