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IQ180 Vs. 8x10" 
By Markus Zuber

Update: Some people have been critical of this test, saying that the 8X10" scans were not done at a high enough resolution. Markus has responded to this and also posted higher resolution samples here.

During the last 10 years – after having left my 8x10 inch gear behind me – I have been striving to reach at least comparable image quality with digital capture. I am one of the lucky photographers working with an IQ180 on both the Phase One camera and the Alpa SWA. I mainly use the Alpa with the Rodenstock HR 28 mm for architecture and landscape – on the Phase camera I am working with the SK lenses 55/80/110 mm and the Hasselblad f 5.6/250 mm Superachromat for landscape photography mainly.
Being a landscape photographer I very much enjoy the flexibility of working with this gear – always using a tripod of course. Thanks to the wide range of lenses I am able to capture close ups as well as mountain tops in very hig...

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