I have been thinking long and hard after getting upset with the recent thread DB vs Canon .
I originally agreed with the statement that DB users should not participate anymore in the thread and just let it die naturally. It is absolutely obvious that it makes no sense to argue with some of the LL members who have strong opinions and none experience. The same dividing lines are drawn on the net between Canon vs Nikon users or even better Canon/Nikon vs Leica. All these arguments are always ending the same way.
The main reason that I decides to write this post is because so many people have red the Canon vs DB thread and I did not wanted them to walk away with the feeling that digital back users are a bunch of excentric photogs with money to burn.
I for one strongly believe that my Aptus75S was the best business investment that I ever did. The digital back paid for itself easily just with the extra jobs I got in couple of months since I received it.
The high price is always in relation to one's earnings from photography. Thirty thousand dollars may seem like a lot to some but if you recently did or even try to estimate advertising shoot you would realize that nothing now days can be produce with less than six figure budget. 30K is less than top models from DNA are charging for 8 hours of work. All is relative when you need to produce top notch results and when your client money are on a line. I own two DB's and a Canon with prime L lenses. I also have most of Leica glass and an adapter for Canon. I extensively tried all digital backs and DSLR's. At one point or the other I owned all them with all possible camera/lens combination.
For my style of shooting I settle with A75s and Rz67. To me the discussion abut quality difference between BD and Canon is mind bugling. It is one thing to decide to use and love the workflow and results produced from DSLR's and different thing to insist that there is no quality superiority of DB's. Since photography is a visual art I believe that anybody who DO NOT see the difference between the two systems should think twice about a choice of carrier. I by no means do not say that great amazing results can not be achieved with any camera. Photographer better than me will produce more compelling and worthy images with 5d than I will with A75s. Camera choice is a personal preference. Advantages and disadvantages of each system need to be weigh to accommodate your work style but please do not confuse quality of an image with quality of a picture.
Recent poll questioned quality of CMYK prints. The problem is that today you are shooting for A4 print but tomorrow your client decides to print it 30 feet high and display it in Milan Airport. Anyone who ever tried to reshoot a set knows that there is no such a thing as too big of a file if you dealing with commercial clients.
Bellow I post several Jpg's of images produced from A75s to illustrate my points. Web display is very limiting especially when one is watching on not calibrated screen on Firefox but never less it should give you an idea that what I said here are not just words and charts. Detail, drawing, texture, ability to capture whites, DOF are all illustrated here:
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