Do all R bodies have the same image quality?

[jaapv]

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The original question is one that could only have been asked in the digital age.🙄.
As for grain; of course medium format film will exhibit less grain than the same film on 135, everything else being equal, for the simple reason that the image will have less magnification.

[Canonier]

We have come quite a way from the initial question which concerned Leica R bodies. Now it’s suddenly about Hasselblad and medium format and that HP5 is grainier than for example T-Max. So what now?

[jaapv]

It’s the way threads tend to wander on this forum. Just go with me flow and carry on...

[Dreamplace]

6 hours ago, Camaro5 said:

My prior analog work was all on a Hasselblad 503CX medium format camera.  I've used various speeds of Tmax, Ektar, and some Fuji 120 roll films which did not exhibit the same level of grain that HP5+ had.   The HP5+ just had more grain than I liked.  Looking back, I should have used a film I was more familiar with for this particular shoot.  I don't develop film myself; it gets sent to a lab on the west coast for developing & high-res scanning.  

Ahaaah.... No 35mm negative will ever get even close to the grain and image quality of medium format. If you want minimal grain, use a film like Tmax 100, and have it developed in Xtol (if the lab gives you that option...). But even then, it will be more grainy than (scans from) medium format negatives.

Edited September 6, 2020 by Dreamplace

[elroustom]

I sent some Hp5+ out to be processed and it was grainer then when I do it myself. Who knows why? Generally though, 35mm is about grain, even Tmax and Delta - and scanning exacerbates grain. Love grain or shoot medium format. Ektar 100 well exposed and focused and scanned gives digital a run for its money - virtually no grain. 
 

R bodies give a range of experience but  the common thread is the metering and the lenses. My introduction was an R5 and I thought that was the best SLR I ever used until I got an R7. I think for slow exposures it’s exceptional. I’m not as impressed with the VF from Leica vs other SLRs I’ve used over the years, by that I mean, not a remarkable step up, but I’m really splitting hairs, my vision is also weakening. R bodies are all special.