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You're right of course: this sort of delay can happen to any company and rushing stuff out is a worse course than making people wait. I type that on a touchbar MacBook pro with a battery life of circa 2 hours....So my 'trust' in Hasselblad is unaffected by whatever these 'delays' are. To me, they are simply doing what they need to do to produce a quality product. Just like Apple is more than two months late shipping the AirPods: I'm sure the end product will be great—when they ship, they ship.
G
Why would that matter? The apps I've been using on the iPhone (and iPad) connect to the camera via WiFi. The camera itself can either connect through an existing WiFi network or creates its own WiFi hotspot to connect to. The latter setup is what you use in the field.^
What G said, except I also wouldn't use the phone as I'm often in very remote locations.
None is needed. It has WiFi built in.Maybe I missed something. There's no IR sensor for a wireless remote release on the X1D?
The Sony WiFi implementation is crap, as is their app ... I agree. It was the buggiest of all my WiFi equipped cameras and matching apps. Both my Olympus cameras and the SL are extremely robust and consistent in WiFi operation. I expect the X1D to be as well, or at least hope it is.I only use a cable release or the self timer to shoot landscapes or other stationary subjects on a tripod when the "decisive moment" is rarely critical. I tried the iPhone App for my Sony A7RII, and it was VERY buggy. Perhaps the Hassy version will be much better.
I was absent from the company for much of the Touch Bar MacBook Pro development cycle, but I could sure tell lots of stories of the 'almost a real disaster' from my 25 years at the company ... Well I could, but I can't because of my non-disclosure agreements.You're right of course: this sort of delay can happen to any company and rushing stuff out is a worse course than making people wait. I type that on a touchbar MacBook pro with a battery life of circa 2 hours....
I still think relying solely on Wifi for shutter release wasn't a particulary good idea, in my humble opinion.None is needed. It has WiFi built in.
G
You are welcome to your opinion and I have no problem with it.I still think relying solely on Wifi for shutter release wasn't a particulary good idea, in my humble opinion.
I no longer shoot landscape but spent many years so doing. The bane of my landscape shooting life was foliage/plant movement. A self timer was of no use whatsoever.I only use a cable release or the self timer to shoot landscapes or other stationary subjects on a tripod when the "decisive moment" is rarely critical. I tried the iPhone App for my Sony A7RII, and it was VERY buggy. Perhaps the Hassy version will be much better.
Further to my earlier response.Why would that matter? The apps I've been using on the iPhone (and iPad) connect to the camera via WiFi. The camera itself can either connect through an existing WiFi network or creates its own WiFi hotspot to connect to. The latter setup is what you use in the field.
G
I wasn't thinking of a wired remote but of an IR one. Pentax 645z has a IR sensor on both the front and back of the camera...simple and efficient (although the camera will support a wired one). I realize with a compact body such as a X1D, internal space is limited.You are welcome to your opinion and I have no problem with it.
However, having experience for three years using the Olympus E-M1 and for a year and some using the Leica SL, both of which have both remote shutter releases as well as WiFi apps on iPhone/iPad, I can tell you from my experience that I've used the cable remote with either of them about five or ten times whereas I've used the WiFi control app to do remote release hundreds and hundreds of times with both. It's just that much more convenient and less likely to be a problem in the field.
The only time I actually, really prefer the wired remotes is on the very rare occasion when I want to do extremely long, manually timed exposures, greater than 1-2 minutes.
If there's something I would leave out of a modern, high-zoot camera if I had to leave something out, the wired remote capability is one thing. Of course, since I know the X1D will also support tethered-by-wire control and operation—if not immediately, sometime soon—I'm sure that a wired remote will surface at one point or another. :toocool:
G
In fact, we were all in on it with Hasselblad. We have conspired for years against you and with the X1D an opportunity finally presented itself.I've read elsewhere that the lack of a cabled release was an oversight on the part of Hasselblad. Really? As far as I know every camera Hasselblad has ever made has had some form of cabled release.
No, this my friends, was simply a ploy to piss me off.
:facesmack: :cussing: :angry: :banghead:In fact, we were all in on it with Hasselblad. We have conspired for years against you and with the X1D an opportunity finally presented itself.
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Interesting, his startup time, whilst slow, is a lot faster than Carsten found even though the FW sounds older. Strange.Another user review @ https://www.dpreview.com/forums/post/58872147
"Point of reference: I am a sports photographer in the area of strength sports (weightlifting, powerlifting, CrossFit) and do both on location coverage of competitions as well as studio shooting with artificial light. I shoot a Nikon D800 and have never before used a mirrorless, medium format, or leaf shutter camera before (so my review will be done from that perspective)."
.Interesting, his startup time, whilst slow, is a lot faster than Carsten found even though the FW sounds older. Strange.