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Photo Forum / General Photo Topics / Australian Photography / November 2005Megapixels gone mad
Look out wallet - I've just seen some pretty amazing stuff, straight from a 39 Mp back for Hasselblad by Phase One. If peering at your monitor and zooming, zooming, zooming into ridiculous detail is your thing, then you'd better start saving for one of these babies. From memory, such a back retails for about $44k, so just over a grand a megapixel (or roughly 1000 pixels per dollar [ exactly 886pix/$1]). Of course to justify such a beast, you have to have the right kind of glass so maybe double that amount. With such HUGE files (about 40Mb per RAW file), storage on the run becomes an issue, solved with the right hunks of cash of course. Keeping the whole thing steady requires sufficient rigidity in a tripod... make that tripods and so chuck a few of them in too. You'll need a very large laptop with tons of RAM and a generator to use it on location in southern Vietnam or Galapagos Island. Damn, now you have too much to carry, so hiring a few assistants is necessary. Need to get to locations quickly? Easy - Gulfstream V... ....aaaaaaagggghhhh, it's driving me crazy. Why aren't I the head of some bank/corporation/mafia organisation...??? Back to my little 6.1Mb D100 and the handful of film bodies for a while for me I think. The next step could be the Xpan and a suitable medium format scanner (and Gulfstream V of course). :-) Cheers, Dave E (...twitch twitch) You have gone mad, PhaseOne is not part of Hasselblad (but Imacon has merged with Hassy!) and I am sure they will follow suit. as far as I know we can expect up to around 80mpix for Medium format (645 size chips) :-) Henrik > Look out wallet - I've just seen some pretty amazing stuff, straight from > a 39 Mp back for Hasselblad by Phase One. > You have gone mad, PhaseOne is not part of Hasselblad (but Imacon has > merged with Hassy!) Hehe - yes, you are right. However, it was a Phase One back on a 'Blad. Honest, cross my heart... :-) > and I am sure they will follow suit. > > as far as I know we can expect up to around 80mpix for Medium format (645 > size chips) Aaaaagh - yikes. How much RAM would I need then??? Damn! Cheers, Dave E (I think I'll just stick to the Gulfstream plan.) You can start by getting those Kodak 16mpx back. Quite affordable already :) or since you own a D100, might as well get a D2x for the time being. =bob= > Back to my little 6.1Mb D100 and the handful of film bodies for a while > for me I think. The next step could be the Xpan and a suitable medium > format scanner (and Gulfstream V of course). :-) > You can start by getting those Kodak 16mpx back. > Quite affordable already :) > or since you own a D100, might as well get a D2x for the time being. Not so sure about that one. I'm currently having a bit of a film love affair and so that will naturally bear me a scanning device, which will then provide an avenue to justify some medium format gear... hmmm Today's foray into some boy's toys shops found me a wonderful new idea in the shape of an Epson 4800. I am already planning the space (vast amounts of it) required to position it next to my server... more learning curve, more novelty value, more consumable costs.... Cheers, Dave E (Sydney) > Of course to justify such a beast, you have to have the right kind of glass > so maybe double that amount. With such HUGE files (about 40Mb per RAW [quoted text clipped - 5 lines] > much to carry, so hiring a few assistants is necessary. Need to get to > locations quickly? Easy - Gulfstream V... Hmmm, exactly what part of all that is not the same as hauling around a MF film camera and all its gear, tripods, film, etc? Ah yes: the bit about the 40Mb RAW file. High resolution is a great equalizer, isn't it? :) > Back to my little 6.1Mb D100 and the handful of film bodies for a while for > me I think. The next step could be the Xpan and a suitable medium format > scanner (and Gulfstream V of course). :-) and the tripod! And wait until you get into the wonderful world of drum film scanning and you realize you need TWO mafia jobs! <resistance is futile, we have your bank account in our sights...> >> Of course to justify such a beast, you have to have the right kind of >> glass [quoted text clipped - 12 lines] > Hmmm, exactly what part of all that is not the same as hauling around > a MF film camera and all its gear, tripods, film, etc? Indeed. In recent travels across China, I hauled 2 bodies, tons of Velvia, 7 Nikkor lenses, one carbon tripod, a laptop, extra hard drives, batteries a-plenty and other 'necessary' accessories around. Almost didn't have room for silly incidentals like clothing etc. (Next trip add an XPan.) :-) Last year I almost dropped the lot in southern Vietnam crossing streams by walking on very narrow boats. Would have made a great picture I'm sure - thankfully the pleasure didn't eventuate. Lord knows how I'd go with MF stuff. > Ah yes: the bit about the 40Mb RAW file. > > High resolution is a great equalizer, isn't it? :) Indeed. However, I suspect one would do well to ask the question "how much resolution do I really need?". Of course this is like saying "my bike/car has enough power". Noone in their right mind believes such a statement. >> Back to my little 6.1Mb D100 and the handful of film bodies for a while >> for [quoted text clipped - 4 lines] > world of drum film scanning and you realize you need > TWO mafia jobs! Indeed. Those Imacon scanners (pseudo drum) are verrrrrry tasty. Are we all afflicted with such desires? > <resistance is futile, we have your bank account in our sights...> Yes - I suspect you know exactly what I'm talking about here! Cheers, Dave E (Sydney) > Indeed. In recent travels across China, I hauled 2 bodies, tons of Velvia, > 7 Nikkor lenses, one carbon tripod, a laptop, extra hard drives, batteries > a-plenty and other 'necessary' accessories around. Almost didn't have room > for silly incidentals like clothing etc. (Next trip add an XPan.) :-) Cripes, you're nearly as bad as I am! I haul the f4, the fe2, 3 nikkors, 1 tamron, 1 rb67 and 180 lens and a monster kenett benbo tripod. Ah yes: overseas, I take the Canon video as well. Folks around here know me as the nutter with the big shoulder bags around the Northern beaches and parks every weekend with good weather... > Indeed. However, I suspect one would do well to ask the question "how much > resolution do I really need?". Of course this is like saying "my bike/car > has enough power". Noone in their right mind believes such a statement. Exactly. V8s rule, I'm afraid! ;) > Indeed. Those Imacon scanners (pseudo drum) are verrrrrry tasty. Are we > all afflicted with such desires? Worse, much worse, than chook flu... > Yes - I suspect you know exactly what I'm talking about here! <mumble,bankmanagers,grumble>... >Exactly. V8s rule, I'm afraid! ;) What is it they say - the bigger the car, the smaller the dick.....? > >Exactly. V8s rule, I'm afraid! ;) > > What is it they say - the bigger the car, the smaller the dick.....? good thing I always had a thing about the Leica M cameras! not ot mention the Olympus XA ! > >Exactly. V8s rule, I'm afraid! ;) > > What is it they say - the bigger the car, the smaller the dick.....? Yeah. That's why we all NEED to get that 180 f2.8: everything helps. And the more ppi that scanner does, the more it can see into microscopic stuff... > >Exactly. V8s rule, I'm afraid! ;) > > What is it they say - the bigger the car, the smaller the dick.....? "they" being those who don't have one! :-) Dave, buy postcards at the airport and leave the cameras at home :-) > Look out wallet - I've just seen some pretty amazing stuff, straight from > a 39 Mp back for Hasselblad by Phase One. If peering at your monitor and < delete Dave Whinge > need a very large laptop with tons of RAM and a generator to use it on > location in southern Vietnam or Galapagos Island. Damn, now you have too > much to carry, so hiring a few assistants is necessary. Need to get to [quoted text clipped - 9 lines] > Cheers, > Dave E (...twitch twitch) I choose Polesoft Lockspam to fight spam, and you? http://www.polesoft.com/refer.html |
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