Andreas Gursky's work is on display at MOMA in SF right now. I'm not
sure exactly what kind of digital equipment he used, but it had to be
some kind of medium or large format rig. The photos are enormous and
show an amazing amount of minute detail. I can't even guess what the
resolution must have been. These huge crowd scenes from concerts where
you can pick out tiny details about individual members of the audience
and scenes at garbage dumps that pull you in to fragments of soda cans.
On Monday, May 19, 2003, at 09:10 PM, John A. Lind wrote:
IMO it will be some time before digital catches up to medium format in
a manner that is affordable. If money is no object, there are already
digital medium format backs. Requires the entire gross national
product to buy one though. RF versus SLR versus TLR is a personal
choice and involves how much you need to change lenses. The typical
TLR (Mamiya being an exception) is a fixed lens camera. While most of
the RF's may have interchangeable lenses, there are only a few. The
SLR is most versatile with wide range of focal lengths offered for
them. You should be able to get a basic, older medium format camera
body and lens for under $500, possibly under $300, and still have a
decent quality body and lens to show for it.
-- John
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