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    Phase 1 and pixel shift, ms, whatever

    Since any sensor can be actuated, and some of us shoot a lot of static scenes and want to print big, there's certainly a market for it no matter how good next year's sensor will be. (Whether it's large enough to justify the R&D, I don't know.) I tend to come back with very few images from...
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    Phase 1 and pixel shift, ms, whatever

    We do have those apples-to-apples comparisons: take any HB multishot back and compare it to the non-MS image out of it or out of a similar Phase back with the same size sensor. It's not even close. All the more reason for Phase to get it together and give us an actuated sensor for pixel...
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    Phase 1 and pixel shift, ms, whatever

    Doug's reply is the standard you'll see in forums. However, what he neglects to mention is that comparing a modern 100MP single-shot sensor to older or lower-resolution pixel-shift sensors is also not apples-to-apples. A 100MP back with multishot would wipe the floor with the single-shot...
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    X1D Feedback and Questions

    I'm getting the NO CARD/must reset issues with the stock 16GB card that Hasselblad shipped with the camera, which is also all I've used so far. I've seen it two times in three ~two-hour field shooting sessions. I've also seen a different error on the display once with wording something like...
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    Fun with X1D

    Finally got to spend some time today, in nice weather, shooting the way I like to shoot most. A long walk, handheld, no particular place to go, big city (Sydney). Observations: I'm getting many more keepers at a given shutter speed than with the D800e. I'd guess about a stop or 1.5 of...
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    New Firmware for X1D

    I specifically requested Nikon's auto-ISO algorithm in my note to Ove. He didn't acknowledge it, but said the low and high ISO settings are "at least a start." This is the kind of thing that should be pretty easy to add to an FPGA firmware, as opposed to eye tracking or something super...
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    X1D Features request updates

    Thanks for inciting me to write Ove. I sent my short list last night, and I got a reply already: Regarding MF zoom-assist control, And regarding stacking,
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    Fun with X1D

    Just got mine this evening and did some fooling around in the dark. I mostly shoot flat field macro abstracts on a tripod in the field, so small and good at focusing are what I care about. I like to print very large (2-3m on the long axis sometimes), so I end up stitching and/or stacking a...
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    Where is the X1D ????

    My X1D shipped from Adorama today, whee. I was probably the first one to place an order with them back in the summer.
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    Focusing helical stiffness: Arca rm3di vs Alpa

    Great point, Jim. I definitely am only going CMOS, which obviates half of the focusing features of a lot of these cameras. Fine by me, although a little awkward for the industry I guess. I didn't have trouble seeing the "snap" on my subjects, but they were flat things with a lot of fine...
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    Focusing helical stiffness: Arca rm3di vs Alpa

    Thanks Paul, I was duly impressed with the rm3di. I definitely plan to use a lot of tilt for my style of shooting, so the in-body tilt is nice. If/when I am using a wider lens I will be moving up close a fair bit, and in my quick test I found that even 45 or 90 degrees of turning was kind of...
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    Focusing helical stiffness: Arca rm3di vs Alpa

    Thanks. My understanding is that the HPF ring is just a marking, but the underlying helical (and focus "precision") is unaffected -- right? If that's true, I think the only reason I'd pay any extra for HPF is for resale value at this point, given how live view is kind of the ultimate focus...
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    C1 Copying and Pasting White balance with IQ180

    I don't know if C1 works the same way, but in LR when you copy and paste a white balance setting, it either copies the manually-selected values or the "use the camera's setting" value. When you copy and paste the latter "value", the pasted images revert to the embedded selection in the raw...
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    Focusing helical stiffness: Arca rm3di vs Alpa

    Today I got a chance to play with an rm3di for a few hours. The big focus ring was very precise, but I also found it stiff. My wimpy fingers were starting to feel sore after just a few spins of it. (I also have issues with my hands that make certain gripping motions more painful than they...
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    When will Capture One, version 9.0.3 be available?

    Sure, and it's just a bigger gross transaction -- there's a body and usually at least one lens outlay, plus a new customer with future value.
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    When will Capture One, version 9.0.3 be available?

    People who order the back with an XF body, as a kit, are apparently getting priority.
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    Which MF system for me?

    Thanks for this insightful description of how you'd fit your system into my pattern. I follow what you're saying, and I agree: it might be not quite enough better to justify the increases (in $, kg, time). In fact, that is the fundamental concern I have, that I won't get enough return for the...
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    Which MF system for me?

    I could have picked better terminology, but I was trying to express macro ratios at the sensor, yes. So some small stuff, like 6 or 8 inches across, up to pretty big subjects. Plenty of small stuff. If it helps, the Zeiss 135mm can do about 1:4, which is about as much as I ever do. I...
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    Which MF system for me?

    I think I'm with you now. So the ideal thing would be to shift way up, into the upper region of a lens with a bigger angle of view, sort of like the equivalent of shooting with a wider lens and then just cropping to the top part of the image. This gives the benefit of parallel projection (and...
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    Which MF system for me?

    I would say the tiny stuff is less common, but a lot of the detail is, er, in the fine details, for sure. :) Sometimes I find big walls or surfaces that are interesting, like this one that's probably five feet across: But just as often the thing is pretty small, like this one that's maybe...
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