mortensen
29-Aug-2011, 12:22
Well, I happen to be among the people who could occasionally dream of owning a PhaseOne IQ180 digi back... but my second concern (after not being able or willing to spend that amount of money in a million years) is: What about our lovely, accurate ground glass framing and fine focusing??? I would really miss that!
Maybe just a stupid thought, but why not couple the back with a future, retina-display version of an iPad capable of handling a (down-res'ed) live-feed from the sensor? That would basically give you a 5x7" gg. Developing a proper hood (like the one on the back of a Technika) and a smart tripod fixture and one could be up and running. What about checking critical focus? Not that I can even remotely manage the technical challenges here, but apple's smooth working double-tap-to-zoom-in would be a nice way of checking full resolution of a portion of the frame.
But... is this concept already developed to a much more elaborate stage than what has struck my mind or does it have technical or practical limitations that would rule it out immediately?
share your thoughts :)
Maybe just a stupid thought, but why not couple the back with a future, retina-display version of an iPad capable of handling a (down-res'ed) live-feed from the sensor? That would basically give you a 5x7" gg. Developing a proper hood (like the one on the back of a Technika) and a smart tripod fixture and one could be up and running. What about checking critical focus? Not that I can even remotely manage the technical challenges here, but apple's smooth working double-tap-to-zoom-in would be a nice way of checking full resolution of a portion of the frame.
But... is this concept already developed to a much more elaborate stage than what has struck my mind or does it have technical or practical limitations that would rule it out immediately?
share your thoughts :)