Hi Jost. I'm still waiting on my P45+ as well, tho I'm certainly getting great results with my P45 in the meantime.
You mention using a ground glass on your SWA. I've been considering their TC model, but I have heard so many conflicting reports on this forum and elsewhere regarding the ease, or difficulty, of using a ground glass for precise focussing, that I've held off making a final decision. It's because of these conflicting reports that I'm looking at these small PCs in the first place, since that would give me the biggest possible image on which to judge focus. What has been your experience with focussing with a ground glass? How easy or hard is it, and do you feel that you can reliably achieve critical focus using it, especially given how small the sensor image is on the ground glass? Which ground glass are you using - the version that came with your SWA, or a third party upgrade?
Regards,
Mort
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Hi Mort
In fact because I find focussing on the original ground glass provided by ALPA so easy, to buy a portable solution for live preview isn't high on my list.
I use f4 HR Rodenstocks and the f5.6 Schneider 180mm Apo Digitar, so because of the limited depht of field and bright view, composing and focussing is fast and precise.
And I definitely want to use the new display of the P45+ first, which should let me judge focus (after shooting) a lot better than on the current P45, where it's practically impossible outdoors.
To focus I'm using a Schneider 6X aspheric platinum loupe, which is a excellent tool, good compromise between magnification and field of view.
The handling is very similar to shooting 4"x5" in the old days, having to change from the ground glass to the back.
While I focus, I put the back (turned off..) in my open rucksack, sensor unprotected but facing down.
And although I had originally expected to have dust problems with this procedure, I actually have less than using a 35mm DSLR after changing lenses often outdoors!
