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I own both a Leica 006 and 007. I was really hesitant at buying the 007 since it had the same pixel count. But I read about Leica's improvement in processing, etc. on the Red Dot Forum (http://www.reddotforum.com/content/2014/11/why-leica-is-staying-at-37-5mp-for-the-s-typ-007/) and decided to buy. Boy, what an upgrade. I'm no expert either, but it's safe to say that there is much more to manufacturers and camera systems than just the number of pixels on the sensor.
Very much agree and those same differences you saw with processing speeds of the S006 vs. S007, can also be said for the differences between the Pentax 645D and 645Z. Both from what I could tell had excellent written firmware (although someone with knowledge of the actual firmware coding could tell of efficiency differences between the two), so I ascribed faster image review, read/write speeds and other camera processing differences mostly to their respective processors.
does this comes as a surprise ? but when there are hardware problems too i hope this does not turn into a disaster for them. i also think they posted the manual to lower expectations and to tell that many of the features some are hoping for will not make it in the final version.
Some of the issues you raise are more problematic than others. Having the ISO shown in the viewfinder when Auto ISO is selected should be a firmware feature that should not be difficult to add. That I can deal with. However, repeated crashes and slow operation are another matter. Those kinds of issues are not acceptable in a shipping product. I will give Hasselblad the benefit of the doubt that the important issues will be fixed before the X1D ships. If it turns out that they were not, I will return the camera.
Actually, I would primarily use the X1D with a tripod for landscape work. My goal is to replace the 30+ pound Phase One/H2 kit I now use with something much lighter but that still offers image quality comparable to my IQ180. My days of hiking with that amount of weight are over. If the X1D works for me in handheld situations, that would be a plus, but I have other cameras to fill that need.
That makes perfect sense.
That's good news
Joe, I think it's a marketing issue for Hasselblad on a couple of levels. Obviously, any really good photographer can take "professional" quality images with an X1D; it's the same sensor that Hasselblad and Phase One have been sticking into their high end systems for the past 3 years or so and telling us that they were the greatest thing since sliced bread. The price point for the X1D and its lenses is significantly lower than the H6 cameras, so Hasselblad is likely ambivalent about how to position the X1D. However, if the X1D is a "professional" camera system, what is the H6 series? Also, Hasselblad wants the market for the X1D to be broader than for true, working "professionals" whose primary source of income is as a photographer. They want to sell it to that much larger category of photographers known as "semi-professionals", "enthusiasts", "prosumers", or "rich dentists". Nobody really likes any of those terms, but we know Phase One has very successfully tapped into it. (It would be very interesting to know what percentage of Phase sales is into that market.) The X1D has even more potential for that market because it is VERY light and portable compared to a Phase One XF system with Blue Ring lenses.
every camera a professional uses is a professional camera but
You completely misunderstood my points. Not surprising, since you have an axe to grind here. As for whether a "real professional" would find the Fuji GFX "far more appealing" than the X1D, that's ridiculous. Like so many others with an axe to grind, you think your needs are everyone else's needs. Perhaps you don't know that many professionals need leaf shutter lenses. The X1D has them now; the Fuji does not. Fuji says they are working on a leaf shutter solution? If you show me a "professional" who buys into a camera system in reliance upon that kind of statement, I will show you a fool.
do you have first hand experience shooting advertising, food, people, corporate... work or with how many of this kind of photographers have you talked about the x1d vs gfx ? i just wonder where your expertise comes from because there is a great difference between what amateurs think professionals need and the reality, internet forums can give a very distorted impression what is really important when you work in this fields. i have not spoken to one colleague who does not think a moveable viewfinder and lcd is favorable to a fancy design and when leaf shutter lenses are the only way to go i don´t understand why so much great outdoor fashion work was shot with canon or nikon....
So, your take is that leaf shutter lenses are not all that important to real professionals who shoot advertising, food, people and corporate, and what's really critical are articulating viewfinders and LCDs? Hmmm. Who are all these so-called "professionals" that Hasselblad and Phase have been selling to?
