hhmmm large format photography....interesting ...Actually every time I see a serious photoshoot (like fashion or modeling or whatever) they always have these big almost box-like looking cameras that look totally oldschool...I've always been wondering what those are.
Originally posted by starsearcher
hhmmm large format photography....interesting ...Actually every time I see a serious photoshoot (like fashion or modeling or whatever) they always have these big almost box-like looking cameras that look totally oldschool...I've always been wondering what those are.
thats medium format - fashion photography for magazines and such is almost soley done in medium format. Hasselblad and Mamiya are the most famous medium format camera manufacturers. You can use a digital back for them as well, the best one is the Phase one which is 22Megapixels @ 20Ku.s
Originally posted by drgoodvibe
thats medium format - fashion photography for magazines and such is almost soley done in medium format. Hasselblad and Mamiya are the most famous medium format camera manufacturers. You can use a digital back for them as well, the best one is the Phase one which is 22Megapixels @ 20Ku.s
Originally posted by zokissima
How come the lenses are so expensive?
Cause that's what it's all really about....optics ...technology in itself is not really expensive and the prices are constantly decreasing, but optics is really what makes the picture - there are lots of special features in the lenses too...
Originally posted by zokissima
How come the lenses are so expensive?
Lens's depend on Focal length, size of zoom, coatings on glass, whether they're made to correct for aberrations such as astigmatism -- there are lenses that have a lens element to correct lateral chromatic aberrations -- these are all in very high end len's. The quality of the glass, really the time spent in the refinement of them sets the price. The lower the focal length such as say F2.8 the higher the cost.. the more or less zoom, such as ultra wide angle, or telephoto, the higher the cost.. lens coatings and aberration correction add cost becuase the manufacturer has to spend more time refining each piece of aspherical glass.
Originally posted by zokissima
Thanks for the info. So I'm correct in assuming that these lenses aren't mass produced to any degree.
depends on the lens really, the lower end len's that are well jsut average in quality are mass produced, but the high quality len's tend to need much more care in production. It's like putting together a Ferrari but for your camera =-]
Thanks again for the info. I saw a production schema for contact lenses and other lenses meant for the consumer market, and even though they were produced on a massive scale, most still required a lot of human intervention in the process, so I guess it's the same for camera lenses. The more specific the application, the more customization must be involved, and thus the cost goes up.
...Actually every time I see a serious photoshoot (like fashion or modeling or whatever) they always have these big almost box-like looking cameras that look totally oldschool...I've always been wondering what those are.
that's insane!!!
