Luminous Landscape Forum
Equipment & Techniques => Cameras, Lenses and Shooting gear => Topic started by: mahleu on December 10, 2006, 09:59:08 am
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I can get a 5D or a PhaseOne P20 for around the same price. Which would you go for and why? I'd like to be able to use either for pretty much anything.
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I can get a 5D or a PhaseOne P20 for around the same price. Which would you go for and why? I'd like to be able to use either for pretty much anything.
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Do you understand the square chip of the P20 and the crop factor it introduces on a 645 system?
The widest lense easily available for 645 systems is 35mm - not wide enough if your definition of 'anything' includes wide images
I would say a normal range of lenses required to photograph 'anything' would start at 24 (35mm full frame) - you cant get that with a P20 without getting some pretty esoteric kit
Generally I would say go for a 5d
THe P20 can have its place in very specific part(s) of the market
Typically
-If you own a significant 645 kit you are looking to digitise on a budget
-If you shoot table top studio and are looking to intergrate with a view camera
- if you shoot weddings or portrait and enjoy delivering square images and are sure you can live without wide
-If you are sure that you are going full frame 645 in the future and want a stepped finincail route into this system
I would also suggest that most 645 shooters who are equipped to photograph 'anything' also have something like a 5d for backup anyway where decent AF or ISO or long lenses are needed
Most likely it is sensible to go 5d
SMM
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A P20 for under $3K? I'd snap that up in a heartbeat. Undoubtedly better image quality and 16 Megapixels to boot. To me there would be no choice.
The P20 HAS an upgrade path...the 5D has none except another Canon body.
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Also think in terms of creative freedom and usability. In my hands, I have been more creative with 35mm based cameras than medium format. The most significant reason to use larger format has usually been for a boost in image quality. In the choices of equipment you have presented, I do not think you will see a significant, if any, quality improvement in the P20 to make up for the loss of flexibility and convenience.