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5D Mk II View Camera

Postby gstark on Mon Mar 19, 2012 8:00 am

http://todaystomorrow.tumblr.com/post/1 ... iew-camera

Never mind the quality, feel the width.

And seriously, the quality is pretty bloody awesome too.
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Re: 5D Mk II View Camera

Postby Matt. K on Mon Mar 19, 2012 11:53 am

Ahhh! Those old Zeiss lenses! They had character...a certain look. :D :D :D
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Re: 5D Mk II View Camera

Postby photohiker on Mon Mar 19, 2012 1:29 pm

Thinking about this, It wouldn't be that hard to make a view adapter for DSLR's that included the lens from one of these cameras, bellows, and a full view camera movements. With liveview, that could be awesome kit.
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Re: 5D Mk II View Camera

Postby bigsarg7 on Mon Mar 19, 2012 2:54 pm

wow, the quality from that old Glass is amazing, didn't expect it to be so sharp really!
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Re: 5D Mk II View Camera

Postby chrisk on Mon Mar 19, 2012 5:36 pm

i guess i must be the only one to think they look pretty average in every way. just look how sharp it is ? are you serious.
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Re: 5D Mk II View Camera

Postby bigsarg7 on Mon Mar 19, 2012 10:04 pm

Rooz, in comparisson to todays Glass its not as good - definately not sharp compared to todays quality lenses, but for the age and the way it was used on a modern camera amazed me and to see that it was still pretty darn sharp. I think for its age it was pretty decent! Subject matter and the shots taken could have been better selected but still it worked!
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Re: 5D Mk II View Camera

Postby gstark on Tue Mar 20, 2012 7:42 am

Rooz wrote:just look how sharp it is ? are you serious.


The (relative) sharpness (given the age of the glass) is just a part of what we're seeing here.

But there's something else too, which a lot of modern glass doesn't have. It's a bit like comparing film vs digital, or vinyl vs digital in sound.

The example images posted carry that "something" which makes them stand out a little from the crowd. You don't get that feeling from modern glass.
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5D Mk II View Camera

Postby chrisk on Tue Mar 20, 2012 9:46 am

Relative, yes.
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Re: 5D Mk II View Camera

Postby Murray Foote on Thu Mar 22, 2012 1:59 pm

You can also do this with a large format camera, which should not have any problems with sharpness and for that matter offers possibilities for Scheimpflug effect and stitching.
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