{"id":18861,"date":"2021-05-12T19:09:48","date_gmt":"2021-05-12T17:09:48","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/linhof.com\/digital-with-4x5-cameras\/"},"modified":"2021-05-13T17:21:19","modified_gmt":"2021-05-13T15:21:19","slug":"digital-with-4x5-cameras","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/linhof.com\/en\/digital-with-4x5-cameras\/","title":{"rendered":"Digital with 4&#215;5&#8243; cameras?"},"content":{"rendered":"<section class=\"l-section wpb_row height_medium\"><div class=\"l-section-h i-cf\"><div class=\"g-cols vc_row via_flex valign_top type_default stacking_default\"><div class=\"vc_col-sm-3 wpb_column vc_column_container\"><div class=\"vc_column-inner\"><div class=\"wpb_wrapper\"><div class=\"w-separator size_small\"><\/div><div class=\"w-image align_none us_animate_afl\" style=\"animation-delay:0.2s\"><a target=\" _blank\" rel=\"nofollow\" href=\"http:\/\/linhof.com\/stitching-schlitten-fuer-graflok\/\" aria-label=\"Linhof Master Technika with digital back on leveling head II\" class=\"w-image-h\"><img decoding=\"async\" width=\"500\" height=\"500\" src=\"https:\/\/linhof.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/09\/Linhof_001689-S-Technika-phaseone_i.jpg\" class=\"attachment-large size-large\" alt=\"\" loading=\"lazy\" srcset=\"https:\/\/linhof.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/09\/Linhof_001689-S-Technika-phaseone_i.jpg 500w, https:\/\/linhof.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/09\/Linhof_001689-S-Technika-phaseone_i-150x150.jpg 150w, https:\/\/linhof.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/09\/Linhof_001689-S-Technika-phaseone_i-350x350.jpg 350w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 500px) 100vw, 500px\" \/><\/a><\/div><div class=\"w-separator size_custom\" style=\"height:32px\"><\/div><div class=\"wpb_text_column\"><div class=\"wpb_wrapper\"><p>Master Technika with digital back<\/p>\n<\/div><\/div><div class=\"w-image align_none us_animate_afl\" style=\"animation-delay:0.4s\"><a ref=\"magnificPopup\" href=\"https:\/\/linhof.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/04\/Linhof_001618_Wechselschl-MT_P45-2.jpg\" aria-label=\"Technika Wechselschlitten\" class=\"w-image-h\"><img decoding=\"async\" width=\"500\" height=\"500\" src=\"https:\/\/linhof.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/04\/Linhof_001618_Wechselschl-MT_P45-2.jpg\" class=\"attachment-large size-large\" alt=\"\" loading=\"lazy\" srcset=\"https:\/\/linhof.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/04\/Linhof_001618_Wechselschl-MT_P45-2.jpg 500w, https:\/\/linhof.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/04\/Linhof_001618_Wechselschl-MT_P45-2-150x150.jpg 150w, https:\/\/linhof.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/04\/Linhof_001618_Wechselschl-MT_P45-2-350x350.jpg 350w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 500px) 100vw, 500px\" \/><\/a><\/div><div class=\"w-separator size_custom\" style=\"height:32px\"><\/div><div class=\"wpb_text_column\"><div class=\"wpb_wrapper\"><p>Master Technika with stitching slides and digital back<\/p>\n<\/div><\/div><div class=\"w-image align_none us_animate_afl\" style=\"animation-delay:0.2s\"><a ref=\"magnificPopup\" href=\"https:\/\/linhof.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/04\/4x5-sensor-vergleich.jpg\" aria-label=\"4x5&quot; recording format - sensor size\" class=\"w-image-h\"><img decoding=\"async\" width=\"656\" height=\"836\" src=\"https:\/\/linhof.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/04\/4x5-sensor-vergleich.jpg\" class=\"attachment-large size-large\" alt=\"\" loading=\"lazy\" srcset=\"https:\/\/linhof.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/04\/4x5-sensor-vergleich.jpg 656w, https:\/\/linhof.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/04\/4x5-sensor-vergleich-392x500.jpg 392w, https:\/\/linhof.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/04\/4x5-sensor-vergleich-600x765.jpg 600w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 656px) 100vw, 656px\" \/><\/a><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div><div class=\"vc_col-sm-9 wpb_column vc_column_container\"><div class=\"vc_column-inner\"><div class=\"wpb_wrapper\"><div class=\"w-tabs style_default switch_click accordion has_scrolling\" style=\"--sections-title-size:inherit\"><div class=\"w-tabs-sections titles-align_none icon_chevron cpos_right\"><div class=\"w-tabs-section active\" id=\"l627\"><button class=\"w-tabs-section-header active\" aria-controls=\"content-l627\" aria-expanded=\"true\"><div class=\"w-tabs-section-title\">Can I use my 4&#215;5 view camera with a digital back?<\/div><div class=\"w-tabs-section-control\"><\/div><\/button><div  class=\"w-tabs-section-content\" id=\"content-l627\"><div class=\"w-tabs-section-content-h i-cf\"><div class=\"wpb_text_column\"><div class=\"wpb_wrapper\"><p>The most important characteristic of view cameras used  is the large shooting format. Decisive for the use of the view camera is the mechanical adjustability, i.e. perspective corrections, rectification of converging lines or the Scheimpflug rule.<\/p>\n<p>he <a href=\"https:\/\/linhof.com\/en\/digi-adapter-4x5\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Digi Adapter 001693<\/a> for International Back 4\u00d75 is equipped with a Hasselblad V connector. It creates the connection from conventional 4\u00d75 cameras to digital backs adapted to Hasselblad V. With an appropriate ground glass mask, the image plane can be marked on the ground glass. The image plane must of course be matched.<\/p>\n<p>A special <a href=\"https:\/\/linhof.com\/en\/technika-wechselschlitten\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">changeable slide<\/a> is available for the Master Technika cameras (001618). This allows the Master Technika to be used for subject photography with digital backs with ground glass control. This is recommended as an accessory for the RD1 repro camera.<br \/>\nThe prerequisite for this is the easily removable rotating back. The MT interchangeable slide allows quick changeover from setting on the groundglass to shooting. It accepts the camera adapter plates for connecting the various digital backs (Hasselblad H, Hasselblad V, Mamiya 645 AF\/AFD). The built-in shift allows the entire interchangeable carriage to be shifted 15 mm up and 15 mm down. Multiple exposures (stitching) increase the shooting area of the digital backs.<br \/>\nCamera adapter plates, focusing screens and viewing systems are the same as for the universal interchangeable carriage.<\/p>\n<p>However, those who use digital backs with large view cameras must accept limitations. Please refer to the following sections.<\/p>\n<\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div><div class=\"w-tabs-section\" id=\"t783\"><button class=\"w-tabs-section-header\" aria-controls=\"content-t783\" aria-expanded=\"false\"><div class=\"w-tabs-section-title\">The recording format is the sensor size<\/div><div class=\"w-tabs-section-control\"><\/div><\/button><div  class=\"w-tabs-section-content\" id=\"content-t783\"><div class=\"w-tabs-section-content-h i-cf\"><div class=\"wpb_text_column\"><div class=\"wpb_wrapper\"><p>Let&#8217;s look at the size of the digital backs: With a chip size of 53.7 mm x 40.4 mm (PhaseOne, Leaf), 43.8 \u00d7 32.9 mm (Hasselblad), to name just a few examples, the digital imaging area of the sensors is far below the classic large format 4&#215;5. The same applies to the lenses, or more precisely the lens focal lengths and image circles.<\/p>\n<p>Large format cameras, which were designed for shooting on conventional film and considerably larger shooting formats, now have to be adapted to the requirements of the small sensor formats. The diagram illustrates the size ratio of a 4&#215;5&#8243; flat film to currently common sensor sizes of digital backs. The 4&#215;5 or 9&#215;12 view cameras (or even larger) are exactly adapted to this large recording area in their mechanics, their adjustment paths and the corresponding large format lenses. However, if &#8220;only&#8221; a small area is to be captured in the highest resolution, digital lenses should be used &#8211; in order to meet all quality requirements &#8211; which in turn do not have such a large image circle to take advantage of the mechanics of the large view cameras. And this is exactly where compromises have to be made!<\/p>\n<\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div><div class=\"w-tabs-section\" id=\"f8c1\"><button class=\"w-tabs-section-header\" aria-controls=\"content-f8c1\" aria-expanded=\"false\"><div class=\"w-tabs-section-title\">Adjustments and fine drives<\/div><div class=\"w-tabs-section-control\"><\/div><\/button><div  class=\"w-tabs-section-content\" id=\"content-f8c1\"><div class=\"w-tabs-section-content-h i-cf\"><div class=\"wpb_text_column\"><div class=\"wpb_wrapper\"><p>The huge adjustment ranges of the view cameras quickly bring the actual recording format of the digital backs to the edge of the image circle, and the light rays fall obliquely onto the recording surface. This causes color shifts and quality losses. The color shifts can be compensated with a calibration (exposure through opal disk and subsequent calibration in the acquisition software of the digital backs).<\/p>\n<p>Not all 4&#215;5 view cameras have optimal fine drives for setting the minimum necessary adjustment paths &#8211; whether for focusing or for camera adjustments &#8211; as precisely as necessary. This is especially necessary when shooting with live view, where control is via the monitor.<\/p>\n<\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div><div class=\"w-tabs-section\" id=\"u9e8\"><button class=\"w-tabs-section-header\" aria-controls=\"content-u9e8\" aria-expanded=\"false\"><div class=\"w-tabs-section-title\">6&#215;9 view cameras, e.g. Linhof Technikardan S 6&#215;9<\/div><div class=\"w-tabs-section-control\"><\/div><\/button><div  class=\"w-tabs-section-content\" id=\"content-u9e8\"><div class=\"w-tabs-section-content-h i-cf\"><div class=\"wpb_text_column\"><div class=\"wpb_wrapper\"><p>For 6&#215;9 cameras such as the Linhof Technikardan S 6&#215;9 and the Master Technika 6&#215;9, the universal digi-adapter 6&#215;9 for camera adapter plates, code 001691, is available. This then allows the digital backs to be attached directly with corresponding adapter plates 001700, 001701, 001702.<\/p>\n<\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div><div class=\"w-tabs-section\" id=\"zb2a\"><button class=\"w-tabs-section-header\" aria-controls=\"content-zb2a\" aria-expanded=\"false\"><div class=\"w-tabs-section-title\">Digital lenses<\/div><div class=\"w-tabs-section-control\"><\/div><\/button><div  class=\"w-tabs-section-content\" id=\"content-zb2a\"><div class=\"w-tabs-section-content-h i-cf\"><div class=\"wpb_text_column\"><div class=\"wpb_wrapper\"><p>Digital backs require specially corrected digital lenses in order to exploit the full quality of their resolution. These lenses, in turn, have image circles that are matched to the chip sizes, i.e. the image areas of the digital backs. Of course, this means that the adjustment paths of large 4&#215;5 view cameras can only be used to a small extent.<\/p>\n<p>The focal lengths also work according to the shooting format (rule of thumb: normal lens corresponds approximately to the format diagonal). Wide-angle shots are also only possible to a limited extent due to the design of large view cameras. The necessary (short) flange focal length is often not achieved.<\/p>\n<div data-canvas-width=\"323.160000001\">Digital lenses, in conjunction with adjustable studio cameras, ensure optimum image quality of digital recordings: They offer the best sharpness for full use of high-resolution chip sensors, excellent contrast for brilliant images of high detail recognition, distortion correction to the greatest extent possible, and optimal image field flattening that takes into account the perfect flatness of digital sensor surfaces, in contrast to film.<\/div>\n<\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div><div class=\"w-tabs-section\" id=\"ic6e\"><button class=\"w-tabs-section-header\" aria-controls=\"content-ic6e\" aria-expanded=\"false\"><div class=\"w-tabs-section-title\">View cameras &#8211; matched to digital backs: Linhof M 679cs and Techno<\/div><div class=\"w-tabs-section-control\"><\/div><\/button><div  class=\"w-tabs-section-content\" id=\"content-ic6e\"><div class=\"w-tabs-section-content-h i-cf\"><div class=\"wpb_text_column\"><div class=\"wpb_wrapper\"><p>With the <a href=\"https:\/\/linhof.com\/en\/linhof-m-679cs\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">M 679cs<\/a> and the <a href=\"https:\/\/linhof.com\/en\/linhof-techno-2\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Techno<\/a>, Linhof offers two camera models that meet all the requirements of high-end digital photography. Thus, direct and indirect parallel shifts for perspective control as well as focus shifts according to Scheimpflug are also possible in digital photography.<\/p>\n<p>The view camera designs of the Linhof M 679cs and the Linhof Techno accommodate the shooting area of the digital backs. The necessary adjustment paths are based on the recording format. Digital lenses for these view cameras offer the necessary high resolutions and the correspondingly large image circles to use camera adjustments sensibly and in high-end quality.<\/p>\n<\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/section>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Can I take digital photos with my old large format camera?<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":12667,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"image","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1,217,215],"tags":[157,171,193,199,169,178,187,168],"class_list":["post-18861","post","type-post","status-publish","format-image","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-allgemein","category-digi-adapter","category-know-how","tag-4x5-en","tag-camera-movements","tag-converging-lines","tag-digital-photography","tag-large-format","tag-medium-format","tag-shift-tilt-en","tag-view-camera","post_format-post-format-image"],"aioseo_notices":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/linhof.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/18861","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/linhof.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/linhof.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/linhof.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/linhof.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=18861"}],"version-history":[{"count":11,"href":"https:\/\/linhof.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/18861\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":19011,"href":"https:\/\/linhof.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/18861\/revisions\/19011"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/linhof.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/12667"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/linhof.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=18861"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/linhof.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=18861"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/linhof.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=18861"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}