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Originally Posted by naskies
Great job. It's quite scary to think that only a few months ago, to get the same resolution in a single shot you would've had to use a medium format camera at 10x the price!
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Yes exactly.
I have seen 2 comparisons now between D800E and Hassalblad 40mp and now Phase One IQ180 and a Leica S2.
Believe it or not the comparisons are quite close in performance with a slight edge to the Hassy and even less edge to the Phase One.
Both Medium format cameras have less dynamic range (D800E is superb in shadows and I have seen that already in the few images I have processed) and bomb out in ISO's above about 1000 or less.
When you factor in video, time lapse, HDR functions, ability to shoot in DX mode effectively creating an zoom on your primes, dual card memory, advanced autofocus, advanced tracking autofocus (can recognise and lock onto up to 8 faces in a scene), better LCD display, lighter weight, more accessories and not to mention 1/10th the price its a no brainer.
The D800E becomes the better choice. But for specific studio type shots the small gains from MF may be worth it - certainly from a PR perspective if you paid a pro and he is using a prosumer DSLR it may not impress them much!
I would not have shares in these medium format camera companies at the moment.
A lot of Pros will be seriously reconsidering $50 setup or $9 (D800E and a couple of Zeiss lenses).
From here it would seem the DSLR market either continues to pack in more mp in the same sized 35mm sensors or they start making larger sensors.
Making larger sensors implies new lenses, more engineering work on mounts, prisms etc and that would throw their costs off big time with new production plants. So perhaps we are not there yet. But its on the horizon you would think.
Greg.
