ErikKaffehr
Well-known member
Hi,
My impression is that the release of the camera has been premature, in the sense that the full feature set is not available yet. Like there is only one AF point. Why? There has never been a CDAF camera with one AF-point, as far as I know. I could see a reason to announce early, if they wanted to steal the limelight from someone else, like Fujifilm, but not competitor to the the X1D has materialised yet.
So, a lot of folks have preordered the X1D, exact specifications unknown.
Something I don't like with the X1D is that it says "hand made in Sweden", what is hand made? It is assembled from Japanese components like any other camera. It may be that the body is tooled from a single piece of aluminium, but that is probably done using an NC milling machine.
Anyway, I feel it is a nice camera and a brave step into mirrorless by Hasselblad.
Best regards
Erik
My impression is that the release of the camera has been premature, in the sense that the full feature set is not available yet. Like there is only one AF point. Why? There has never been a CDAF camera with one AF-point, as far as I know. I could see a reason to announce early, if they wanted to steal the limelight from someone else, like Fujifilm, but not competitor to the the X1D has materialised yet.
So, a lot of folks have preordered the X1D, exact specifications unknown.
Something I don't like with the X1D is that it says "hand made in Sweden", what is hand made? It is assembled from Japanese components like any other camera. It may be that the body is tooled from a single piece of aluminium, but that is probably done using an NC milling machine.
Anyway, I feel it is a nice camera and a brave step into mirrorless by Hasselblad.
Best regards
Erik
I think they are still finalizing the hardware. At the preview I attended a month ago, I asked about stress on the lens mounts that could be caused with the use of heavier H lenses (such as the 35-90mm, 50-110mm, HTS/H combos, etc). The Hasselblad rep said that they are hoping to build in a tripod mount to the XH adapter, which current prototypes do not have, at least judging from the few pictures I have seen. This would help take stress of the lens mounts when using heavier H lenses such as the 35-90mm HCD or other lens combos with the HTS 1.5 adapter.