![]() This is old and while still available for desktops I have not been able to source a reliable interface for smaller computers and laptops. The Aptus 22 has a couple of peculiar aspects that you need to know beforehand. After checking online, the Aptus 5 II, its direct successor, seems to be pretty much the same machine, at least as far as image quality is concerned, as the Aptus 22. While being a lot more expensive and having 50% more pixels it provided the same image quality to my eye, so I went with the Aptus 22. And to drown out the noise of the fan I put on a cool record □Īround 2009 Leaf superseded their original Aptus series with the Aptus II that came in several variants including a 33 megapixel version (Aptus 7 II) which I tested against the Aptus 22. That said the backs shine especially on a viewcamera like the Cambo Ultima and tethered to a computer, in which case battery life is no issue. This does not help with battery life I imagine and it also makes some noise that can irritate in a quiet studio. Also, Leaf uses active cooling for their sensors so there is a fan in the back. ![]() Especially the screen is very bad, tethered liveview is only black and white and very slow, battery life is bad and startup of the back is long. Old digital back…Ī the end of 2005 the Aptus 22 came to the market as a state of the art digital medium format back, but as of now it shows its age. Medium format / 645 crop factor is about 1.1. It measures 36 x 48 mm (twice the size of a ‘full frame’ 35 mm sensor). The sensor is a Kodak CCD with infrared filter mounted in front of it. More so than any other camera I have owned. Don’t plan to use it with any ISO beyond 100 because noise will be a problem. The Aptus 22 is a 22 megapixel digital back with a native ISO of 25. (SOOC = Straight Out Of Camera.) One of my Aptus 22 backs, shot with the other Aptus 22 specs Also included are full res SOOC sample photographs for you to judge. In this post I will talk specifically about the Leaf Aptus 22 and share two quirks that might help other users that encounter problems with the Aptus digital backs from Leaf. For a complete writeup (including prices) of my journey towards my current Cambo + Leaf Aptus 22 setup follow the link.
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