I'm looking at getting a LF camera again for my Fine Art work and may use it on one of my architectural commissions which I now do with a Canon 5D11 with various tilt & shift lenses. I used to have a Shen Ho 10x8 but found it far too large and expensive to use, 95% of my work is on location.
I would like to buy a Phaseone back again to use on a LF camera, but not sure due to the cost if it would make more sense to spend that money on film which would keep me going from awfully long time.
I'm now moving into teaching and will probably only use the camera for my own personal fine art work. So the digital option may not be necessary, I just love the convenience of not having to wait for processing etc.
I like these two cameras and come well recommended by someone I did a workshop with called Joe Cornish who has used both. The ebony is a joy to behold, and would be a fantastic 5x4 film camera.
However on the other hand the Linhof obviously has the wide angle digital option, but I'm not sure if I could use the same lenses for 5x4 film as the Digital back, I would guess that the lens coverage was that much smaller to allow wide angle on the smaller digital back format?
I'm looking for a camera that would be both flexible for most situations and also light enough to carry around.
Like the idea of going for the Linhof, and when I could afford it, to buy a digital back & not have to replace a whole camera & lenses. But if it meant that I would need to buy a whole set of lenses as well as the digital back, then it would be probably easier to sell the ebony and swap to a different camera as and when finances allow.
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