@pss,
Sorry did not read your comment when I posted my last one, but I would like to explain.
First off I'm not getting paid one cent by Leaf or Elinchrom.
However I do get a very good support from both companies and in a way it's my way of saying thank you and hopefully build to something in the future.
The xsync I have to disagree, when I shoot in the studio anything above 1/160 will give me the shuttercurtain in the picture, on the RZ shooting upto 1/400 does not.
As mentioned many times before it's the way you shoot and what you shoot that will give someone the reason to go to MF.
It's not about money, fame or being something magical.
It's a simple matter of what do you like to work with as a photographer and a MF system gives you SOME different options than a DSLR.
About lens choices, you seem to have missed that I have shot Canons starting at the 10D, 20D, 5D and now 5DMKII.
I was planning on switching to the MKIII 1Ds but compared it to the Mamiya + ZD and opted for the 5D and the Mamiya ZD, when I found out that the ZD was having too much problems for me I changed it to the Leaf and to be honest kept up with the DSLRs on a daily basis, in the 10 jobs I do 4 are shot with the RZ, 4 are shot with the 645 and 2 are shot with a DSLR, so I think I do a fair mix and match to be familair with all 3 systems.
When I used Canon only I owned about every lens they had that was interesting for me including the 135mm f2.0L and I tested the 85mm 1.2L for a while and although I loved it I did not buy it because I could not find the use for it at that time.
I can say with a big certaincy that on f11 in a studio setting the difference between the 70-200 f2.8L IS and the 135mm f2.0 is there but it's very minor.
And yess normally I don't like zooms but in the case of that lens it's an exception, as is the 105-210 on the 645.
The 55-110 you are absolulty right that lens is subpar according to me and I'm waiting as probarbly many on the 45-90.
Why 3 systems many ask ?
Simply put, they all give me different looks, personally I love the RZ, the way the camera operates and the quality of the glass is amazing.
The 645 I love on location, it's almost a DSLR and it handles quick and very accurate.
The DSLR I adore in difficult situation or when I need speed.
If I had to sell one system it would be almost impossible, I think that says enough about the difference and the way I approach my work.
If I can see the difference on print ?
Yes.
I do know that I've shot some photos on holidays and trips with the 645/leaf that I could not pull off with the 5D.
There is more dynamic range in the leaf, on trips I love to shoot grafity and street scenes. With the 5D I would blow out skies much easier than with the Leaf, so I have to travel with both systems, and believe me both me and my wife would love to travel just with the Canon
Please don't make the thread into a fight and name calling on not knowing how to use one system or the other, that's the easy way out.
We are all here to be respected and giving our own PERSONAL opinion, what is right for one can be wrong for another.
For what I do MF fits my demands as a glove, for some others there could indeed not be any difference they would be not wise to invest the extra money.