Here's my take on this review:
I immediately had a credibility issue ... not from my bias from selecting a Hasselblad, but more from actually
using a Hasselblad. Don't care what this person's credentials are, personal experience trumps credentials every time in my book.
The meter issue is pure nonsense ... actually it's ludicrous. Either Marc D has incredibly rotten luck and got 2 bad cameras that were defective in exactly the same way (odds of that?), or something else is up which I won't speculate on. If my Hassey gear was that much off, they would have heard my expletive-deleatives all the way to Denmark and Sweden ... because I sure am NOT shy about stuff like that.
The color issue was so blatantly a result of lack of knowledge on the use of Phocus as to render all following evaluations suspect. Especially true for the latest version of Phocus which has a bit of a learning curve even for experienced users of Phocus. I literally laughed out loud when I looked at the color of Hassey shot ... set up your defaults and preferences for crying out loud. I'd speculate that if I were to process the same images my relative lack of skill with C1 compared to Phocus would render opposite results to his.
If using these programs was a no-brainer and it was all rote learning, there would be no need for instructions or even seminars on the use of Phocus or C1 to get the most out of them.
I admit to not understanding the "plastic" comment ... H cameras are made using solid stainless steel housings and high-strength aluminum for the core ... not plastic. I'll leave it to a Phase One camera owner to comment on what their camera is made of ... which I doubt is all plastic. Not sure what he's asking for here ... a chrome plated camera?
What I did glean from the article is that for most practical purposes, the 60 meg sensor looks like a good compromise to the more limited use MS camera ... unless most of the work is in the studio shooting fabrics and minute detail.
If someone wants to bias a test, here's a hint ... make it more subtile and not laughably obvious. Winning by a nose is enough at these prices. :ROTFL:
Speaking of prices: I just got an e-mail from my Hassey dealer. Blow-Out special pricing on a new H3D-II/31 with full factory warranty:
$11,995. for the complete kit with 80 lens ... $9,995. without lens.
Glad I sold my H3D-II/31 some time ago.
What a rotten investment this stuff is unless you get off the upgrade merry-go-round and learn to love the one you're with ... or jump on the recent promos before the manufactures come to their senses again
Marc