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Exactly my point.The Verge review is more nuanced than the other available ones right now, but did only I find the reviewers' desperation somewhat ridiculous telling the X2D was lesser because it allegedly has less Mpx than the GFX 100S while both have the same effective 102 million pixels?
This is completely true. I believe that the vast majority of those who are buying Fuji GFX cameras (or considering an X2D) are evaluating them by looking at FF cameras and expecting them to be just like a Sony A1 or a Nikon Z9/7II but with more megapixels. A perfect replacement of a Sony A1 or Nikon Z9 that will do just about everything that those FF cameras can do. That makes no sense at all. A MFD system will never replace a FF system like a Sony A1 or a Nikon Z9. An X2D or even a GFX 100S will leave you wanting. My own point of comparison is a 6x7 Mamiya 7 film camera. In that light, the X2D looks VERY favorable.The real problem with the newest MF mirrorless form factor and price is that FF people "recognise" them and then think this is just an upgrade to their FFs.
So all of them complain about the slowness of the autofocus, the absence of video features and the lack of 30 fps.
At least with the MF reflex cameras there was no such risk. Those kids once stayed away like they were the plague.
But the gap is really closing.
The 2MP difference is only 1MP less than what the Nikon D1 offered in total some 23 years ago, at a price comparable to either the Fuji or the Hasselblad. Food for thought?
I agree and back in the day the difference in terms of image quality was more impressive. If one used just math without taking into account applications a 22 mega pixel digital back vs a 6 megapixels full frame (or crop that was normal back on the day) is less that 4 time more, so a 150 MP Phase one vs a Nikon D800, but in reality the difference between a 22MP y 6MP is more because the applications that need 150MP are limited, and today a lot of viewing is on the WEB or printed and at most common sizes (including many big prints). 50mep is more than enough, and with the new software even more so.The real problem with the newest MF mirrorless form factor and price is that FF people "recognise" them and then think this is just an upgrade to their FFs.
So all of them complain about the slowness of the autofocus, the absence of video features and the lack of 30 fps.
At least with the MF reflex cameras there was no such risk. Those kids once stayed away like they were the plague.
But the gap is really closing.
same here. My initial reaction was TakeMyMoney but my enthusiasm has cooled, for now. Although IBIS is a great addition, and the flippy screen is an improvement (but as useful as a chocolate teapot in vertical orientation), the top screen seems utterly pointless, losing the mode dial is ridiculous, the same fiddly ways of focus point selection is massively disappointing, and I use crop modes constantly. Although personally I’ve never even switched it on, dumping GPS is surely going to upset some people, ditto video (maybe). The lack of video seems less like a product plan than an engineering failure. Or a lack of thorough heat budgeting at the design stage. And as for those riduculous retro strap lugs, well.. It does seem to me that the X2D has been rushed out. Unfinished in a different way to the X1D, but still unfinished. Of course it looks gorgeous, I sure it feels great to handle, and Hans Strand’s endorsement counts for a lot, so I hope it will evolve to fix some of these issues. But for now I’ll suffer the terrible hardship of making do with the fabulous X1DII.
Yep - my reason to purchase this would be to replace my XPan as current Imacon scans of those negatives given me around 12,000 pixels on the long edge so the 100MP resolution here would about equal that. That's not critical, but I was hoping that the crop mode would be included from the launch as composing with the panoramic framing is essential to the way I work. I assume crop modes will be added back in the coming months, if so it will be back on my list.
Sure. But you'd have thought they'd have learnt their lesson. They certainly have claimed to...
