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Where is the X1D ????
- Thread starter etto72
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Ming Thein adds to the Hasselblad story - https://blog.mingthein.com/2017/01/29/short-term-pain-long-term-gain/#more-14094
Godfrey
Well-known member
Funny stuff. People are saying the same about the new Leica M10 battery ... :toocool:
It must take more time than expected to get these things into the pipeline.
G
Godfrey
Well-known member
I checked with the Hasselblad office in the US. I was told the spare batteries and the HC lens adapter should be available within two weeks.
Looks like the UK is finally getting some deliveries. I ordered directly from Hasselblad UK in June and just got an email saying that it should arrive next week. If so that is great timing since I am off to India the following week and the X1D is definitely suitable - it means that I won't have to lug a larger H series camera around with me. I was also told that the adapter will be available in mid-march and that it will work with autofocus with newer HC lenses (not sure what "newer" actually means but some rumours on the forums say post 2006). I also ordered a couple of extra batteries but no confidence that those will be available before I leave.
Great that you are going to have your camera for the trip.
Under the penalty of being called captain obvious: Please carry a second camera if it's a one in a lifetime trip
Ah, and remember to post pictures when you return
Best regards,
I tend to doubt the spare batteries will be available before you leave for India. You may want to consider getting a car AC charger and/or a backup battery pack that has an AC outlet to use to recharge the X1D battery.
No, I also have no confidence that extra batteries will be available, but from reports and from my Hasselblad rep a battery should give about 280 shots (others have suggested a bit more). That will probably be OK given that I have a very specific agenda already planned. Also India has a perfectly good electricity system and we will be staying in hotels overnight. And yes I will be taking rather a lot of cameras - the main one being an ancient 503cx with a lot of film and my Sony A7ii plus others. Anticipating that the X1D would not arrive before departure I was mulling over whether to buy an A7rii and use the A7ii as a digital backup and had also arranged to hire a H5D-50 in India. If it does arrive that makes the hire obsolete and I can use the A7II as a digital backup. Looking around the UK at the moment - dull, grey, windy and wet - I am suddenly getting quite enthused about a couple of weeks in the sun and colour of India. Will certainly report back as to how the X1D works as a travel camera - always assuming it does arrive - never count your chickens...
Erik Lundqvist
Member
:angry::bugeyes:
Is this post-BREXIT treatment for UK customers?
JoshMerwin
Member
Joe is awesome! I found out that mine is in transit just after he told me his was available. So I am getting mine form my dealer next week and hopefully someone else who has been waiting can get his.
Godfrey
Well-known member
Annoying, but such it is.
(This spoken by someone whose expected "two hour job" to install new laundry appliances has now taken approximately a month... and it still isn't finished. Sigh...)
G