Digital 8x10 camera?

$106k for 12mp resolution, 75 micron pixels... that's what, 6lp/mm?
But wait a few years! I find it interesting.

 

Dang...that's neat.

As much as I like shooting film, I know it won't always be around. This is a step in the right direction with innovative products.

The concept of a full size 8x10 (or 9x11 in this case) 'digital negative' would make an interesting workflow for a hybrid large format photographer. No more shooting small format digital, printing a negative and contact printing. With this, it would be the exact same size as you shot it.

 

Strange beast. I wonder what is the target market? Presumably there is one?

 

Yes, someone with $106,000 who also happens to be a photographer.

 

You can buy three dozen Deardorff V8s and three dozen 14" Gold Dot Dagors for $106k. You might even have enough left over for a box of Tri-X. You'll get a lot more than 12mp, too

 

Well, some of us are more philanthropic than others. I see you would like to help out some friends, acquaintances and possibly less-than-acquaintances-who-you-know-only-by-username-on-photrio with a Deardorff and Gold Dot Dagor. I'm ok with that - I suppose I can buy my own film.

 

Sorry, mine will be buried with me.

 

Can't afford one. If lotto cooperates...sure. Now that big sensor tech is growing, maybe they make a FF 6 x 6 sensor for the old film Hassy. I'd love to slap a 6mp FF back on my SWC...as long as it is affordable. Maybe $1200 or so for the back. Good project for India or China. Reliable and great IQ is a must. 6mp is almost double IQ what film neg is, so it would be fine to replace a film back.

 

Uh?

 

A 35 mm frame is roughly equal to 24mp.

 

....oh god here we go......

 

this has been around for a while, there was a guy who had an 8x10 low-res sensor developed to replace 8x10 polaroid film for his use. Likely this is the same sensor.

 

yep, same guy.

 

Let's say, you use it to capture 1000 images. That comes to a cost of over $100 for each image.

 

Most development projects are expensive at the beginning. In less than a decade I bet you will be able to buy an 8x10 digi back for dirt cheap. I hope I'm around to use one. I can just imagine the DR and IQ will be stunning. If the demand is there, it will happen.

 

bill c, has been working on this project for a while.
good to see he's getting some press on it !

 

That’s not too far away from Polaroid film prices these days

 

Love that shallow DOF, wonder what's involved in taking it out of the studio and into the field?

 

i wonder if they can make an adapter for lumedyne rechargable battery packs...

 

I predict these will be selling for US$1,000,000 when they're obsolete and very rare on the used (collector) market... in about three years.

 

for a hobbyist it might be a little expensive, but for someone using the camera for business to make $$, its a write off and they can charge a pretty good $$ for huge digital images
made with it.

 

you wrote "using the camera for business to make $$"

this is 8x10 monochrome 12MP

8x10 full frame hi res (Tera-pixels) might find a market

12MP images we know have a market (lo-res press such as some sports)

put the two together and they don't add synergistically, they cancel out, because an 8x10 can't be used for on-the-run photography, and a 12MP image is no use to the hi-res boys and girls.

I'm puzzled exactly which type of photographer would find this useful, I'm genuinely curious, am I missing something, can you suggest what "business" that might be?