P20 + Sinar P... which sliding back and lens around 100 mm?

[d_g]

<p>A friend of mine needs to mount his P20 on his Sinar P camera for a tabletop project.<br>

Subject size : from 1cm to 30cm Location : studio with srobe He needs to buy a sliding back... best option ? best value for money ?<br>

From chinese ebay stuff to Flexadapter... cambo maybe ?</p>

<p>He also needs a new lens, considering the subject, what's the best option between 100 and 120 ?<br>

105/f5.6 Apo Sironar Digital<br>

120/5.6 Apo Macro Sironar Digital<br>

100/5.6 Apo Digitar N 120/5.6<br>

Apo Macro Digitar the HR is too expensive... and it will upgrade to a larger sensor...</p>

[bob_salomon]

<p>A P and a P20 and a sliding back and the difference in price between a digital and a digital HR is too much? He has quite a bit already invested and he is or is not looking for the best image?<br>

From what you listed as the requirement the 120 Apo Macro Sironar Digital is the best option as it is corrected for 1:5 to 2:1 which is the range that he is shooting in. The other 2 lenses and the Apo Sironar Digital as well as the new HR Digaron S and HR Digaron W are all corrected for scales closer to 1:10 and not into macro ranges.<br>

What he may find is that the P is not as precise as a true digital view camera like the M679 series and the gearing does not give him make precise enough control for digital.</p>

[d_g]

<p>He bought the sinar P years ago, and the P20 was a bargain in second hand... considering precision, i've fount out the same problemm with an Arca Fline... but if you mount the lens on a focussing mount, then it's ok... precise as an alpa !<br>

The main problem still the ground glass... but he can shoot via the computer, and check the exposure... not live view but still better than previous polaroïd test shots !<br>

I'm dreaming of an Aptus with the same live view as the 5D II... just dreaming !</p>

[bob_salomon]

<p>" but if you mount the lens on a focussing mount, then it's ok... precise as an alpa "<br>

As long as you don't need tilts, swings, shifts or rise/fall. But then if you don't need those then stick the<br>

back on a medium format camera and don't worry about the sliding back and the view camera.<br>

Focusing is only one of the areas where his camera, and yours, is not precise enough.</p>

[d_g]

<p>As long as you don't need tilts, swings, shifts or rise/fall...</p>

<p>For shift, it's ok... using a flexbody screen adapter !<br>

First focus, then shift.</p>

[bob_salomon]

<p>Then you could just buy a Novoflex T/S bellows and their Pro Shift+ sliding adapter and use any high res<br>

DSLR and get the same thing!</p>