Hey forum,
thanks to all for your opinions and ideas about this topic - and also for your kind words about my work.
First of all, I want to mention that a lot of you have the same feeling as me when it comes to form factor: The Hassey is not really a small nor portable cam, and transporting it to the locations is always something to manage carefully (not to mention the customs ...).
Apart from that, there has been also a lot of opinions about the change itself, the lack of the beloved TrueFocus (which was the main reason for my upgrade from the H3DII) compared with my Nikon - it's always a pain to move the AF-field for a new shot regardless how easy it handles).
And finally, there have been some ideas about the upgrade path - it's just one model available from Leica, whereas Hasseblad gives me the opportunity to upgrade to 60 MPix if necessesary.
So, after reading all your ideas and opinions, I will stick with my workhorse made from stainless steel. It delivers what I love and am crazy about - sharp images with beautiful skin tones and rich details, whereas for my more portable needs, my Nikon D600 serves very well.
As I had all my photos in review while doing my
promotional video, even with extreme closeups and 100%-views on screen, I saw that there is really no reason to switch over to another system in terms of quality - it's about the form factor, and there's an answer to that as I own more than one camera.
I want to thank
Steve Brickles for his opinion on models, MUA and locations - it's a very much appreciated impulse for my improvement of future work.
Stan ROX