Don't hold me to the exact date of release, but I do believe the MFDBs involved here are about
three years old in terms technology and when Phase One first offered them, and they were well-received. Three years old. I really don't see what the big deal is here----a price reduction on three year old technology is totally normal,
and it's not the first reduction either. Of course, for those of us with many years of experience with medium format digital, it's easy to see and understand these price cycles. But then again, you'd think common sense could prevail on occasion. (Think brand new car sold in the following product year = discount from msrp. Duh.)
And no one knows these new price cycles and product releases like Guy... :ROTFL: (Sorry couldn't help myself, Guy. So, when's the next twelve-step meeting? See you there...)
And from a portrait photographer who has shot with medium format digital backs for about ten years, I do find that positing a rather limited or micro experience opinion in medium format digital to be a hasty generalization and misleading to then paint the entire format or industry with a broad negative brush. It's unfair. It's deceptive. I don't find it helpful in the least. It doesn't give me that warm fuzzy feeling that I used to have when I described the "GetDPI family." Part of what made GetDPI so valuable as a resource is drawing from the actual personal experience of those who really own and use the equipment extensively, with an intimate knowledge of the benefits, negatives, quirks, and workarounds. If I wanted anecdoctal comments from a Google search, I can do that myself.
For someone who has so publicly bid farewell to medium format digital on GetDPI, I find it rather ironic that Fred still seems to be so entrenched in medium format digital, or is Dante's pull so strong that he's just looking for a good deal? :ROTFL:
Hell, if I bid farewell to a camera system (or indeed the entire medium format digital industry) and I received an email from a dealer, I call that junk mail or spam, and I hit the delete button and that's the end of it. No need to post about it on the forum in hopes of uncovering some vast Phase One or Hasselblad conspiracy theory.
Of course, just my .02.