H1 vs GX680III

[marco_casale]

What is the best choise for studio and glamour works (mind i would

like to use it with digital back).

Thanks

marco

[daniel_janssen]

Since there are no 6x8 digital backs, I would go for the H1. The Fuji is very bulky and offers (in the digi mode) no optical advantage over the 6x4.5 H1.

[ellis_vener_photography]

You can use a digital back withthe 680IIi via a Hasselblad back adapter. if ou

are not planning on shooting flm at all, then I also suggest you go wit han H1,

Great camera & lenses! having histogram display in the camera when

shooting in a digital format makes a lot of sense too.

 

With the Fuji the big advantages are : format size for film and being able to

swing, tilt and shift the lens to control focus disributionand framing.

[b_kosoff]

If you're talking studio I would go with the Fuji. It has camera movements, far

larger film size, and fuji has a digi back for it. The Fuji digibacks have the

possibility of using a far larger chip as there is physical area available for it.

 

If you are talking handheld in the field I would go with the H1.

[ellis_vener_photography]

<I>The Fuji digibacks have the possibility of using a far larger chip as there is

physical area available for it. </I><P> Well that is also true of the Hasselblad

6x6cm cameras and the Mamiya RZII (6x7cm) cameras and of course any

6x9cm or larger view camera.

But the fact is no one is making a sensor array larger than (actually they are

slightly smaller) than 6x4.5cm

There are some scanning backs vailable for 4x5 cameras, and by adapter to

the Fuji 680III, but these backs are not suitable for photographing moving

subjects.

[eric friedemann]

I'm with Ellis. If I was going to lay out the big $$$ to buy MF digital, it would be a 645 system.

 

The Fuji 680-series is- not surprisingly- designed to produce a 6x8cm image. The bodies and lenses are quite large, even by medium format standards.

 

Also, if you shoot wide angle, 50mm is the shortest length made for the 680s. 50mm equals 23mm in 35mm at 6x8cm, but is quite a bit longer when shooting with a 4x4cm chip.

 

Mamiya RZ equipment is somewhat smaller than Fuji 680 gear, mainly because most of the Fuji 680 bodies you see and all the lenses are designed to allow limited view camera movements (the lenses project larger image circles). Mamiya has a 50mm and has been promising a 43mm ASPH RZ lens for the RZ67 for more than a year, but has yet to deliver. Though, even a 43mm lens would be at least 35mm in 35mm format on a 4x4cm chip- not very wide:

 

http://www.mamiya.com/lenses.asp?id=1&id2=8&id3=10&id4=244&id5=1893

 

645 bodies and lenses are much smaller and are better-sized for sub 6x4.5cm chips. Hasselblad already makes a 35mm lens for the H1 (about 28mm- 35mm equiv.- on a 4x4cm chip), as do Contax and Mamiya:

 

http://www.bhphotovideo.com/bnh/controller/home?O=NavBar&A=getItemDetail&Q=&sku=264710&is=REG&si=spec#goto_itemInfo

 

http://www.bhphotovideo.com/bnh/controller/home?O=productlist&A=details&Q=&sku=162916&is=REG

 

http://www.bhphotovideo.com/bnh/controller/home?O=productlist&A=details&Q=&sku=213301&is=REG

 

And, again, for well over a year, Mamiya has promised a superwide 26mm 645 lens, but has failed to deliver:

 

http://www.mamiya.com/lenses.asp?id=1&id2=1728&id3=1730&id4=1733&id5=1894

[ruben_blaedel]

The tilt,shift etc. front of the Fuji is a huge advantage and great even for portraits and body shots as you can really work with dof. The imacon back has an adapter that goes on and off very easy with just four screws. Try the fujinon gxd 180 mm 3,2 for portraits it is a superp lens - on a 4x5 chip it would be more like a 210 mm. The fuji is less expensive and in a studio on a tripod more fun then the H1 - imho - Ruben