Yes, there are several vendors making digital backs for either Medium
Format or Large Format cameras.
Large Format digital backs are all scanning backs and only suited for
non-moving subjects. They are also VERY expensive.
There are a lot of options for MF backs, depending on your camera.
Products include scanning, single-shot, and multi-shot (1/color) backs.
Makers include Leaf, Kodak, Phase One, and MegaVision. But you're again
talking big bucks and reduced flexibility. You typically need to tether a
computer to location shooting outfits often to download the huge files they
generate.
Mamiya markets the Leaf C-MOST back for their 645 that you can swap out in
the place of a normal film back on the 645AFD. Comments at
http://www.photo.net/mamiya/645AfdShell. $10,000. Sensor size only 36x24!
If you want cooled images for better shadow detail, Leaf has a product for
$20-25,000 that captures 2k x 3k images. I can't find out how big the
sensor is, but it's a bet it's not full frame.
Check out this link for backs that fit Mamiya cameras:
http://www.mamiya.co.uk/cameras/digital/digital.htm#anchor502579
Are you SURE you were interested in MF and LF digital? :-o
Skip
Original Message:
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From: bsandyman@xxxxxxx
Date: Fri, 19 Jul 2002 16:42:28 +0000
To: olympus@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
Subject: [OM] OT trivia question about digital
Are there any medium or large format digital systems?
I ask because it seems to me that the main reason
digital is derided is because of resolution. The most
obvious way to deal with that is to make a bigger fiml
back.
So does anyone make large digital film backs?
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