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This is a description of what some might regard as a fool's task – to put together the highest quality digital image capture system that today's technology provides. The process required making decisions about several major components, including the camera platform, digital back, and the lenses to be used.
Though by no means inexpensive – the total system put together here costs about the same as a high-end new car – pros at least can lease as well as write off or depreciate their investment. Whether this particular photographic system would be one that suits anyone's needs other than mine is not for me to say. Each of us has to decide for ourselves what our particular needs and uses may be.
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Linhof M 679cs
There are two things you have to know about me. Firstly, I'm compulsive about image quality. Secondly, I'm inconsistent. For example, I'll take getting the shot with whatever gear is needed,...

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