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    Alpa 12 Plus Announcement

    Congratulations. The 12+ is a great camera and Alpa did well with it. I thought about cross-grading from my MAX, but decided to stick with what I have. It is worthwhile to note that the Max has 25mm of rise, - the most needed/used movement in tech cameras, to get the top of a building in...
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    Rodenstock*90mm f/5.6 HR Digaron-W/SW Lens VS The previous generation

    The Schneider SK 90mm. It's sharper, faster and lighter. Has a slightly smaller IC, but much better res within that. A new aperture only version came out this year, and people re-discovered how good this lens is. Search this forum for big positive comments on it.
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    Rodenstock*90mm f/5.6 HR Digaron-W/SW Lens VS The previous generation

    'Luckily' it's just lenses and not the rest. It's so random - why a camera lens and not a camera body? And yes that includes all Rodenstock and Schneider ones, and (eg) Japanese made but 'German designed' ones, and Alpa mounted 'Swiss' ones. A 90mm HRSW is now 25% more to US customers than it...
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    Rodenstock*90mm f/5.6 HR Digaron-W/SW Lens VS The previous generation

    I'll repeat my earlier post above, having owned all three 90mm lenses. One update to it: Rodenstock are now re-designing the 70mm, so we can expect a 70mm HR-SW next year. (Oh, and prices have gone up by 25% this fall courtesy of tariff's. 'Lenses' was an item randomly thrown into the...
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    Shooting the Phase 4150 at F9

    I've been amazed for years by people saying they shoot at F11 and think they are getting the best from their lens/back. with old film era lenses, maybe it's moot, but a good modern digital era lens: it's night and day - diffraction is that bad! If you have to shoot at f11, then you have to. If...
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    Phase One XT Camera Revelations and Considerations

    Steve, thanks for your responses. 1: The accessory shoe needs to be mounted onto the camera body, not onto a 'compendium lens shade' that is just a plain bad design. (and ridiculous that you have to buy a $655 !! hood that you likely don't want, in order to attach a $105 accessory shoe!) Oh and...
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    Phase One XT Camera Revelations and Considerations

    40mm is a waste as there is a 32mm already! The 50 and 40mm Roddie's are both workhorses (same generation, same design), and both excellent. 23, 32 and 70 are what there is now. so put a 50mm in the middle. And a longer lens - the 90mm HRSW ideally. the 70mm is an old design currently being...
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    Phase One XT Camera Revelations and Considerations

    Long term tech user here. Had an XT demo the other day. It's all about the shutter, nothing else is remotely that special. The shutter is great - quite, quick and very minimal. The one and only reason to consider this 'system'. The XT body - quite honestly I feel Alpa has a better range of tech...
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    Help with 2nd lens choice for technical camera please

    It's f6.8. If it follows the 90mm HRSW, which they say it does, then the ultimate sharpness will be in the center wide open at f6.8, but examine the corners, or shift into that 110mm image circle, and you'll find resolution there clearly improved by stopping down one or two clicks to f8 or f11...
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    Phase One XT: The First Modern Field Camera (and X-Shutter and new firmware)

    Glad I left this thread many days ago. It certainly took a weird turn! Agree with both sides here. Doug is a smart and hard working rep of his company and Phase One, with deep and valuable knowledge. We are lucky to have him contribute here. He has gotten a good number of people out of deep...
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    Help with 2nd lens choice for technical camera please

    Completely agree. Underwhelmed by the 70mm too. I have owned 8 Alpa lenses and sold the 70mm with zero regrets. No idea why people rate it, but a good number do. As ever, YMMV... Agree about the 50mm - truly excellent and 90HRSW (must be the HRSW, no other version) - stunning corner to...
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    New MF considerations when printing large

    Actually the newest generation of Epson printers - P10000 and P20000 - now have heads that print at 150/300/600dpi. It seems they have followed Canon in this respect.
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    Phase One XT: The First Modern Field Camera (and X-Shutter and new firmware)

    You mean like they were with their 'A Series'? ;)
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    Phase One XT: The First Modern Field Camera (and X-Shutter and new firmware)

    Doug, I could respond the same way: Alpa FPS is same price or cheaper if you include lenses. FPS does much higher shutter speeds and much longer shutter speeds. It is available used. Lenses are available used. You can use Canon, Nikon, Rollei, Contax, Mamiya, and yes Rodenstock and...
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    Phase One XT: The First Modern Field Camera (and X-Shutter and new firmware)

    After 24hrs thought, I have to say: Meh... This is simply a pancake tech camera, for wide angle work, manual focus, with an electronic leaf shutter replacing Copal ones. You can get an Alpa STC (or Cambo) with the same movements -more in fact- and the exact same lenses, and attach your IQ4 to...
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    Phase One XT Camera Revelations and Considerations

    What can I say? We clearly have different ideas of what 'sharp' means. Rodenstock didn't just abandon the blue/magenta ring 90mm,and make an (all new design) Yellow band 90mm for the heck of it. They did it because of all the complaints about the Blue ring not being up to it. I can't argue...
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    Phase One XT Camera Revelations and Considerations

    They should have had the 50mm in there - big gap from 32 to 70mm. Very wide to extreme wide is covered, (23 & 32mm) but nothing in between, no moderate-wide walk about option. The 70mm is really a 'standard' focal length for this format. =50mm in 35mm. The 50/f4 would be my first choice. Some...
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    Phase One XT Camera Revelations and Considerations

    Wow they want $9000 for that old film-era 70mm Rodenstock?!! it's one of the better film era Roddies, but it's still a very old design, not up to modern digital standards, let alone 150mp. (Yes I have owned and used, 50, 60, 70,and 90mm Rod's) Phase really should have had the clout to...
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    Alpa 12 Pano Announcement and More News

    Ahhh, sorry, my mistake. Thanks for explaining.
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    Alpa 12 Pano Announcement and More News

    Not sure where you're reading that Graham. Its CHF 12,165 today on Alpa site. It's about 1:1 for US $, so $12,200 or so. (I'd suggest you are reading the dealer pricelist, but they don't get that kind of a discount, afaik.) Linhof Studio unmounted price is GBP7500 = $9200, so you are paying...
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