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jps

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Out of curiosity, I was wondering what Ansel Adams would do in today's
world. Would he get rid of his bulky, heavy wooden, paper/glass
negative cameras and go digital? Actually Ansel took pictures, but it
was his dark room expertise that gave him his benchmark prints.

Or do you think that "Weedgie" would trade in his beat up old
Speed-Graphics for an 8 pixel???

I was simply wondering what the results would be if you turned these
guys loose with digital.

Tim
I'm guessing he'd still be waiting for higher resolution. The amount
of information on a 8x10 or even 4x5 is orders of magnitude greater
than the highest res chip available.

Even pro digital can barely rival 35mm today. I'm guessing Weegie
would be still playing with formulas, emulsions, dodging and burning.

jps

That's correct, although there are now "larger format" digitals that
produce 20+ megapixels.

I know they've had backs for the Hasselblad for a number of years but
there's no way I could even entertain having one. They were something
like $25K when new, probably less now. I'd like to rent one for a day to
play.

jps

The Hasselblads are indeed way up there, but Mamiya has some large format
digitals that, while expensive, are much, much less.

Check out prices on Sinar view camera digital backs, if you wanna be short
of breath for a few minutes.

Now those would have been of interest to Ansel, and, given the value of
his portfolio, he could've bought one with pocket change. On second
thought, they'd have given him one and a bunch of cash for the
endorsement.

jps