Please do not put words in my mouth that I did not say, or interpolate them to arrive at some self-serving conclusion of your own.I think there's plenty of evidence. Hasselblad is passed around from owner to owner like a bad penny. Phase is constantly churning new products that are significantly better every time - that takes a lot of money in R&D budgets.
I have a source inside the company who assured me that the body will be out by the end of this year. Let's talk again on Christmas and see if I am mistaken or not.
Seems maybe you haven't worked with the new generation backs from Phase. They are very different from the previous generation - which was on the same level as Hasselblad. The tethering - FW or USB - is totally different, and much better. As far as IQ, I can see a clear difference between the last gen to the one before last.
fotografz (on your side) just said this: The IQ from the 50 (Kodak) is different from the 60 (Dalsa) … so it isn't just choosing one that may be cheaper (depending on what and how you shoot).
So we can agree that H backs not 60 have lower IQ than current Phase backs?
By anti consumer I did not mean the dealer attitude (don't get me started), but closing the system to any external building blocks, and forcing the user to change body and back at the same time. It seems a large segment of the market did not appreciate that. And what about the ridiculous Hasselblad branded trash cameras that appeared inexplicably? That did not help build brand confidence.
The Hasselblad 50 back is stellar, and NOT like the 39 meg Kodak sensors that the two companies once shared. The 50 was a technological advancement over the previous backs, and is a choice which Phase does't offer … as was the H4D/40 over the older 31 meg sensors, a 40 meg back which, IMO, out-performed the Phase 40 meg version (high ISO IQ without pixel binning, and longer exposures).
The 50 sensor is the basis of the Muti-Shot backs including the H5D/200, which stands alone in the industry for color reproduction and detail capture … despite wishful thinking propaganda to the contrary.
The difference between the Hasselblad 50 and 60 lie with the differences between a Kodak sensor and a Dalsa sensor … different characteristics which offer choices … so it isn't just a price based, but a use based consideration.
Thanks,
- Marc
Oh, BTW, when Hasselblad closed their system I didn't care a twit. Why would I? The only other full featured, supported 645 still in production was the Mamiya camera … why would I want that over the H camera?