Viewfinders

[kenoh]

Very good!

I aim to please…. 😂

 

[ssmed]

Holding a camera against your head gives great stability allowing slower shutter speeds than any held away to see a screen - I vote we need them (with 100% coverage of course!)

 

[r.harris1]

What’s your view on the digital backs with electronic shutter not the leaf shutter in the lens and that causing rolling shutter challenges? I ask because my current lotto win list topper is a Hasselblad 500 series with a CFV-50ii or a 907x of course. I am put off though with the rolling shutter challenge brought about by the digital back not working with the leaf shutter. Does the RZ67 handle firing the mechanical shutter? I mean reviewers make a big thing of it but the use case for that camera isn’t something I think rolling shutter is too much of an issue for?

The nice thing about the RZ67 pro ii D is that you essentially get full functionality/shutter capabilities. So with a Leaf or any Phase back it will fire the leaf shutter in the lenses. In reality I probably wouldn't use a digital back on that body very often - more a novelty factor - but pretty cool nonetheless. For how I shoot, I'd probably not be too concerned if all I had was electronic shutter because I mostly shoot stationary things with such systems. There are some folks over on getdpi.com who shoot a 500 series body with the CFV-50ii with nice results.

 

[bunnspecial]

The nice thing about the RZ67 pro ii D is that you essentially get full functionality/shutter capabilities. So with a Leaf or any Phase back it will fire the leaf shutter in the lenses. In reality I probably wouldn't use a digital back on that body very often - more a novelty factor - but pretty cool nonetheless. For how I shoot, I'd probably not be too concerned if all I had was electronic shutter because I mostly shoot stationary things with such systems. There are some folks over on getdpi.com who shoot a 500 series body with the CFV-50ii with nice results.

Hmm, you have me thinking and lusting after a digital back(again) even though I know I should focus on the D850 now.

Everything I've read on fitting them to V system bodies is that you basically need to dedicate a body to the back, have the body gone over to make sure it's in 100% tip-top shape with respect to the back latches and such along with the mirror foam, and then need to get the screen and mirror shimmed to have a hope of getting focus close. Is it plug and play?

 

[r.harris1]

Hmm, you have me thinking and lusting after a digital back(again) even though I know I should focus on the D850 now.

Everything I've read on fitting them to V system bodies is that you basically need to dedicate a body to the back, have the body gone over to make sure it's in 100% tip-top shape with respect to the back latches and such along with the mirror foam, and then need to get the screen and mirror shimmed to have a hope of getting focus close. Is it plug and play?

I don’t know much about the Hasselblad film bodies and the digital backs - just that they are drool-worthy . The Phase and Credo backs on the digital version of the RZ67 ii are essentially plug and play with the adapter plate. The previous body in the line needed both a lens and body sync cable I believe. The challenge is the 6x7 on a 645 sensor so you need a focus mask to help with composition. I’d assume the same would be true on the 6x6 Hasselblad bodies.

 

[Steven-iphone]

I had a 500c with 80mm. Gave it away. Fun to play with. It sat in storage for so long the back seals became gummy. Loved the clunky sound it made taking pictures.

If I were to do medium format film now, I would probably do 6x9.

Also in my site is the Fuji GS645S.