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Absolutely! I am hoping for the best.Perhaps you will be pleasantly surprised (or disappointed!) if Hasselblad pulls it off. I can’t wait to see the reactions. :watch:
My dealer got his first copy in yesterday and I promptly bought it. Is now waiting for me in Milan, will pick it up on my way back from my Spring Workshop tour in early April and I can't wait!Speaking of new Hassys on the way, I just received a tracking number from Hasselblad US that the 135mm + TC that I ordered has shipped out and will be delivered to me on Monday. It’s been a long wait, but the early reports are that the lens and the TC are spectacular. Patience has its virtues.
Hey Dave, totally agree on this one - actually, given the similar tech specs of both products and the similar release dates I think that the Fuji GFX 50 vs X1D are a great case study for Industrial Design school:...
Create to Inspire! ...
Not "Form follows function"...
Well... presumably the supposed 100MP sensor from the Sony road map is 44mm x 33mm. What size is the current 50MP sensor again?will that 100MP sensor along with its main-board actually fit into the X1d body?
You don’t have to wait long. The forthcoming Fuji GFX 100S uses the new Sony 100MP sensor which is BSI. We will never see a 50MP cropped medium format sensor that is BSI. While many photographers justifiably feel that they don’t NEED 100MP, FF cameras with 60+ MP are just around the corner and selling a $5k camera with fewer MP than a FF Sony, Nikon or Canon is a nonstarter.I will stick with my 50MP camera until such time as I can see getting a BSI sensor-either 50 or 100.
BSI makes huge differences after being with a Phase guy who used non-BSI 100MP and 150MP BSI. His assessment was that he believed BSI was more important in his images than the increase in MP.
Is there no advantage to sensor size? The 33x44 sensor is 1.7x larger than the FF sensor, meaning less magnification for the same size print. Surely the current advantage of 50MP MFD over 42MP FF is more than a few extra megapixels.While many photographers justifiably feel that they don’t NEED 100MP, FF cameras with 60+ MP are just around the corner and selling a $5k camera with fewer MP than a FF Sony, Nikon or Canon is a nonstarter.
I totally agree that BSI vs FSI is more impactful than 100+ MP vs 50 MP for most applications.I will stick with my 50MP camera until such time as I can see getting a BSI sensor-either 50 or 100.
BSI makes huge differences after being with a Phase guy who used non-BSI 100MP and 150MP BSI. His assessment was that he believed BSI was more important in his images than the increase in MP.
I didn't hear Sony's rumored rationale, but the BSI sensor in the Sony a7riii is awesome-- comparable in my experience to that of the IQ4 except for being 2.5x smaller in area.Odd. I thought that Sony held back introducing bsi on full frame because it did not offer a big enough improvement relative to the cost increment.
MP and BSI are somehow correlated. The BSI advantages become less and less relevant as pixel pitch grows. if we keep the sensor size constant, this means that the less megapixels we have, the less useful BSI is.I totally agree that BSI vs FSI is more impactful than 100+ MP vs 50 MP for most applications.
Yes, that’s very apparent to me when I look at the files from my A7RII with 42MP and compare them to the 50MP files from my X1D. You and I and the other photographers who hang out here know that. However, the reality in the marketplace is that megapixels sell. Moreover, the existing Sony 50mp sensor is old technology. The Fuji and Hasselblad cameras that use it are crippled in terms of performance features like AF speed, EVF blackout, and overall operational speed. Fuji has done an amazing job with the GFX cameras in wringing as much as it has out of the Sony 50 mp sensor, but they have been quite clear that a newer tech sensor is absolutely necessary to make the GFX function more like state of the art FF cameras. The newer tech cropped MF sensor from Sony is 100mp. There is no 50mp version. If Fuji is selling next Fall a GFX 100R for $5k, imagine Hasselblad trying to sell an X1D MK II with the same Sony 50 mp sensor for $7-$8k.Is there no advantage to sensor size? The 33x44 sensor is 1.7x larger than the FF sensor, meaning less magnification for the same size print. Surely the current advantage of 50MP MFD over 42MP FF is more than a few extra megapixels.
If I am not mistaken, the only BSI medium format sensor is the 150MP, so it is kind of a moot point.MP and BSI are somehow correlated. The BSI advantages become less and less relevant as pixel pitch grows. if we keep the sensor size constant, this means that the less megapixels we have, the less useful BSI is.
So let's say that, camera software aside, BSI technology on a 3.76um pixel sensor helps to compensate/equate what FSI on a 5.3um pixel sensor already gives us today in terms of dynamic range.
Thus in the end the bigger advantage turns to be again the number of MP.
Mostly for amusement. Another good YouTuber is Brent TerhuneDo you follow him?
The 33x44mm 100mp IMX461 sensor in the upcoming GFX100 and what we expect to be in the next gen X1D is also BSIIf I am not mistaken, the only BSI medium format sensor is the 150MP, so it is kind of a moot point.
As far as I know, the two new Sony BSI sensors are the IMX461 (100mpx, 55mm diagonal size, 3.76um cell size) and the IMX411 (150mpx, 66.7mm diagonal size, 3.76um cell size).If I am not mistaken, the only BSI medium format sensor is the 150MP, so it is kind of a moot point.
Yep, and they’re both BSIAs far as I know, the two new Sony BSI sensors are the IMX461 (100mpx, 55mm diagonal size, 3.76um cell size) and the IMX411 (150mpx, 66.7mm diagonal size, 3.76um cell size).
So it is the IMX461 that will be in the GFX100 and presumably the X1DII/X2D?As far as I know, the two new Sony BSI sensors are the IMX461 (100mpx, 55mm diagonal size, 3.76um cell size) and the IMX411 (150mpx, 66.7mm diagonal size, 3.76um cell size).
I started watching an Angry Photographer video but I stopped when I realized that one Zantac would not be enough.Mostly for amusement. Another good YouTuber is Brent Terhune
https://www.youtube.com/channel/UClpzKyVFujAevCELqapPXqA