Designed for the full-frame Canon EOS-1Ds Mark II (sold separately), the Ultima 35 features 35mm portability, high-resolution digital quality images and studio capability all in one, and is the most affordable high-end digital solution available today. It is specifically designed to give photographers a lower-cost alternative to a medium format digital back, which can cost upwards of $20,000.
The Ultima 35's design allows the full-frame sensors of the 1Ds Mark II to be expanded into a complete photographic system - a tool that offers the perspective controls of a view camera and the excellent resolution of a full-frame 35mm-sensor digital camera. This design enables the photographer to photograph studio product, fashion, portrait, architecture or landscapes - both in the studio and on location, tethered to a computer or totally portable and wireless - in a unique combination of ultra-precise view camera movements with state-of-the-art digital technology.
When used in combination, the 1Ds Mark II will function as the capture device, while the Ultima 35 is the optical system that offers swings, tilts, lateral and vertical shift and critical focusing in order to create perfectly aligned images with the desired sharpness plane and depth of field. Cambo recommends the Schneider Digitar series of specially designed lenses for digital photography. Hasselblad lenses will work when mounted on a special adapter plate. In addition, any regular large format lens (over 90mm) will also work. No shutter is necessary, as all metering and exposure functions are controlled by the 1Ds.
Because the metering is done at the chip, there is no need to compute bellows compensation. Both front and rear standard movements provide for quick and easy set up of images. The Ultima 35 places the sensor exactly in the optical axis vertically, horizontally and front-to-back. Any rear movement, whether swing, tilt or shift keeps the ?film plane? on axis and in focus.
The camera body can be taken off quickly and used as a handheld camera with its own compatible lenses for shots that require a stand-alone application, and can just as easily be remounted onto the Ultima 35 again in perfect alignment for studio shooting.
The camera as a standard kit will only allow the DSLR to be mounted in a horizontal position. As an accessory, specific L-brackets will be available to mount the EOS-1Ds in a vertical position.
The Ultima is compatible with a full range of Cambo accessories. Package includes front and rear standard monorail, bag bellows and a dedicated camera plate. Camera, lens and lensboard are purchased separately.
