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Move over, medium-format, there's a new back comin' to town!
Packin' 12 million big, fat, 75-micron pixels on a 9 x 11 INCH sensor and a base ISO of 2100.
I wasn't super-thrilled with my P1 test experience, altho very good gear, better bang/buck from the pentax kit, IMO. I've been thinking about REAL large format digital for a while, apparently someone else has been thinking about it hard enough to make it happen.
MF is not all that much bigger than typical 35mm format, kinda like comparing FF vs APSC crop body. There's a noticeable difference sometimes, but it's not huge.
These large sensor backs from http://largesense.com/ are in a completely different league.
The camera's still in the prototype stage, nearing production from what I've learned and a 5x5 inch version is also planned in various versions.
http://largesense.com/products/4x5-large-format-digital-back-ls55/
here's a direct link to the info page for the 9x11:
http://largesense.com/products/8x10-large-format-digital-back-ls911/
I won't disclose other technical info at this time as parameters are subject to change. Suffice it to say, this could be an extremely capable and impressive camera in many respects, providing a type of image you just can't do with present digital imaging systems.
It looks like it's going to be a lot of fun to work with.
Packin' 12 million big, fat, 75-micron pixels on a 9 x 11 INCH sensor and a base ISO of 2100.
I wasn't super-thrilled with my P1 test experience, altho very good gear, better bang/buck from the pentax kit, IMO. I've been thinking about REAL large format digital for a while, apparently someone else has been thinking about it hard enough to make it happen.
MF is not all that much bigger than typical 35mm format, kinda like comparing FF vs APSC crop body. There's a noticeable difference sometimes, but it's not huge.
These large sensor backs from http://largesense.com/ are in a completely different league.
The camera's still in the prototype stage, nearing production from what I've learned and a 5x5 inch version is also planned in various versions.
http://largesense.com/products/4x5-large-format-digital-back-ls55/
here's a direct link to the info page for the 9x11:
http://largesense.com/products/8x10-large-format-digital-back-ls911/
I won't disclose other technical info at this time as parameters are subject to change. Suffice it to say, this could be an extremely capable and impressive camera in many respects, providing a type of image you just can't do with present digital imaging systems.
It looks like it's going to be a lot of fun to work with.