Leaf Valeo 22 Revisited

January 13, 2009 ·

Michael Reichmann

This review is part of a larger series of ongoing articles and reviews of medium format digital backs.If you have not already done so you might wish to begin by reading myDigital Back Surveyand then refer to the other reviews in this series that are linked at the bottom of that page.

Leaf Vaeo 22, Digital Magazine and iPaq

As part of myDigital Back Surveywhich first appeared here in September, 2003 I published the world's first review of the newLeaf Valeo 22, one of only three 22 megapixel medium format backs currently available. My review was necessarily limited because the only sample back available was for theMamiya 645 AFD, while my medium format reference system is theContax 645. This meant that while I could work with the back and its files, I couldn't compare them to identical frames shot with myContaxandKodak DCS Pro Back 645— again, my personal reference system.

In early November I was visited byIlan Carmi,Leaf's Product Marketing Manager. He had with hi...

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