Well, I was after a Hasselblad H4D50 but the deal went bust - my wife started to get all sentimental about my Leica M9 - she loves the thing, she likes taking pictures with it and since both of us got married just the two of us in Bora Bora, that was pretty much the camera for the weeding - and she doesnt let me sell it. So not enough funds for a great deal of a H4D50 plus few lenses and extras.
Oh well, life moves on.
Now, theres a twist -I can get hand on a Pentax 645D plus lens, in mint shape if I trade in my old equipment ( DSLR's ) I dont use plus my noctilux and a relativily small amount of money OR the same deal for a H4D40 sans lens - all this keeping my M9.
Hasselblad lures me - always did. The lenses are gorgeous. But I have to shell out a bit more money and spend at least two months in tantonizing agony waiting for money to buy my first lens. Also I like the True Focus nitfy thing and the ability to use V lens and also the expandability of the system. Its modular, its perfect.
Pentax on the other hand involves bit less money and already comes with a lens BUT - and here is my but - the sensor is fine but its the future that worries me.
First of all the user base - Pentax entered the MFD arena with this camera - and I dont doubt its abilities - but I dont see a big user base. Alas, I know more people who had 645D and quit than people that still have them. By a factor of 3 or 4. Then the future - its their first MFD camera and they hoped to sell like hotcakes - it did in Japan, got mild enthusiasm in Europe and USA and then D800E poped up. While not comparable, you are hard to make comparisions.
With Hasselblad I can have expansion, lens that I lust for decades ( 100mm 2,2 mnham nham ) and future upgrades if I win the lottery by any means. I know I will have support and dealers to go.
Pentax is a big "WHAT IF". Its still lots of money for a camera and I'm quite afraid - dont doubt the camera abilities, its the manufacturer and expansion options - which are nill at the moment, which worries me. Camera announced almost three years ago and you have a couple of AF lenses - makes S2 lens shortage look like a boom.
Oh well, life moves on.
Now, theres a twist -I can get hand on a Pentax 645D plus lens, in mint shape if I trade in my old equipment ( DSLR's ) I dont use plus my noctilux and a relativily small amount of money OR the same deal for a H4D40 sans lens - all this keeping my M9.
Hasselblad lures me - always did. The lenses are gorgeous. But I have to shell out a bit more money and spend at least two months in tantonizing agony waiting for money to buy my first lens. Also I like the True Focus nitfy thing and the ability to use V lens and also the expandability of the system. Its modular, its perfect.
Pentax on the other hand involves bit less money and already comes with a lens BUT - and here is my but - the sensor is fine but its the future that worries me.
First of all the user base - Pentax entered the MFD arena with this camera - and I dont doubt its abilities - but I dont see a big user base. Alas, I know more people who had 645D and quit than people that still have them. By a factor of 3 or 4. Then the future - its their first MFD camera and they hoped to sell like hotcakes - it did in Japan, got mild enthusiasm in Europe and USA and then D800E poped up. While not comparable, you are hard to make comparisions.
With Hasselblad I can have expansion, lens that I lust for decades ( 100mm 2,2 mnham nham ) and future upgrades if I win the lottery by any means. I know I will have support and dealers to go.
Pentax is a big "WHAT IF". Its still lots of money for a camera and I'm quite afraid - dont doubt the camera abilities, its the manufacturer and expansion options - which are nill at the moment, which worries me. Camera announced almost three years ago and you have a couple of AF lenses - makes S2 lens shortage look like a boom.