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There not kicking themselves at all just sticking to there plan. Things take time to make and they simply upgraded the DF on known issues and make it more reliable. What many don't realize is this DF+ is maybe more improvements than a underwhelming press release. They just downplayed this as its not there main thrust. They are going to be around a long time and maybe the last dog standing. They had huge success on the IQ last year, we can't assume that every year they have to top the year before. The body is really not the most important part of the image chain. You make the most important parts great one year than work on the rest. That's what they are doing.I bet Phase are really kicking themselves for such a wasted opportunity. Photokina glory was just handed to them on a plate.
Had they released a credible upgrade to the DF I'm sure many HB shooters would be considering a switch in the light of the Looney announcement.
Why? what on earth has the Lunar got to do with Hasselblad's medium format line which has now been further upgraded to the H5D (not a huge upgrade but its keeping pace or ahead of Phase)? The Lunar makes aboslutely no difference to the medium format camera line - except possibly as a source of additional income for its further developmentI'm sure many HB shooters would be considering a switch in the light of the Looney announcement.
HI QA lot of absolute tosh has been written about the Lunar. It's not the camera of my dreams but its an untested product at this moment in time. Lets wait and see what it's like when it is completed.
What........ Hasselblad released an H5D?Why? what on earth has the Lunar got to do with Hasselblad's medium format line which has now been further upgraded to the H5D (not a huge upgrade but its keeping pace or ahead of Phase)? The Lunar makes absolutely no difference to the medium format camera line - except possibly as a source of additional income for its further development
Well, you can't blame him. Look at Apple. They were about the pros. Now, they are making a killing with the consumers. They couldn't care any less about the pros not being happy.....
He think it was wrong to focus on the pro market ".....
Yeah, but I don't see Samsung taking the iPhone 5 and labeling it SAMSUNG and charging 'x' thousands dollars for itWell, you can't blame him. Look at Apple. They were about the pros. Now, they are making a killing with the consumers. They couldn't care any less about the pros not being happy.
Leica special editions are just that; Special Editions, and they are made in limited quantities making them sought after by collectors. They are also Leica cameras, which is a value in itself.But like all the Leica special editions, I can imagine these selling pretty well (although possibly not to the members of GetDPI . . . . . and the price suggests a hefty profit margin.
Hi JonoHI Q
I think it is thoroughly tested - you can read the NEX7 review at dPreview (and a splendid camera it is too). Unless of course the 6 Hassleblad technicians mentioned rewrite the firmware and spoil it!
But every 'special edition' camera is met with this kind of vitriol, but you have to admit that this one does looks pretty vulgar, and the big fat body rather destroys the point of the NEX7 as well. But like all the Leica special editions, I can imagine these selling pretty well (although possibly not to the members of GetDPI . . . . . and the price suggests a hefty profit margin.
On the other hand, I can imagine a pretty good prospect of a collaboration with Sony, who produce fantastic sensors, and seem to be particularly imaginative right now (RX100 RX1, A99, NEX6 all look like fantastic and innovative cameras). Maybe the next collaboration will be more about function than form.
Well, it seems rather esthetically and intellectually limited to me.The Lunar comes in what seems to an unlimited number of "looks", and there's nothing "limited" about it by any definition of the word. (..).