It's quite rare for a new medium-format camera system to be introduced. (Medium format is a film/sensor size from 4 cm to 6 cm. Clumsy and very expensive, but super-high image quality, useful for high-end pros.)
But it's good to see a new system, since old ones have been dying out in recent years, Bronica, Contax, Mamiya, Pentax, all deep-sixed.
It's amazing how big a premium you pay to get the extra sharpness that a camera like this will give you. Example: there will be an adapter for this camera to allow the sensor to be rotated 90 degrees without taking it off and exposing it to the elements. This adapter alone will cost around $1500!
The full camera with a standard lens is around $35,000... You either really need it, or you're an oil sheik. (Or a dotcommer who sold out in 1999.)
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How about the 10 most active commentators of this blog each get one. As a xmas present? :-) Come on, be a good sport!
Yes, I considered that. But one of my favorites, usually named "Anonymous", seems unwilling to give his name, and I don't want to seem biased, so I scrapped the idea.
Meanwhile, back at the Senior Citizens Rally us older folks just love our little pocket sized Canons...
"It ain't whatcha got, it's how you use it!" as a gal I once knew used to say...
Did she really believe it?
:)
Must've been a very happy and satisfied gal... :-)
"It ain't whatcha got, it's how you use it!" as a gal I once knew used to say...
That's what Ron Jeremy's girlfriend always says.
You mean... Ron Jeremy only has ONE girlfriend???
:-O
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