Godfrey
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That makes sense in the context of a technical camera, I understand. I expect the CFV50c II will have much the same capabilities as the X1D II, since it seems for all intents and purposes to be the business end of the X1D II minus the lens mount, grip, and hard controls packaged in a different form factor. Whether this is actually true or not, I will have to wait until there are some of these backs available somewhere so that I can try one out...Recently I've stuck an H5D-50c back on a tech cam, which I believe has live view capabilities similar to the original CFV-50c.
Live view on the H5D-50c works, but the screen is relatively low resolution, it has a low refresh rate, it doesn't do well in bright sunlight, and can be slow to adjust to changing lighting conditions. I imagine live view on the original CFV-50c is similar. It works, but it's not great.
Live view on the original X1D is much much better than that of the H5D-50c, so if the CFV-50cII has live view on par with or better than the original X1D (or maybe equal to that of the X1DII), IMHO it will be much easier to use and produce better results than the live view of the original CFV-50c.
My query was with respect to the use of the back CFV50c II on a Hasselblad 500 series body, like my 500CM, since that is my primary reason for wanting one of them. I don't believe (at this moment) that I'll be buying a technical camera.
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