Easton, during the last year I did retouching for several photographers, they use Canon and Nikon, all top line cameras... I was convinced that between a Canon 1Ds mark III and a digital back wih 22 megapixels there weren't many differences... Now I'm entering in the business also as photographer and have been using a P45+ since the end of december. A new world, it's not just more pixels, beyond 22 megapixels it simply doesn't metter for my photos (i make many composities in photoshop), all the struggle I was forced on with photoshop now it's over, it all seem to be so easy.. almost no more sharpening mask to get a sharp image, so much deepness in the shadows and so much details in the lights.. Now when I use some curves and other stuff for adding colors I see much more smoothness, the selections are better because there is no blur to deal with... I saw you are pretty good with postproduction, You know what I mean... If you need just a purely shot, maybe a ZD it's ok, also a Canon or a Nikon are ok, but when you use a phase file... I'm sure also Leaf and sinar and Hasselblad are very good, I can only speak for Phase, was the only sistem I could afford; oh try the 5 backs with 30 seconds exposure.... tell me which is the winner. Of course all of us have his own style and needs, I use always 50ISO I don't care about 5 fps shutter I need 1 minut clean exposure....
Good luck
