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Equipment & Techniques => Medium Format / Film / Digital Backs – and Large Sensor Photography => Topic started by: gebseng on February 19, 2021, 10:09:04 am

Title: Leaf Credo 40 vs. 60 with symmetrical wide angles
Post by: gebseng on February 19, 2021, 10:09:04 am

Hey everyone,

For the last 7 years, I've been using the Leaf Credo (33x44mm CCD) with the Schneider Kreuznach Apo-Digitar 5.6/28mm XL. An almost perfect lens, but (due to its symmetrical design) with lots of hard-to correct (via LLC) magenta cast when shifted more than 10mm.

Since I wont't be able to afford the wide angle friendly IQ4 150 back for the foreseeable future (but hey, they started with € 35.000, and I'm seeing offers for 20.000 with buyback of my Credo 40 now), I'm thinking of getting a used Leaf Credo 60 or Phase One IQ 160 or 260 (with the 40x54 sensor) and using the SK Apo-digitar 5.6/35mm XL instead, which I already own.

Do you think that would improve the magenta cast situation, or would it mostly stay the same?

Thanks, geb

Title: Re: Leaf Credo 40 vs. 60 with symmetrical wide angles
Post by: Doug Peterson on February 19, 2021, 10:14:53 am

Quote from: gebseng on February 19, 2021, 10:09:04 am

Hey everyone,

For the last 7 years, I've been using the Leaf Credo (33x44mm CCD) with the Schneider Kreuznach Apo-Digitar 5.6/28mm XL. An almost perfect lens, but (due to its symmetrical design) with lots of hard-to correct (via LLC) magenta cast when shifted more than 10mm.

Since I wont't be able to afford the wide angle friendly IQ4 150 back for the foreseeable future (but hey, they started with € 35.000, and I'm seeing offers for 20.000 with buyback of my Credo 40 now), I'm thinking of getting a used Leaf Credo 60 or Phase One IQ 160 or 260 (with the 40x54 sensor) and using the SK Apo-digitar 5.6/35mm XL instead, which I already own.

Do you think that would improve the magenta cast situation, or would it mostly stay the same?

Thanks, geb

mostly stay the same