Massive Si
Active member
Ive been pondering getting a used digital back for my Hasselblad H1 for quite a while but cant seem to settle my mind on what to get, so I was hoping I could get some thoughts and opinions from the hive Please forgive me if you have read similar posts in the past - new baby and new house put my photography on the backburner so I've procrastinated on the issue
eventually I will get a technical camera, as I am used to movements on my LF camera and I often miss having them on medium format. Image quality is important to me
anyway, I am looking for a newer back more suited to landscape photography (no studio, no strobes, no architecture etc) purely landscape
budget, I guess around $10,000 (ideally less)
I love working in Capture One, but I am not totally tied to it, I could therefore upgrade the Hassy body too, if something suitable presented itself
Because of Capture One, my first thought is another Phase One back, to go with my P30+, such as an IQ - but even used they are very strong money (and hard to find in H mounts)
I have thought of mirrorless, such as the GFX 50s or even X1D, but the latter requires too much of an investment in expensive glass, and I felt a little frustrated with the operational speed of the system. If the 50s is going to give me greater quality images then I will see what the future holds for prices of the unit once the 100mp version is released in a few weeks (that will be out of my price range, give that I will need to get new glass to go with it) a plus side being, I get to keep my capture one workflow with the Fuji, unlike with a complete Hasselblad system
I would have thought one of the CMOS IQs would be a good fit - but I think I am going to struggle for that with my budget so I am going to be sticking with a CCD and living with the fact I cant get super long exposures. High iso noise doesnt concern me as I rarely ever go above 200 - mostly sticking to 50-100
any thoughts/opinions very gratefully received
thanks
Simon
eventually I will get a technical camera, as I am used to movements on my LF camera and I often miss having them on medium format. Image quality is important to me
anyway, I am looking for a newer back more suited to landscape photography (no studio, no strobes, no architecture etc) purely landscape
budget, I guess around $10,000 (ideally less)
I love working in Capture One, but I am not totally tied to it, I could therefore upgrade the Hassy body too, if something suitable presented itself
Because of Capture One, my first thought is another Phase One back, to go with my P30+, such as an IQ - but even used they are very strong money (and hard to find in H mounts)
I have thought of mirrorless, such as the GFX 50s or even X1D, but the latter requires too much of an investment in expensive glass, and I felt a little frustrated with the operational speed of the system. If the 50s is going to give me greater quality images then I will see what the future holds for prices of the unit once the 100mp version is released in a few weeks (that will be out of my price range, give that I will need to get new glass to go with it) a plus side being, I get to keep my capture one workflow with the Fuji, unlike with a complete Hasselblad system
I would have thought one of the CMOS IQs would be a good fit - but I think I am going to struggle for that with my budget so I am going to be sticking with a CCD and living with the fact I cant get super long exposures. High iso noise doesnt concern me as I rarely ever go above 200 - mostly sticking to 50-100
any thoughts/opinions very gratefully received
thanks
Simon