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Rodrigo, have they given up on this for the IQ4?Will be IQ5 only....
I honestly don't know Greg, I was being facetious, but 2 years is more than enough time to deliver something they promised from day one. I am not a programmer, but it cannot be that hard, unless they made a hardware blunder that makes it impossible. They may have a hard time confessing that the $45K we spent on this back won't get us the features we signed up for. I don't get why, it worked perfectly on my IQ3100.Rodrigo, have they given up on this for the IQ4?
I hope that proves to be the case!Conjecture aside, I believe the last word other than “it’s coming”, was dealers said during the last feature update a few months ago to expect something soon”.
I'm not sure exactly when it happened, but C1 and P1 are no longer the same company. Although I am sure they obviously still work closely on many things, any app development for the IQ4 would be by P1 team, not C1 team.I think they just don't have the resources. Probably team changes and lack of resources given focus on industrial / repro and prosumer photography. This is private equity owned. There's a directive to invest where the highest returns are - these are with C1 for the broader market at the moment. I mean this is the foremost forum for digital MF and there's barely activity. Lula is dead. It will come, I am sure, but we can only speculate what happened. It makes them more money to make sure the Fuji camera plays nice with C1 than to make some hobbyists in forums happy by pushing out another free firmware upgrade.
Somewhat in jest, perhaps they should be a bit more creative, and find a photographer+programmer and just gift them a IQ4 150 as payment for a working mobile app or something. (I'd do it!) Actually the easiest solution would be to open source/publish some specs for at least interfacing wirelessly with the back, and let others create for them.I think they just don't have the resources. Probably team changes and lack of resources given focus on industrial / repro and prosumer photography. This is private equity owned. There's a directive to invest where the highest returns are - these are with C1 for the broader market at the moment. I mean this is the foremost forum for digital MF and there's barely activity. Lula is dead. It will come, I am sure, but we can only speculate what happened. It makes them more money to make sure the Fuji camera plays nice with C1 than to make some hobbyists in forums happy by pushing out another free firmware upgrade.
After the new PE owners took over the split the businesses up and looked into how to optimise the cost base of each and make sure everything has the right costs attached to it. This happened last year. Cutting unnecessary inventory with sales reps, re-working pricing across lenses and XT to make sure all margins are the same - this is why we saw price hikes. The hardware business got re-focused on repro, industrial because the bigger price tickets - ie sell expensive stuff to miliatary and corporates and museums; taking away capital from the core photo business which is less and less attractive.I'm not sure exactly when it happened, but C1 and P1 are no longer the same company. Although I am sure they obviously still work closely on many things, any app development for the IQ4 would be by P1 team, not C1 team.
and support for Hasselblad rawC1 was separated because - well, software eats the world. It is far better to go fully mainstream and open up C1 as competitor to Adobe's software suite. Huge opportunity.
Still leaves me scratching my head that P1 has an industrial back that uses the GFX100 sensor but they chose to exit the 33x44mm market, and no one else has stepped up with a back that uses this sensor to date....seems like a niche in the MF world with room to grow for tech cam users or folks that want 100mp BSI medium format but don't want a GFX or to spend the $$ on a P1.Based on the amount of emails/interesting products from Phase One Industrial, they are concentrating more heavily on their drone and aerial business right now indeed. Anyone want to build a DIY medium format version of a sigma FP? https://geospatial.phaseone.com/cameras/ixm-rs150f
Thanks for the insight. You are obviously way more familiar with the situation than I am!Best thing for Phase would be to aim for a 10k plus unit sub 10kUSD mirrorless system compatible with XT, XF.