Digital BW, The Print

Carl Schofield wrote:

>I almost forgot to mention the scanning back alternative for the 4x5
>(if you have very deep 
>pockets):
>http://www.luminous-landscape.com/reviews/cameras/better-light.shtml
>
>  
>
Wonder why a review like that is made. That test gives the scanback 
lousy competition. The film is scanned on a flatbed without wet 
mounting, the digital camera isn't even an MF back/camera that can fill 
in its lack of resolution with multiple half-a-pixel-shift takes.  His 
conclusion that the scanback could be better competition to the Canon 
DSLRs than an MF back isn't shared by the industry right now. The 
scanbacks aren't bad but they have a lot of limitations and a (too) high 
price. Art reproduction and panoramic takes + some odd product 
photography will probably be the market where scanbacks will stay for 
some time, then they become the Cirkuts of the future. Whether they 
actually will outlive the Cirkuts remains a question.

Ernst

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