http://www.engadget.com/2008/08/01/leaf-rolls-out-wide-frame-afi-10-camera-system/ Engadget Comments for Leaf rolls out wide frame AFi 10 camera system http://www.engadget.com/media/feedlogo.gif http://www.engadget.com en-us Copyright 2012 Weblogs, Inc. The contents of this feed are available for non-commercial use only. Blogsmith http://www.blogsmith.com/http://www.engadget.com/2008/08/01/leaf-rolls-out-wide-frame-afi-10-camera-system/http://www.engadget.com/2008/08/01/leaf-rolls-out-wide-frame-afi-10-camera-system/Aug 1st 2008 12:15AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2008/08/01/leaf-rolls-out-wide-frame-afi-10-camera-system/http://www.engadget.com/2008/08/01/leaf-rolls-out-wide-frame-afi-10-camera-system/Aug 1st 2008 12:17AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2008/08/01/leaf-rolls-out-wide-frame-afi-10-camera-system/http://www.engadget.com/2008/08/01/leaf-rolls-out-wide-frame-afi-10-camera-system/Aug 1st 2008 12:23AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2008/08/01/leaf-rolls-out-wide-frame-afi-10-camera-system/http://www.engadget.com/2008/08/01/leaf-rolls-out-wide-frame-afi-10-camera-system/Aug 1st 2008 7:55AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2008/08/01/leaf-rolls-out-wide-frame-afi-10-camera-system/http://www.engadget.com/2008/08/01/leaf-rolls-out-wide-frame-afi-10-camera-system/Aug 1st 2008 12:35AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2008/08/01/leaf-rolls-out-wide-frame-afi-10-camera-system/http://www.engadget.com/2008/08/01/leaf-rolls-out-wide-frame-afi-10-camera-system/Aug 1st 2008 12:26AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2008/08/01/leaf-rolls-out-wide-frame-afi-10-camera-system/http://www.engadget.com/2008/08/01/leaf-rolls-out-wide-frame-afi-10-camera-system/but megapixels don't mean everything!!!~]]>Aug 1st 2008 12:57AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2008/08/01/leaf-rolls-out-wide-frame-afi-10-camera-system/http://www.engadget.com/2008/08/01/leaf-rolls-out-wide-frame-afi-10-camera-system/Aug 1st 2008 7:56AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2008/08/01/leaf-rolls-out-wide-frame-afi-10-camera-system/http://www.engadget.com/2008/08/01/leaf-rolls-out-wide-frame-afi-10-camera-system/
"3000x2000" will always make more sense to me than "6 MP", "3888x2600" vs "10 MP" and assuming a 3:2 aspect ratio, "9115x6110" for "56 MP". But that looks less impressive on marketing sheets because doubling the pixel count only increases the size of each dimension by a factor of 1.4. =)]]>Aug 1st 2008 9:06AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2008/08/01/leaf-rolls-out-wide-frame-afi-10-camera-system/http://www.engadget.com/2008/08/01/leaf-rolls-out-wide-frame-afi-10-camera-system/Aug 1st 2008 9:06AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2008/08/01/leaf-rolls-out-wide-frame-afi-10-camera-system/http://www.engadget.com/2008/08/01/leaf-rolls-out-wide-frame-afi-10-camera-system/Aug 1st 2008 12:59AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2008/08/01/leaf-rolls-out-wide-frame-afi-10-camera-system/http://www.engadget.com/2008/08/01/leaf-rolls-out-wide-frame-afi-10-camera-system/Aug 1st 2008 1:07AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2008/08/01/leaf-rolls-out-wide-frame-afi-10-camera-system/http://www.engadget.com/2008/08/01/leaf-rolls-out-wide-frame-afi-10-camera-system/Aug 1st 2008 1:09AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2008/08/01/leaf-rolls-out-wide-frame-afi-10-camera-system/http://www.engadget.com/2008/08/01/leaf-rolls-out-wide-frame-afi-10-camera-system/Aug 1st 2008 1:11AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2008/08/01/leaf-rolls-out-wide-frame-afi-10-camera-system/http://www.engadget.com/2008/08/01/leaf-rolls-out-wide-frame-afi-10-camera-system/
Not to say there absolutely isn't a use for these new backs, but maximum printing quality is already meet with these 39MP backs (hell the older 22MP backs already meet most needs for very large print).

From an article on Luminous Landscapes the ENTIRE medium-format digital market is around 'low thousands', compared to the hundreds of thousands Canon sells in their 1Ds series and millions in their lower prosumer cameras. Its a very very small market that's mostly being rented to pro photographers only when they need it.]]>Aug 1st 2008 1:20AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2008/08/01/leaf-rolls-out-wide-frame-afi-10-camera-system/http://www.engadget.com/2008/08/01/leaf-rolls-out-wide-frame-afi-10-camera-system/Aug 1st 2008 1:45AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2008/08/01/leaf-rolls-out-wide-frame-afi-10-camera-system/http://www.engadget.com/2008/08/01/leaf-rolls-out-wide-frame-afi-10-camera-system/Man, I would be pissed if they used this for porn.

"Loading... Still loading... 3 hours of loading... O shit. It's another dude."]]>Aug 1st 2008 3:14AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2008/08/01/leaf-rolls-out-wide-frame-afi-10-camera-system/http://www.engadget.com/2008/08/01/leaf-rolls-out-wide-frame-afi-10-camera-system/
FYI, The higher MP backs often result in more shadow detail and less noise.

The investment on a digital back is a no-brainer. If you are used to spending 20k+ a year on film, processing and polaroid, having a $700-$900/month payment on a digital back is easy when you can bill that expense to a client in one day.]]>Aug 2nd 2008 12:04PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2008/08/01/leaf-rolls-out-wide-frame-afi-10-camera-system/http://www.engadget.com/2008/08/01/leaf-rolls-out-wide-frame-afi-10-camera-system/
These are meant for businesses that, with equipment that works better or makes things easier, saves them invaluable time. That alone is worth the cost of the equipment for many. Like a comment above me, images with these things go on billboards.

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Ohhh, wait. This is like, digital or something? I'll be damned.

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Isn't this an oxymoron?

For the record I think Britain is a great country and our best ally!

Just some tongue in cheek :P]]>Aug 1st 2008 1:33AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2008/08/01/leaf-rolls-out-wide-frame-afi-10-camera-system/http://www.engadget.com/2008/08/01/leaf-rolls-out-wide-frame-afi-10-camera-system/Aug 1st 2008 1:46AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2008/08/01/leaf-rolls-out-wide-frame-afi-10-camera-system/http://www.engadget.com/2008/08/01/leaf-rolls-out-wide-frame-afi-10-camera-system/Aug 1st 2008 5:54AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2008/08/01/leaf-rolls-out-wide-frame-afi-10-camera-system/http://www.engadget.com/2008/08/01/leaf-rolls-out-wide-frame-afi-10-camera-system/
As for the camera back, I'd take it in an instant. ]]>Aug 1st 2008 8:53AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2008/08/01/leaf-rolls-out-wide-frame-afi-10-camera-system/http://www.engadget.com/2008/08/01/leaf-rolls-out-wide-frame-afi-10-camera-system/
Just when you thought Engadget comments couldn't get any dumber...]]>Aug 1st 2008 11:16AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2008/08/01/leaf-rolls-out-wide-frame-afi-10-camera-system/http://www.engadget.com/2008/08/01/leaf-rolls-out-wide-frame-afi-10-camera-system/Aug 1st 2008 2:21AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2008/08/01/leaf-rolls-out-wide-frame-afi-10-camera-system/http://www.engadget.com/2008/08/01/leaf-rolls-out-wide-frame-afi-10-camera-system/Aug 1st 2008 3:10AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2008/08/01/leaf-rolls-out-wide-frame-afi-10-camera-system/http://www.engadget.com/2008/08/01/leaf-rolls-out-wide-frame-afi-10-camera-system/
I don't mean amazing as if it doesn't make sense. It does. I mean amazing that, in some sense, there are some real diminishing returns when medium format film is so relatively cheap.

I guess it really comes down to how much you need to quickly review your work, not to mention experiment. I'm sure that is worth the thousands for some pro photographers.]]>Aug 1st 2008 3:26AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2008/08/01/leaf-rolls-out-wide-frame-afi-10-camera-system/http://www.engadget.com/2008/08/01/leaf-rolls-out-wide-frame-afi-10-camera-system/Aug 1st 2008 11:18AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2008/08/01/leaf-rolls-out-wide-frame-afi-10-camera-system/http://www.engadget.com/2008/08/01/leaf-rolls-out-wide-frame-afi-10-camera-system/Aug 1st 2008 3:37AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2008/08/01/leaf-rolls-out-wide-frame-afi-10-camera-system/http://www.engadget.com/2008/08/01/leaf-rolls-out-wide-frame-afi-10-camera-system/Aug 1st 2008 6:30AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2008/08/01/leaf-rolls-out-wide-frame-afi-10-camera-system/http://www.engadget.com/2008/08/01/leaf-rolls-out-wide-frame-afi-10-camera-system/
were you trying to be funny?]]>Aug 1st 2008 12:18PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2008/08/01/leaf-rolls-out-wide-frame-afi-10-camera-system/http://www.engadget.com/2008/08/01/leaf-rolls-out-wide-frame-afi-10-camera-system/
I have a 35 year old Yashica Mat 124 TLR, it and a $250 scanner can still give better image quality. Mostly because digital systems response is only about as good as slide film.

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Ha .. the edge of the medium-format frame? That barely qualifies
for medium format. Wake me up when you have 6x7 down (or better 6x9). And I really doubt that the photo taken with this is anything close to the quality of a good 6x7 negative. Even a 645 would need about 90+MP to capture the color properly.


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Don't get me wrong, I own six film cameras from 35mm to 8x10' and love them all, but to say these backs aren't comparable to the quality of medium format film... that's just plain ignorance.

http://www.luminous-landscape.com/essays/clumps.shtml

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