Really? What a strange criteria... Bob Adler Palo Alto, CA http://www.rgaphoto.com ________________________________ From: Franc Flipsen <fujifan@xxxxxxxxx> To: hasselblad@xxxxxxxxxxxxx Sent: Wed, January 26, 2011 1:42:14 PM Subject: [HUG ] Re: VS: Re: AW: Re: It's a sad Hasselblad day........ Richard, does that mean that your a better photographer if you can hike for 7 hours. IMHO it takes a much better photographer to take a great photograph 10 feet from the car. Franc ----- Original Message ----- >From: Richard Man >To: hasselblad@xxxxxxxxxxxxx >Sent: Wednesday, January 26, 2011 2:26 PM >Subject: [HUG ] Re: VS: Re: AW: Re: It's a sad Hasselblad day........ > >That was my plan originally too in this thread - return the 60mm and get the >50mm and see how things go. I guess I will do that. > >I am sure the 503CW/P30 is a killer combo, but it will be the "shoot within >100 >feet of a car" type of images rather than "hike 7 hours into wilderness" type, >unless you are Bob Adler of course :-) (he called me "wimp" when I made the >"..100 feet of a car" comment) > > >On Wed, Jan 26, 2011 at 12:41 PM, Franc Flipsen <fujifan@xxxxxxxxx> wrote: > >Hi James, >> >>I think he's talking about 4/3 sensor used by panasonic and olympus. As for >>your P30 back, it has a crop factor of 1.3 so the viewing angle of a 40mm >>lens >>is actually 52mm. Also PhaseOne does not recommend lenses wider than 40mm >>(before Factoring) as they cause color fringing on the edges of the sensor. >>With that in mind an SWC or a 30mm is out of the question. 40mm(52mm) >>50mm(65mm) >>60mm(78mm) 80mm(104mm) 100mm(130mm) 120mm(156mm) 150mm(195mm) 180mm(234mm). >>Taking the crop factor into consideration I'd start with a 50, 80 and a 120 >>then >>add a 40 and a 180. Once you get used to the quality of a digital back >>you'll >>never go back to 35mm gear for anything serious. I got hooked on my old kodak >>back (16Mp) traded up to a P25 and really got addicted, Now I've got a H3d39 >>and >>prefer it to my Nikon D3. Your going to see a big difference even in an 8x10 >>print. >> Franc >> >> >> > > >-- >// richard <http://www.imagecraft.com/> >// icc blog: <http://imagecraft.com/blog> >// photo blog: <http://www.5pmlight.com> >[ For technical support on ImageCraft products, please include all previous >replies in your msgs. ] > >