New from Leaf

[PenGun]

80 MP back for medium and large format. About $32,000.

http://www.dpreview.com/news/1009/10...faptusII12.asp

[Matus Kalisky]

The size is still a bit smaller than 645 film frame, so not really a large format back. I do not doubt the performance though.

[yaya]

The size is still a bit smaller than 645 film frame, so not really a large format back. I do not doubt the performance though.

In digital terms this is as big as it gets:-) The sensor covers the full viewing area of a 645 viewfinder...

I've put a few full size jpegs on my iDisk, sorry only one of them was shot on an LF camera (Linhof M679, Rodenstock 90mm/5.6 Digaron-W)

files.me.com/yshahar/sit38e
files.me.com/yshahar/ppeag6
files.me.com/yshahar/upmus9

Comments and questions are welcome

Yair
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[ic-racer]

$32,000...film never looked so good as now!

[Kirk Gittings]

When I was shooting film commercially, I spent upwards of 10K a year on film and processing. So in a commercial studio this is doable with a three year depreciation.

In all honesty though the 80mb file size is total overkill for commercial architecture-as was 4x5 film. But I would love to have it for shooting landscape.

[Daniel Stone]

well, after looking at the middle file(files.me.com/yshahar/ppeag6),

looking at the fine details, it appears pretty darn good. Now, these aren't full-size RAW files, but for a fine artist(with lots of $$$), or a commercial shooter needing LOTS of fine detail, then this could be a great piece of equipment.

thankfully these large(ish) sensors don't seem to be replaced by a newer model every 18-24mo like the DSLR's do .

but then you have to have the best lenses to really maximize the potential with these sensors, and those lenses(like the 90mm 5.6 Digisaur-whatever ) don't come cheap either...

looks like it'll continue to be 8x10 and 4x5 for me from now on... just need to get a drum scanner(to maximize the potential available from my negs ), and those don't come cheap either....

-Dan

[Ken Lee]

"Comments and questions are welcome"

The photo of the park outside London, is particularly impressive with regards to detail and color fidelity.

For a color photograph, it encompasses a wide dynamic range - and demonstrates a great technical accomplishment - but as a "fine art" shooter of primarily B&W film, I can't help notice some noise in the low values, and that the white clouds lack texture. For some of us, it's all about the tones.

That aside: if you're looking for someone to further "test" the equipment, you can send me a sample

[tbirke]

Would be nice to see the night / twilight capabilities!

[yaya]

Would be nice to see the night / twilight capabilities!

I'll do my best to produce more images in different environments over the next few weeks so I'll post them here

cheers

yair

[yaya]

"Comments and questions are welcome"

The photo of the park outside London, is particularly impressive with regards to detail and color fidelity.

For a color photograph, it encompasses a wide dynamic range - and demonstrates a great technical accomplishment - but as a "fine art" shooter of primarily B&W film, I can't help notice some noise in the low values, and that the white clouds lack texture. For some of us, it's all about the tones.

That aside: if you're looking for someone to further "test" the equipment, you can send me a sample

Talking about B&W, I've loaded a full size jpeg image of a tree to my iDisk

This is a straight B&W conversion in Leaf Capture, no channel mixing or anything like that...

I wonder what your view on it would be?

Here's the: link

thanks, yair