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I think it's not so much a matter of "electrical circuit information" as it is "protocol used by Phocus to fire the camera when tethered by USB". It should be possible to reverse-engineer this with either a hardware or software USB packet sniffer. Something like this, for example (if your computer is infested with Windows):Perhaps nothing is happening in the development of a third party wired cable release for the X1D because the electronic circuit information has not been made public.
After all of the discussion of the cable release problems, I believe the current X1D Design may not be compatible with a wired release. Perhaps the new X2D Design will address the problem but only if the Hasselblad Desigers decide if it is necessary?
Speaking as somebody whose day job is in the software business: there's a lot of hidden overhead and expense associated with new releases (particularly QA testing and packaging). I also think most of Hasselblad's firmware development resources are probably devoted to support of upcoming lenses and the next generation of sensors (for both the H and X series). I'd expect to see new firmware when they're ready to release the next batch of lenses - they'll probably roll in fixes for annoying but non-critical bugs at that time. They're a small company, after all.The conflict between the self timer and auto bracketing also has not been solved. Hasselblad is well aware of the problem including input from Ming but there has no mention of a firmware fix. Perhaps the conflict is not due oversight on the part of Hasselblad but rather a basic incompatibility of the two functions?
Yeah, all the mechanical cable release adapters are pretty kludgy. This one:In an attempt to use auto bracketing in conjunction with some type of remote shutter activation, several X1D Users including myself have fabricated mechanical brackets for positioning a cable release tip directly above the X1D Shutter Button. My design works but it is so crude and ugly that I am embarrassed to use it. It sure turns a beautiful camera into a "Rube Goldberg" toy!
THANKS HASSELBLAD
Hopefully we'll see a wired release before then. Having to replace a $9K (or 7K if you bought recently) body just to get a :cussing: cable release is absurd.I think a wired release would definitely be very useful.
And a vertical grip.
Hopefully we'll see these things in an X2D.
Amen - Upgrading to the X2D just to gain a cable release socket is crazy! Let's hope Hasselblad agrees and gives (or even sells) a release for the X1D!Hopefully we'll see a wired release before then. Having to replace a $9K (or 7K if you bought recently) body just to get a :cussing: cable release is absurd.
Of the lenses announced in November 2017, only the 21mm has been released and there has been no word on when the others might be available. I haven't even been able to buy the 21mm despite placing an order in May shortly after it was first available.
Joe
I understand the disappointment with the pace for the release of new lenses for the X1D. I am anxiously awaiting several myself. However, I do think it is important to recognize that Hasselblad is not a big company that has complete control over the design and manufacture of the XCD lenses, like Fuji.Hasselblad is outsourcing the manufacture of the lenses to a third party in Japan, Nittoh. I am by no means a lens designer/manufacturer, but I assume that the process is not a simple and straightforward one where Hasselblad can quickly design a lens on a computer back in Sweden, send the specs to Nittoh, and within a few weeks Nittoh will start to produce them in high volume. I think it's much more complicated and time consuming, with ongoing design and manufacturing choices to be made and the production of prototypes that are then tested both in the lab and in the real world shooting photographs. Two things give me comfort and make it easier to accept the delays. One, as much as you and I want Hasselblad to release the lenses, Hasselblad wants to release them even more.Two, all 5 of the XCD lenses released to date have been terrific lenses. The bar has been set high by Hasselblad (and Fuji!). Whatever complaints we are hearing about the slow timetable for releasing the new lenses, it's a murmur compared to the uproar that would ensue if any of the new lenses isn't stellar.Hi,
They continue to have problems with communication. The new administration told us that they like to do and not talk, but this is 2018 and some level of communication is, close to mandatory.
Just before the announcement of the shipping of the 21mm, I was wondering if they just back off from the commitment or something.
It was not the case. I don't want them promising something that they will not fulfill
but something that shows they are working on the lenses (maybe like: we changed the shutter so it will be quieter, and that delay us a little).
Right now, it looks to me, that they are fully committed to the X platform.
Even if they proceed, sometimes, in a frustrating way.
Best regards,
I understand the disappointment with the pace for the release of new lenses for the X1D. I am anxiously awaiting several myself. However, I do think it is important to recognize that Hasselblad is not a big company that has complete control over the design and manufacture of the XCD lenses, like Fuji.Hasselblad is outsourcing the manufacture of the lenses to a third party in Japan, Nittoh. I am by no means a lens designer/manufacturer, but I assume that the process is not a simple and straightforward one where Hasselblad can quickly design a lens on a computer back in Sweden, send the specs to Nittoh, and within a few weeks Nittoh will start to produce them in high volume. I think it's much more complicated and time consuming, with ongoing design and manufacturing choices to be made and the production of prototypes that are then tested both in the lab and in the real world shooting photographs. Two things give me comfort and make it easier to accept the delays. One, as much as you and I want Hasselblad to release the lenses, Hasselblad wants to release them even more.Two, all 5 of the XCD lenses released to date have been terrific lenses. The bar has been set high by Hasselblad (and Fuji!). Whatever complaints we are hearing about the slow timetable for releasing the new lenses, it's a murmur compared to the uproar that would ensue if any of the new lenses isn't stellar.
I hate to say it, and I do so with great respect, but the people who buy first into a new system like this are the ones who are making the whole thing happen and they do burden things like this. I have been in that situation a couple times and it is very frustrating. Unfortunately someone has to do it though.Hi,
They continue to have problems with communication. The new administration told us that they like to do and not talk, but this is 2018 and some level of communication is, close to mandatory.
Just before the announcement of the shipping of the 21mm, I was wondering if they just back off from the commitment or something.
It was not the case. I don't want them promising something that they will not fulfill
but something that shows they are working on the lenses (maybe like: we changed the shutter so it will be quieter, and that delay us a little).
Right now, it looks to me, that they are fully committed to the X platform.
Even if they proceed, sometimes, in a frustrating way.
Best regards,
No it doesn’t. We’re expecting it will be added at some pointDoes the X1D do focus stacking with the recent firmware updates? I looked at the most recent version of the owner's manual and couldn't find anything. Thanks.
John
Thanks.No it doesn’t. We’re expecting it will be added at some point
New 3400mAh battery available now in Europe. Not on the Hasselblad US store site yet. Here's an ad from Robert White (UK):
Joe
Actually, Hasselblad has shipped a number of 21mm lenses. If you go over to the X1D Facebook page, there are are many photographers all over the world who have uploaded photos taken with the 21mm lens. By all accounts, it is an exceptional lens. The simple reality is that demand has exceeded the supply. This is the way it works for products that are in high demand. For those that have ordered it and not taken delivery, it sucks. I think I recently read that the Nikon D850 is still backordered over a year after it started shipping.Speaking of unavailable items, in this press release, Hasselblad said that the 21mm, 35-70mm, and 65mm would all be available in the first half of 2018:
https://www.hasselblad.com/press/press-releases/hasselblad-expands-the-lens-range-for-the-x1d-50c/
We are now more than a month into the second half of 2018 and none of these lenses are actually available. The only one that can even be pre-ordered is the 21mm... It seems they haven't learned from their previous history of announcing dates and then not even remotely keeping them...