pascal
Member
I don't own the 503 CWD or the CFV back but would have a question regarding the crop factor for these 16 Megapixel digital backs.
The neat thing is obviously the square sensor format, which retains the typical 6x6 format and the consequent holding of the camera. But the small size of the sensor compared to the 6x6 size implies a rather important crop factor of over 1.5.
It would seem to me that this presents two major problems:
- the need to use a wide-angle lens as a standard lens (e.g. 50mm to become an effective 80mm), meaning: larger, heavier, more expensive lens to be bought, and the lack of real wide-angle unless one splashes lots of extra money to get an additional lens (like 40mm), which in any case is not much of a wideangle with a 1.5 crop factor.
- the rather smallish composing frame in the viewfinder. Is this done via a special ground glass with masks? Is the composing frame not unpleasantly small?
I would appreciate feedback from actual users on these aspects !
Thanks
Pascal
The neat thing is obviously the square sensor format, which retains the typical 6x6 format and the consequent holding of the camera. But the small size of the sensor compared to the 6x6 size implies a rather important crop factor of over 1.5.
It would seem to me that this presents two major problems:
- the need to use a wide-angle lens as a standard lens (e.g. 50mm to become an effective 80mm), meaning: larger, heavier, more expensive lens to be bought, and the lack of real wide-angle unless one splashes lots of extra money to get an additional lens (like 40mm), which in any case is not much of a wideangle with a 1.5 crop factor.
- the rather smallish composing frame in the viewfinder. Is this done via a special ground glass with masks? Is the composing frame not unpleasantly small?
I would appreciate feedback from actual users on these aspects !
Thanks
Pascal