Affordable digital back for 4X5?
I am curious. I wonder if someday there will be a back , the size of a 4X5 film holder, that can be used in a 4x5 camera for digital capture. I remember a few years ago there was a company that came out with a device that fit into a 35mm camera that captured digital images. That idea was wiped off the map. I love film, but I would like the flexibility to use both types of capture in the same camera.
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i've been using http://www.betterlight.com/ with very few problems since 2001 (90% field work)
not as flexible as film for working conditions (wind is the biggest issue.. against the camera more than the subject)..but i've found it an excellent tool
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Jim collum
i've been using
http://www.betterlight.com/ with very few problems since 2001 (90% field work)
not as flexible as film for working conditions (wind is the biggest issue.. against the camera more than the subject)..but i've found it an excellent tool
And doing some damn fine work too.
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Check into large format Xray backs used in hospitals. The best (smaller of course) have 35 to 75 um pixel pitches. Larger run 75 to 160 pitch. B&W only of course.
Nate Potter, Austin TX.
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vinny
nope.
If brevity be the soul of wit, you, sir, must be a riot at parties.
:)
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Kirk Gittings
And doing some damn fine work too.
wow... thanks Kirk for the kind words!!
hope to get out your way some day to actually meet you in person
jim
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Just make sure he gets something to eat and Paletti is not around.
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Jim collum
wow... thanks Kirk for the kind words!!
hope to get out your way some day to actually meet you in person
jim
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The first digital camera was the Kodak DCS 100 that came out in 1991. It had a 1.4 mpx sensor and had to be tethered to a big bulky monitor/control unit. The whole rig was carried around in a custom-made suitcase. It cost $30,000. Back then who would have thought that a cell phone or pocket-size P&S would be infinitely better and cost next to nothing?
That was only 20 years ago. Considering what's happened in just 20 years, I think it would be foolish to think that an affordable 4x5 back can't be produced in the next 20. The only question IMHO is whether the potential market is big enough for anyone to bother doing it.
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Jim collum
wow... thanks Kirk for the kind words!!
hope to get out your way some day to actually meet you in person
jim
Maybe for the reception at the LFF FS exhibit (assuming it happens)?