I knew you would say that. We prefer a single pop, if we have to compose three lighting situations together (which we often do in still life) we´d need 48 exposures? Pffft. Then we do fashion the next day that gets printed for huge POS that can be done with the same back. If your 528 works well for you that´s great, it just would not fit our (and many others) needs.
Cheers, Ulf
Surely this doesn't justify the comparison of 4x5 film with the DB, I mean we all agree that the first reason for using digital is the manipulation of the workflow, not the (significant or not) increase in quality. I remind you that my original quote was that I object the meaning of comparing sheet films with DBs and that it would be better to compare it with 120/220. Afterall 4yrs ago, that high digital resolution didn't exist, everybody was still using digital because he could manipulate workflow better. I also have suggested/implemented that sheet film is not really better than 120/220 on LF when latest films are used and that its performance is even better (IQ wise) on a MF camera.
Please allow me to explain a bit further where I'm getting to... Let's suppose that we have an 8x10 digital sensor of 100mpx and another one of 4x5 size again of 100mpx and yet another one of 2x3 again with 100mpx, if design technology would allow that their pixels would have the same performance characteristics despite their different recording area and if the lens was good enough to cope with all sensors area/analysis, the result would have been (almost) identical (or insignificantly to bother different). Now if latest films have advanced extremely and 120/220 can record all the info transferred from the lens, the result will be identical or insignificantly different from even 8x10 to 120/220 for the same size print (as long as the 120 is above 288dpi). The only advantage of the larger film will be the ability to print as large as to dress a building with the image (with the inevitable loss of print resolution of course). Given the difficulty and errors that sheet film has when scanning and the fact that MF lenses perform (much) better than LF ones, the result should be even better with 120 on MF camera, which in the majority of cases is "apples to apples" with MFDB. Regards, Theodoros.
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