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Increasing the sensor resolution and leaving everything else the same will not result in blurrier images at the same print size with the same amount of camera shake.I can hand hold the camera and get sharp photographs, with exceptional color rendering, with the 50MP sensor. With 100MP, even with IBIS, I doubt that my hand-held keeper rate would be high.
Increasing the sensor resolution and leaving everything else the same will not result in blurrier images at the same print size with the same amount of camera shake.
Jim
It's an upgrade of the previous camera at a lower price. What's not to like? Like all digital cameras, it will continue to work long after Sony discontinues the sensor. Life cycle is not the same as GAS.It seems risky to announce a new camera and a new back using the 5 yo sensor. How long is this sensor going to be around before Sony retires it? The life cycle of this camera can't be expected to be very long.
The problem is Hassy, like most smaller camera companies, doesn't release new products frequently. So even if their next X-series release is a X1D-100c with the 100 MP BSI sensor, it will likely be available to consumers long after (>1 year, and probably >2 years after) the Fuji GFX100 and the Phase One IQ4, two systems with current-generation sensor technology, have been available. Two years from now, Fuji and Phase will be using whatever IMX5xx sensor is considered cutting edge, and once again we will hear (legitimate!) complaints that Hassy is still two years behind the state-of-the-art if they release a IMX461-based X2D then.Alternatively, consider that perhaps the new X1D has the needed "under the hood" improvements for any future upgrade to 100mb sensor, which was not possible now for whatever reason. In that sense, one could see the X1D II as a play for time (a year or so?), assuming they can deal with all the internet chatter that the sky is falling. To me, this feels like a smart allocation of limited resources and energy, and overall, is a pretty smart strategy.
Don't know which of these two versions is real. Both are possibilities.
Don’t believe that’s the problem. Fuji certainly will bring a smaller version without IBIS. We will see what will come. However, especially on the cfv it would have been a great sign to show Hasselblad is actually working on the new stuff. Or any sign of the H series.I must have missed Fuji’s small 1.6 lb camera with a 100MP sensor. No? Well, certainly, they’ve had years to get it into their GFX S/R bodies, right? ... No?
Well what’s everyone complaining about?
Thermodynamics cannot be cheated.
That is exactly what I thought as well and I will start with the CFV II 50C . I hope it will be available soon .As a V system user (203FE) that could not (yet) upgrade to the X1D, I love the 907x and CFV-50CII announcement. If I have the fund, I could start with the digital back, then add the 907x and a 20mm XCD lens to get a true SWC experience. Love it.