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<blockquote data-quote="STM" data-source="post: 156552" data-attributes="member: 12827">Phase 1 makes one but that is really not the point. And it costs as much as a medium end digital camera. And you still wind up in the same dilemma as you do with DX format and 35mm/FX focal length lenses. The sensor is a good bit smaller than the 6x6 or 6x4.5 cm format. My 40mm Distagon, which is a superb lens from the word go, is equivalent to a 24mm lens in 35mm. With the Phase 1 back it is now equivalent to a 35mm lens, which for me is as useless as tits on a bull. I already have a lens equivalent to that in my 60mm Distagon. The only lens Hasselblad makes which is shorter than the 40mm Distagon (and will work on my 500C/M) is the 30mm Distagon and it is a full frame fisheye.Film, especially medium format film, has a certain quality that digital will most likely never be able to replicate, especially in&nbsp; black and white. And digital cannot be pushed or pulled like film can.&nbsp; And although digital has come a long way, it still falls WAY far short of the mark compared to a black and white print made with a medium format negative printed on a premium paper like Oriental Seagull, which is all I use.</blockquote>

[QUOTE="STM, post: 156552, member: 12827"] Phase 1 makes one but that is really not the point. And it costs as much as a medium end digital camera. And you still wind up in the same dilemma as you do with DX format and 35mm/FX focal length lenses. The sensor is a good bit smaller than the 6x6 or 6x4.5 cm format. My 40mm Distagon, which is a superb lens from the word go, is equivalent to a 24mm lens in 35mm. With the Phase 1 back it is now equivalent to a 35mm lens, which for me is as useless as tits on a bull. I already have a lens equivalent to that in my 60mm Distagon. The only lens Hasselblad makes which is shorter than the 40mm Distagon (and will work on my 500C/M) is the 30mm Distagon and it is a full frame fisheye. Film, especially medium format film, has a certain quality that digital will most likely never be able to replicate, especially in black and white. And digital cannot be pushed or pulled like film can. And although digital has come a long way, it still falls WAY far short of the mark compared to a black and white print made with a medium format negative printed on a premium paper like Oriental Seagull, which is all I use. [/QUOTE]

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