Betterlight scanning backs for 4x5

[Bob Carnie]

I am thinking of purchasing one of these suckers for our cambo 4x5 ,and am wondering if any one here has used/owned on of them and their thoughts.
I want to use it for Studio hotlight tabletop, still life , landscape and copy work.

Any thoughts/comments??

 

[livemoa]

Bob

I have not used one myself, but I know people who have. I assume that it is one of the multi pass backs. If so then they are great for some things, not so great for others (kinda like film really....). The people I know are product or catalogue photographers and an architectural photographer. They like them for the immediacy of feedback and the (eventual) decline in cost per image.

The qualms that they have are for anything with movement in them, candle light is one example, leaves moving another. Apparently you don't get a blur but three separate (RGB) images ..... looks kind of weird, part of an image out of registration.

As for copywork, I'm told they great at it.

Like anything there is a learning curve, but something I am sure you can handle.

Can see myself with one one day on my 5x4, when I have a lot of spare cash.....

I am thinking of purchasing one of these suckers for our cambo 4x5 ,and am wondering if any one here has used/owned on of them and their thoughts.
I want to use it for Studio hotlight tabletop, still life , landscape and copy work.

Any thoughts/comments??

 

[Bob Carnie]

Hi David
thanks for the reply
I am really interested in the quality of printed output compared to phaseback.
We have a phase , and axcess to Cannon Mark 1, I have did a bit of comparison testing and I do not know of anyone with the betterlight.
This back really interests me for projects we are working on, and I am thinking they are limited for certain subjects but totally perfect for others.
Bob

Bob

I have not used one myself, but I know people who have. I assume that it is one of the multi pass backs. If so then they are great for some things, not so great for others (kinda like film really....). The people I know are product or catalogue photographers and an architectural photographer. They like them for the immediacy of feedback and the (eventual) decline in cost per image.

The qualms that they have are for anything with movement in them, candle light is one example, leaves moving another. Apparently you don't get a blur but three separate (RGB) images ..... looks kind of weird, part of an image out of registration.

As for copywork, I'm told they great at it.

Like anything there is a learning curve, but something I am sure you can handle.

Can see myself with one one day on my 5x4, when I have a lot of spare cash.....

 

[livemoa]

Hmmm, not sure if the people I know have done comparison testing themselves. Will ask and see what they say.

Cheers

Hi David
thanks for the reply
I am really interested in the quality of printed output compared to phaseback.
We have a phase , and axcess to Cannon Mark 1, I have did a bit of comparison testing and I do not know of anyone with the betterlight.
This back really interests me for projects we are working on, and I am thinking they are limited for certain subjects but totally perfect for others.
Bob