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Equipment & Techniques => Medium Format / Film / Digital Backs – and Large Sensor Photography => Topic started by: DHW-JHartje on August 28, 2013, 09:24:24 am
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Hi everybody,
Today I'm happy to make a little announcement that could especially be interesting for all the US customers out there. Eric Hiss, a long time friend of our company and products, and user of this forum decided to partner up with us and build a long term business-relationship.
So from now on Eric will take presence as a dealer for all products made by DHW for every interested customer. With his huge experience in our products he can support you in your purchase decision process as well as in later troubleshooting and any warranty/service issues.
You can visit his web presence and online shop at www.rolleiflex.us (http://www.rolleiflex.us). He will happily try to help you with anything about our products. And of course you can keep contacting DHW directly via mail or phone too.
Warm regards,
Johannes
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Good news for a very interesting MF system. Congratulations and good luck!
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Hi,
That is great news! Lot of good stuff was coming from Eric. Well, I mean Eric Hiss.
Best regards
Erik
Hi everybody,
Today I'm happy to make a little announcement that could especially be interesting for all the US customers out there. Eric Hiss, a long time friend of our company and products, and user of this forum decided to partner up with us and build a long term business-relationship.
So from now on Eric will take presence as a dealer for all products made by DHW for every interested customer. With his huge experience in our products he can support you in your purchase decision process as well as in later troubleshooting and any warranty/service issues.
You can visit his web presence and online shop at www.rolleiflex.us (http://www.rolleiflex.us). He will happily try to help you with anything about our products. And of course you can keep contacting DHW directly via mail or phone too.
Warm regards,
Johannes
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Very nice to see this system coming to the USA. If I were to buy an handheld camera, it would be the Hy6. If only Phase made there back with the Hy6 mount.
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Congratulations!! great news :)
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Hi,
I think Leaf makes backs for Hy6. What I would consider is wide angles, as all digital backs are 645 or smaller. So I would check into wide angle lens availability before comitting to a 6x6 camera. Personally I have a Hasselblad V with 40mm as shortest lens, but plan on going technical camera (Hartblei) in the future.
Best regards
Erik
Very nice to see this system coming to the USA. If I were to buy an handheld camera, it would be the Hy6. If only Phase made there back with the Hy6 mount.
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More options are always good! Especially when they are provided through someone that I know (mostly from the forums) and trust/respect!
The Hy6 supports film.
On the Team Phase One side your options for digital backs are:
- Pre-owned Leaf AFI backs based on the Aptus and Aptus-II generations
- New or pre-owned Leaf AFI backs based on the Aptus-II 10 and Aptus-II 12
- New Credo* backs (similar to a Phase One IQ but with a different interface, color response, and feature set)
Each of those options has pros and cons. Notably the Credo adds a lot of operational speed, and a significantly nicer (IMO) user interface, but lacks the articulating LCD and internally rotating sensor of the previous Leaf AFI backs. We'd be glad to chat with anyone about the various pros and cons, and where possible, arrange demonstrations/testing.
*I don't mark "pre-owned" as an option here because as a practical there aren't many of these out there and they've almost all gone to Hy6 fanatics who are very unlikely to sell their back.
If a Sinar expert could chime in with the options they provided/provide that would be a great value to the thread I think.
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Great news - I wish Eric & DHW every success.
Ray
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Great news - I wish Eric & DHW every success.
Ray
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More options are always good! Especially when they are provided through someone that I know (mostly from the forums) and trust/respect!
The Hy6 supports film.
On the Team Phase One side your options for digital backs are:
- Pre-owned Leaf AFI backs based on the Aptus and Aptus-II generations
- New or pre-owned Leaf AFI backs based on the Aptus-II 10 and Aptus-II 12
- New Credo* backs (similar to a Phase One IQ but with a different interface, color response, and feature set)
Each of those options has pros and cons. Notably the Credo adds a lot of operational speed, and a significantly nicer (IMO) user interface, but lacks the articulating LCD and internally rotating sensor of the previous Leaf AFI backs. We'd be glad to chat with anyone about the various pros and cons, and where possible, arrange demonstrations/testing.
*I don't mark "pre-owned" as an option here because as a practical there aren't many of these out there and they've almost all gone to Hy6 fanatics who are very unlikely to sell their back.
If a Sinar expert could chime in with the options they provided/provide that would be a great value to the thread I think.
In addition to being a long time provider of Leaf AFi-versioned Aptus-II and Credo digital backs, Capture Integration is also a dealer for Sinar products as well. Sinar made HY6 adapters for the eSprit 65 (I think, was never available in the USA) the eMotion 54/75 and eVolution 75H/86H digital backs (also for Sinarback 54M). Currently only the eVolution 75H and 86H are current products, you may find an eMotion 54 or 75 floating around from time to time.
But regardless whether current or legacy, the Sinar digital backs at this time are only compatible with the version 1 HY6, which are still available, not the Mod 2 camera.
Since the 75H and 86H are tethered only operation (no CF Card slot or LCD screen), their application is primarily in the studio. The HY6 makes an excellent platform for the multi-shot capture capabilities of these models, as it allows for mirror control and manual/automatic focusing from the software.
Steve Hendrix
Capture Integration
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The zombies have been resurrected! If someone can now revive the Plaubel Makina, or the Fuji 120 rangefinders with a cheap digital back maybe we can have zombies vs vampires ...
Edmund
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The zombies have been resurrected! If someone can now revive the Plaubel Makina, or the Fuji 120 rangefinders with a cheap digital back maybe we can have zombies vs vampires ...
Edmund
I'm imagining it now:
2 different models:
•GW690'D': 90/3.5 lens(fixed)
•GSW690'D': 65mm 5.6 lens (fixed)
Features:
•40mp 56x86mm X-trans sensor(iso 100-6400)
•6x9(2:3,native), 6x8(3:4), 6x7(4:5), 6x6(1:1), crop modes(in-sensor, similar to the X-Pro/XE-1 models)
•3" hi-def display on the back
•VERY FEW buttons(keep it simple: WB, ISO, PLAY, DELETE, etc..) SIMPLE
•same integrated bubble level(just like film predecessors)
•same mechanical leaf-shutter(T-1/500, just like film predecessors, whole stop increments)
•keep film winding crank(to cock shutter, like on film predecessors)
•takes SD/SDHC cards(2 of them, for redundancy in the field, or for RAW+Jpeg, etc.)
~no movie mode
~no live view
~no EVF/confuddled display, just the image frame and the r/f window
basically: BASIC, just like Fuji made the film cameras
TOUGH, they can take a beating
WEATHERPROOF(like, or better than 645D), can work in -20C(-5F) to +45C(113F) without issue.
INEXPENSIVE(relatively): $11,999USD (GW690D), $12,999 (GSW690D)
3yr warranty
I'd bet that they'd sell like hotcakes!
-Dan
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You'd say that until you shoot with those lenses.
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You'd say that until you shoot with those lenses.
I have, and I've done drum scans(4000dpi) of chromes and negs, and they're spectacularly sharp, all the way stopped down to F/22...
Ya, they're not the "cutting edge" of latest-tech optical technology, but for 40mp(easily less resolution than a well done 6x7 shot & drum scanned frame), I think they'd be more than enough.
A buddy of mind stopped shooting 4x5 after trying them, he now has both models(GS/GSW) in his bag, and hikes/travels with them regularly.
I shoot a GX680 and 5x7 for the majority of my stuff, then drum scan. I have no complaints on prints up to 30x40(biggest I've ever taken a print, but only a few times).
-Dan
EDIT/ADD: I'm interested in a FAT, FAT, FAT (hence "only" 40mp) pixel camera. One that is SPECTACULAR @ asa 800, EVEN 1600 it's great. A light, compact package that packs lots of punch.
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Hey Guys,
Thanks for the words of encouragement. Definitely appreciated! I've been pretty much absent from the forums while I get all the stuff up on my website and will be working hard on it for a few more weeks probably. Miss the forums so will be back soon!
But I'm with Daniel on the idea of a FAT big pixel, big footprint sensor. Of course I'd like to see a 56mm x 56mm square myself!
Eric
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Congrats to Eric and DHW. Having been a long time Rollei friend of Eric's I've learned a great deal from him, and can speak to his personal dedication to this endeavor, and to the system. If you are considering the Hy6, having someone as knowledgeable about Eric is a plus.
Also, thanks to Doug and Steve for graciously welcoming a new player to the table.
As a longterm Hy6 and Rollei user, its a remarkably flexible and precise system, and now its got strong local support. Best of luck to Eric.
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Congrats to Eric and DHW. Having been a long time Rollei friend of Eric's I've learned a great deal from him, and can speak to his personal dedication to this endeavor, and to the system. If you are considering the Hy6, having someone as knowledgeable about Eric is a plus.
Also, thanks to Doug and Steve for graciously welcoming a new player to the table.
Best of luck to Eric in this - as a longterm Hy6 and Rollei user, its a remarkably flexible and precise system, and its good its now got strong local support.
Capture Integration absolutely and enthusiastically welcomes Eric and DHW to the USA. There's certainly no conflict. if Eric succeeds in raising the profile of the HY6 platform in the USA, then naturally it enhances the opportunity for Capture Integration to provide and support Leaf Aptus-II and Credo digital back solutions for it.
I've personally been involved with HY6/AFi solutions going back to the original USA launch in 2006/2007 (ill-fated though it was). Despite the lack of USA-based HY6 distribution in recent years, CI has continued to sell and support digital back solutions from Sinar and Leaf for the platform and will continue to do so.
If this continues to grow the toe hold DHW has in the world for the HY6 platform, we're all for it. We'll do anything we can do to help Eric forward that objective.
Steve Hendrix
Capture Integration
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So I have been doing some quick research on this camera now that there is a USA dealer. I have a few questions.
First, let me say that I would not be really interested in using this system professionally since I currently shoot architecture with an RM3Di and P45+. However, I think it would be nice to have an handheld option for quick shots and such (maybe client portraits as well). And what I really like about this system is the true waist high viewfinder. (Being an AP, I am always conscience of the perspective and usually shoot people at waist or a little higher level. With a Canon/Nikon, Mamiya, or Hassy, you need to hunch over, which gets old really damn fast.)
After doing some researching I found that the back does not actually attach to the camera, but a plate that mounts to the camera. So in theory, you could use a Phase back on the Hy6 if there was a plate made (even if Phase continues to not "buy" into the system and offer a solution). Is this true?
If so, since Leaf (owned by Phase) is not working with H&F anymore, would it be safe to assume that H&F will start making these plates? IMO, I feel that it would be the only way to foster further growth of the brand.
Like I said, I have no intention of buying this anytime soon, but if I wanted a SLR system to go with my back, I feel this would be the one I would most enjoy.
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Hi Joe,
The current backs from Leaf (Credo and AFi-ii) actually just snap into the camera. It's a quick modular design, and you can go back and forth between film quickly and easily. It is true that some of the first Sinar back solutions had adapter plates and rotating adapters but this is not how most are working now. Same for the finders - you can change between WLF and one of the prisms in a snap. The prisms also can be placed down at any angle to the camera which allows you to be able to still have a view for composing and focusing even if the camera is up against a wall or something.
I should mention that DHW has generously supplied me with a demo Hy6 Mod2 kit. I am working on an easy way to get this into people's hands that can't make it to San Francisco but would like to try it out.
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Best news of the week for me!! Congrat Eric and good luck to the best Ambassador of Schneider and Rollei. Ciao
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Good luck Eric!
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Anything that increases the number of camera options with a WLF is fine by me. ;)
Best of luck, Eric!
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Hi,
So, DHW owns the Rollei trade mark? Happy for the DHW people.
Best regards
Erik
Hi everybody,
Today I'm happy to make a little announcement that could especially be interesting for all the US customers out there. Eric Hiss, a long time friend of our company and products, and user of this forum decided to partner up with us and build a long term business-relationship.
So from now on Eric will take presence as a dealer for all products made by DHW for every interested customer. With his huge experience in our products he can support you in your purchase decision process as well as in later troubleshooting and any warranty/service issues.
You can visit his web presence and online shop at www.rolleiflex.us (http://www.rolleiflex.us). He will happily try to help you with anything about our products. And of course you can keep contacting DHW directly via mail or phone too.
Warm regards,
Johannes
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Hi,
So, DHW owns the Rollei trade mark? Happy for the DHW people.
Best regards
Erik
Erik,
RCP has the trade marks, but DHW is making the professional line of cameras and lenses in the same factory they were always made in going all the way back to 1929.
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nice to see you made this happen, good luck with it.
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Hello,
I'd like to add that Eric has proven himself to me: he works very hard and is very knowledgeable - we worked through a problem once together and I was extremely impressed. I wish him very well! This will be a boon for people in the U.S. and a very good move for DHW - Rolleiflex. They are a great company and their service has been wonderful. I think the mod2 Hy6 is a major improvement even though on paper it looks like fairly small modifications to the original.
Neil
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I'm one happy camper who just bought and got delivery of a Hy6 Mod2 kit from Eric. Eric, on multiple occasions, was very helpful and patiently answered all sorts of Hy6 related questions I had while researching this camera prior to purchase. And this was even when he was very busy updating his new Rolleiflex.us website.
Thanks, Eric, and good luck. :)
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Best of luck with the new venture, Eric!
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Long time (ago) Rollei user that had forgotten how nicely the Rollei camera was made is returning to his first love.... For personal work i will be using my Rollei 6001 with CF39MS and 528c again :-)
I cant wait start shooting again but the weather here in Europe is just ....! Even after 5 years of not being used, the camera and lenses just work fine and the old batteries i bought back in 1998 and 2001 are still going strong.
I am sure Eric will be very happy to see my self made contraption ( the lens on the body) being in use again :-)
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I have recently joined the Hy6 world, having had a 6008i for a couple of years. The size of the Hy6 really makes a difference for me, as it now fits in all my main bags, where the 6008i had trouble. I just came back from vacation and really enjoyed using this excellent camera, with the Schneider 40 and 150, and a Zeiss 80 (which I will probably replace with a Schneider at some point, or perhaps with the 90 Makro). A Maxwell matte screen should be on its way soon from Eric to me, and I really look forward to trying it out. I use an eMotion 75LV, by the way.
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Hi Peter,
Nice to hear from you again. I mostly use my Hy6 with AFi-ii 12 but occasionally, I'll use my 6008AF with the 528 back as well (and sometimes film too). I've always admired your self made parts. I've made my own tilt shift set up with a cambo X-2 frame and the Rollei/schneider 150mm apo bellows lens fitted to a reto adapter. This is a much bulkier setup, but I can focus to infinity as well as close up for product work plus I can shift 25mm in any direction, and all the shutter and aperture electronic functions are intact. The 150mm APO bellows lens is special since it has no retrofocal element and a very large image circle (as you probably know). This works with the Hy6 and 6000 series.
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Eric, maybe you can help me with something. I have a bad time trying to figure out what diopter I need, and where to buy that then. Perhaps DHW is also a source for these, but how do I know which one I need? This is both for the waist-level finder and the 45 degree finder.
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The zombies have been resurrected! If someone can now revive the Plaubel Makina, or the Fuji 120 rangefinders with a cheap digital back maybe we can have zombies vs vampires ...
Edmund
Out of all replies I've ever seen, this seems the most meen & ridiculous one ever!...no reasoning or support of argument behind it either (the definition of trolling). Most museums around the world and most art reproduction photographers, are not only doing the most demanding photography out of them all..., but are insisting in using "Zombies" too... Leica is also so foolish as into invest in "Zombies" (like Sinarbacks and Contax).... so is DHW that is keeping Rollei alive and kicking...
Eric... I'm sure you'll contribute your best to your new task and I wish you the best (which I'm sure you will achieve) of success! ...easy task! ...let the better equipment win!
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Hi Peter,
Nice to hear from you again. I mostly use my Hy6 with AFi-ii 12 but occasionally, I'll use my 6008AF with the 528 back as well (and sometimes film too). I've always admired your self made parts. I've made my own tilt shift set up with a cambo X-2 frame and the Rollei/schneider 150mm apo bellows lens fitted to a reto adapter. This is a much bulkier setup, but I can focus to infinity as well as close up for product work plus I can shift 25mm in any direction, and all the shutter and aperture electronic functions are intact. The 150mm APO bellows lens is special since it has no retrofocal element and a very large image circle (as you probably know). This works with the Hy6 and 6000 series.
Hi Eric, i also really love the 150mm on my bellows. (Sitting on the bellows on my picture) but i stil have to make a tilt/shift adapter that fits the lens. Probably your system is the way to go 😊.
I also really hope that Rollei will rise again and that this time their partners will invest in products AND marketing.
The rollei system, from twin lens, 6000 up to the Hy6 is way to good to disapear. Lens quality is phenomenal and the camerabodies are made to go to the extreme :-)
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Carsten,
Regarding the diopters - when you look through a lens, you do want to know your eye glass correction value for distance on the eye you focus with. This is normally the first value reported in an eye Rx (called Sphere in the US) and will be a + or - value where + means you are farsighted and - means you are near sighted.
Knowing this number is a good starting point. The number system in diopters and this is additive and this is a bit important for the Rolleiflex system since the standard diopter in the WLF is a -0.5 diopter and the standard diopter in the 45 deg prisms is a 8.5 diopter optic. Diopters are additive ... So if you need a +1 correction then you'd want a +0.5 diopter in the WLF and a +9.5 in the prism. If you don't have eyeglasses or know your prescription then you can take your camera and prism down to an optometrist and they can tell you what you need (and also what you have in your prism - esp important if you have a used camera because it may no longer have the standard optic in it).
Of course you can just tell me your script and I can figure out what you need. I have a supply of some, but not all sizes available. I have lots of the +3 and -3 sizes. DHW has some too but last time I checked they were out of stock on many of the common sizes.
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My diopter used to be -2.75/-1.25 once upon a time, but I haven't had it checked in a long time, and it has definitely changed for the worse, so I am not sure what it is now. I guess my first step is to figure that out, then I will ask you again. Thanks for your assistance.