Digital BW, The Print

Steve,
Rent or borrow a 135 f/2 and a 35mm f/1.4, both L glass of course.  Better
be sitting down when you open one of those 1DsII raw files....

Best regards,
John Moody

-----Original Message-----
From: DigitalBlackandWhiteThePrint@yahoogroups.com
[mailto:DigitalBlackandWhiteThePrint@yahoogroups.com]On Behalf Of Steve Kale
Sent: Wednesday, August 24, 2005 1:32 PM
To: DigitalBlackandWhiteThePrint@yahoogroups.com
Subject: Re: [Digital BW] 1Ds Mk III prediction (was new canons)

I suspect that noise will still be a big issue.  The medium format backs
will beat the Canon "Big Dog" if only because an SLR shooter requires a
level of speed that the typical medium format digi-back shooter doesn't.  At
some point I am sure speed implies greater noise (I am not talking about ISO
speed).

I am, though, very surprised by your comment re Canon glass.  I only have
two Canon lenses: the 28-70 f2.8L and the 70-200 f2.8L.  Admittedly the
Canon glass I have is one generation old - the first replaced by the 24-70
f2.8L and the second by an IS version - but neither of these comes close to
my Contax Zeiss 80mm planar or 120 Makro-Planar.

I have used the Phase One backs (up to the P25) in a studio, handheld, with
the Contax 645/80 Planar. They beat the 1ds2 for sharpness and detail any
day.





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