Choosing between M8 or H'Blad digital back

[nrj]

Fair enough Nik, but for me the M8 medium format film look that Sean Reid writes anout would be sufficient if I were going in that directions: I wouldn't need a medium format digital back.I certainly have no problem with digtital as such, but I was reacting to some very plasticky - looking M8 pictures that some people were admiring because of the high resolution and smooth gradation, which can be better handled in the post-processing (obviosly a value judgment here!).

—Mitch/Bangkok
http://www.flickr.com/photos/10268776@N00/

Hi Mitch

thanks for your view of the M8 and MF - hard to make this comparison without 'hands on' so its good to get internet views.

Its interesting about digital vs film. I think its easy to get hung up on resolution and smoothness, but its the aesthetic issues that get less airtime on the net. As an example I have an old Rolleiflex T that produces a very good image, not because it is sharp (it is sharp enough though) but because its colour rendition and handling of flare are very very good. Scanned and printed images are favourites even though my Hasselblad 80F probably takes a sharper image. Somehow though scanned film images don't look so good on the web. Having said all that some of the M8 pix look great, I'd like to see prints though.

Nik