Topic: Platform poll (Read 19408 times)

HarperPhotos · « **Reply #40 on:** March 09, 2009, 12:01:58 am »

Gidday.

Sinar P2
Mamiya RZ ProIID
Mamiya 645 AFDII
Horseman VCC view adapter
Leaf Aptus 75
Nikon D2x Looking at purchasing a Nikon D700 and Nikon D3x this year.

Cheers

Simon

ctz · « **Reply #41 on:** March 09, 2009, 12:14:59 am »

p45+

sinar p2 90% of the time
mamiya 645 AfD II 5% (but i'll probably sell it and stick with the canon)
canon eos 5DII 5%

bradleygibson · « **Reply #42 on:** March 09, 2009, 02:00:45 am »

Now there's an idea! Maybe I can earn back a few of the many $$$ lost on those switches!

And I guess I have my answer too, from my initial post--I too am surprised by the diversity of answers here as well as the strong showing from Contax. I didn't expect that at all.

-Brad

Quote from: Leonardo Barreto

Interesting isn't it Contax is doing well...Brad has owned H, Hy6, Phase ..AND Contax. He can probably work as a consultant :-)

James R Russell · « **Reply #43 on:** March 09, 2009, 02:27:02 am »

2 contax bodies with
phase p30+
Phase p21+

Actually 2 more contax bodies as backup.

35mm
Canon 1dsMKIII (2)
Canon 5DMK2
Canon 1ds

Nikon D700
Nikon D3
Nikon N-90

Leica M8

Next purchase either Hasselblad H2 (with a mount change for high shutter sync and the 100 F 2.2) or more likely a Nikon D3x.

Wim van Velzen · « **Reply #44 on:** March 09, 2009, 03:50:50 am »

Hasselblad/Imacon 528C on a Rollei 6008i; several lenses.

I am really happy with the quality; a Hy6 seems to be really nice too, but it would force me to buy a different back. And that would hurt my wallet too much...
The lenses are just lovely.

footoograaf · « **Reply #45 on:** March 09, 2009, 05:06:30 am »

Contax 645 + P21

paratom · « **Reply #46 on:** March 09, 2009, 05:17:31 am »

Hy6 + Sinar 54LV
40mm Schneider
80 mm Schneider
110 mm Zeiss
150mm Zeiss

I nearly allways only bring 40 and 110 mm and really like those 2 lenses.

For fast moving subjects and low light things: Nikon d3x

for light/small package M8

Carsten W · « **Reply #47 on:** March 09, 2009, 06:25:32 am »

Quote from: Petras Saulenas

Could you please tell about what problems of Hy6 must be solved?

Production future.

David K · « **Reply #48 on:** March 09, 2009, 08:06:16 am »

Hy 6 and Contax 645 on e75 LV back for MF. Nikon D3 and Leica DMR for 35mm.

ynp · « **Reply #49 on:** March 09, 2009, 08:12:55 am »

There are four of us at our studio.

1) Rolleiflex 6008 AF +db20 PhaseOne
Rolleiflex 6008 AF + eMotion 75

2) Contax 645 + Leaf 65
Mamiya RZ (film), waiting patiently for a Contax adapter from Jordan Miller for 5 month (Digital Technology Group, Inc)

3) Hasselblad H1 + p25

4) Sinar-M + Sinarback 54H + Sinarp2 converted to p3 specs
Rolleiflex Hy6 + eMotion 54LV
Alpa TC, SW, SWA

I am waiting for a high ISO back or MFD camera, probably the Sinar eSprit 65LV.

Yevgeny
Moscow,
Russia

David WM · « **Reply #50 on:** March 09, 2009, 08:35:29 am »

Sinar eMotion 22 with:

H1 outfit
Cambo WDS & 24mm
Cambo Ultima 23

Also, Nikon D700 (for a few days now, I'm impressed)

David

Harris Edelman · « **Reply #51 on:** March 09, 2009, 10:17:39 am »

Contax (2); rented or borrowed p45+ and p30+; also a fair amount of TXP, TMY, Portra 160NC and 400NC.

Nikon D3;
Nikon D2H for those jobs where I expect it to be destroyed, but no such luck so far;
and a Nikon F that I bought new 40 years ago still sees some use because...well, just because.

Thinking of leasing a p45+ or p65+ later this year or early next.

Or an e75 lv if someone came up with a truly good offer.

PeterA · « **Reply #52 on:** March 09, 2009, 10:29:29 am »

H3D11-39 and a bunch of lenses
Hy6/Sinar 75LV and a bunch of lenses
Leica M8/MP and a bunch of lenses
AlpaWA 24 and 35 Schneider
Hasselblad 205TCC and CFV11 and a bunch of F/FE and CFE lenses
Nikon D3 and a bunch of lenses.
Mamiya RZPro and a bunch of lenses

I rarely shoot commercially - as there are far easier ways to make a buck and no, I am not a Dentis/Doctor/Lawyer or Investment Banker.
I enjoy reading this forum for the information posted that the local dealers/box movers are clueless about - and because a bunch of photographers sitting around a table is a circle of confusion

favalim · « **Reply #53 on:** March 09, 2009, 10:38:53 am »

Sinar e75LV on Hy6 and Cambo 45 Ultima D
Canon 1Ds MKII

Leonardo Barreto · « **Reply #54 on:** March 09, 2009, 10:39:02 am »

.... I was going: " now, what digital back is that TXP, TMY

" LoL

Quote from: Harris Edelman

Contax (2); rented or borrowed p45+ and p30+; also a fair amount of TXP, TMY, Portra 160NC and 400NC.

Nikon D3;
Nikon D2H for those jobs where I expect it to be destroyed, but no such luck so far;
and a Nikon F that I bought new 40 years ago still sees some use because...well, just because.

Thinking of leasing a p45+ or p65+ later this year or early next.

Or an e75 lv if someone came up with a truly good offer.

O.Ricter · « **Reply #55 on:** March 09, 2009, 10:47:32 am »

Quote from: Leonardo Barreto

What system you mount your digital back on to? (AFi,Hy6 H1, H2, H3 AFD, Contax, Alpa etc)

Are you planing to change systems, or looking in to, say AFi, Hy6 .... or Nikon/Canon/Sony

H3D-II 39

evgeny · « **Reply #56 on:** March 09, 2009, 10:58:31 am »

I use Contax 645 with digital backs. Not planning to change the platform. I deam about Contax-II 645

James R Russell · « **Reply #57 on:** March 09, 2009, 11:19:02 am »

Quote from: evgeny

I deam about Contax-II 645

I think a lot of people feel the same way.

If I sold all my digital backs today, I'd still keep the Contax, just because it's so nice to work with, especially with film. Something strange happens to film cameras when they have a digital back on them. They become cropped and less responsive, though the p21+ is much nicer to work with than the p30+ just because it fires faster and works easier. . . almost like film.

It's kind of strange that this camera went out of production and now our options are limited to the Mamiya as the only open platform medium format camera that is currently made.

It would be as if Kia became the only car you could buy.

Khun_K · « **Reply #58 on:** March 09, 2009, 11:57:16 am »

Quote from: James R Russell

I think a lot of people feel the same way.

If I sold all my digital backs today, I'd still keep the Contax, just because it's so nice to work with, especially with film. Something strange happens to film cameras when they have a digital back on them. They become cropped and less responsive, though the p21+ is much nicer to work with than the p30+ just because it fires faster and works easier. . . almost like film.

It's kind of strange that this camera went out of production and now our options are limited to the Mamiya as the only open platform medium format camera that is currently made.

It would be as if Kia became the only car you could buy.

Totally agreed. Even without any more improvement, the Contax 645 in back then available today is still a very capable and robust one.

James R Russell · « **Reply #59 on:** March 09, 2009, 12:34:22 pm »

Quote from: Khun_K

Totally agreed. Even without any more improvement, the Contax 645 in back then available today is still a very capable and robust one.

With digital the world is all backwards.

With film, nobody would have bought a film stock that only worked in one camera.

Nobody would have introduced a new camera that worked with only one or two films.

Nobody would have paid 10x the price of a roll of film because it had 20% less grain.

I've known a lot of amateurs and professionals that bought a contax first then started jonesing for a digital back and they usually bought one, though in the last few years had to wait until all the H system orders were filled. And I've known a lot of people then sell their digital backs and move to the H system because they've needed leaf shutter lenses, or because they just stopped using medium format digital, though I've known few to sell their contax.

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