[HUG ] Re: Biogons and digital backs

WELL!! some guy at the PHASE ONE both at Photokina this week says the Biogon
does not live up to the modern standards of their new back and everybody on
the Hassy list sits here going "gee whiz oh well"!
I think its baloney!


We're supposed to apologize for our not retrofocal true wide angle lens?
I guess computer designed retrofocal lens give you higher line pair sets.
I sure could care less!!
I'm interested in the total design of a true wide angle like the Biogon.
I like the lack of distortion which exists on a level retrofocal lenses
don't touch.
And I like the slight tendency of a true wide to darken in the corners.
To me that's a plus.
I like the simplicity and integrity and compactness of the design.

Is PHASE ONE in bed with a lens making concern?

You don't judge a lens but its line pair sets tests.
You judge it on its ability to render images in the real world
and the thousand natural shocks
That image making is heir to ...


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Mark William Rabiner



> From: Austin Franklin <austin.franklin@xxxxxxxxxxx>
> Reply-To: "hasselblad@xxxxxxxxxxxxx" <hasselblad@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
> Date: Tue, 30 Sep 2008 10:27:56 -0400
> To: <hasselblad@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
> Subject: [HUG ] Re: Biogons and digital backs
> 
> Hi Frank,
> 
>> What has been said: There will be AF, and the body
>> will accept MF ( older ) lenses.
> 
> That makes more sense IMO...
> 
> Regards,
> 
> Austin
> 
> 
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