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I've red 290€ on a french site.If anything will annoy me it's if the adaptor for the HC glass is in the hundreds of bucks. I might not actually buy into the system if that's the case as initially at least I'll be relying on HC glass.
There's an 80mm 2.8 with my name all over it.
Leica for sure. Pentax prices might drop quite a bit though.I might have one soon for trial so I cross my fingers to not having it by the end of the year. I think this one, at this price (7900€) kill the leica and the Pentax.
Hmm, having had a play around with the image of the front of the X1D in P/S, I'm don't see any way the 100MP sensor (at least not one that's 53 x 40) would work with H lenses mounted via an adapter.
Since the H adapter will move the lens further away from the sensor, the current 100MP sensor would be obscured behind the bayonet on the body.
I guess the 100MP sensor is reserved for the H6D line.
None of those (apps) are crying out for a compact, lightweight camera.I'm confused about this camera. In which kind of photography this camera will excel? Perhaps landscape, product? Specialized synchro-sunlight photography like posed fashion or fine-art?
Any ideas?
The output in that case (E shutter) would drop to 12 bit. Not what I would want in a camera that costs this much.I believe it would be possible to use FPS lenses IF there's an electronic shutter. I'm not sure it has one or that it could be added through firmware updates.
True... It's an option though.None of those (apps) are crying out for a compact, lightweight camera.
Think about it though, this sort of discussion is far, far better than the Lunar stuff they came up with. :thumbup:
Congrats Hasselblad! :clap:
The output in that case (E shutter) would drop to 12 bit. Not what I would want in a camera that costs this much.
For me, doing travel photography and on-location industrial photography at difficult to reach places, this would be the ideal camera. With the 30mm in place and a lens somewhere around 200mm, preferably with close focusing abilities, I would be set for life... I thinkI'm confused about this camera. In which kind of photography this camera will excel? Perhaps landscape, product? Specialized synchro-sunlight photography like posed fashion or fine-art?
Any ideas?
Yes, it is a niche camera. As I said earlier in the thread, the difference between the Pentax and this one is the size/weight (significant advantage to the H) and the Hasselblad reputation behind the product. Price-wise it is no cheaper than the Pentax who are likely to cut down some more. The feature list of the Pentax is probably better as well.It is a niche camera indeed, but I think the niche is quite large. Actually I think more people will think that 50MP is a bit low rather than unnecessarily high. The thing is that the megapixel race is far from over, and 135 is already at 50MP with the 5Ds.
Low pixel count medium format gear simply doesn't sell. Each time I see the reaction to a new resolution king, like the IQ180 once was and now recently the IQ3 100MP, it's so very obvious that resolution is very important to sell medium format gear. Even if it's not strictly needed for your work, people need to feel that they have distanced themselves to the 135 format.
Because of the requirement of a LS, it should be relatively straightforward to use R/S and S/K lenses on the X1D. Just needs some sort of 'dumb' mount with the lens (in it's helical) on one end + a 'spacer' + the HB male bayonet on the other. Something that SK Grimes could do easily.
That would broadly be the equivalent of an Alpa TC + IQ350 / CFV-50C, but for a lot less.
No AF of course
I didn't ask for that directly...he said it during the discussion I had with him about the new "game changer" before its launch. May be he was "forecasting" but why a rep would assume that ?But until confirmed by Hasselblad itself, just a rumor, yes? I will admit though that a small part of the reason I bought mine was a gut feeling it might be the last CFV back they make.