Pemihan
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+2 - One of those "pry from my cold dead fingers" items!+1 on the Schneider 120 ASPH
Stanley
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+2 - One of those "pry from my cold dead fingers" items!+1 on the Schneider 120 ASPH
Stanley
Without compatibility with BR lenses I see the XT as another excuse to spend $$$$ while making a lateral move in functionality. Would I like Exif data with my Arca? Sure but its not a deal maker. For those who are already entrenched in both worlds of XF and Tech being able to have mostly one set of lenses rather than two, could be considered "reasonable enticement". Don't see why the BR won't work, even if an adaptor is required with pins...not rocket science since most manufacturer's have had 1.4 /2x convertors forever that do this.
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Wished I had bought when still available. Wonder how long the Digarons will still be around.+2 - One of those "pry from my cold dead fingers" items!
Should be Monday am unless Phase One backed it off due to firmware issues.Why did someone delete the countdown clock since now I cannot remember when this guessing game will be over?
Any help.
Here ya go:Why did someone delete the countdown clock since now I cannot remember when this guessing game will be over?
Any help.
Dunno, I had posted the original Instagram post and official P1 countdown page link and they got "Admin edited".Why did someone delete the countdown clock since now I cannot remember when this guessing game will be over?
Any help.
I think there's been some overzealous admin on this. The info wasn't made public because of a leak, but was put into the public domain as a result of incompetence on P1's part. That's a huge difference. As such, I don't agree with the censorship that's resulted. The fact that P1 and their dealers advertise here has nothing to do with it of course.Dunno, I had posted the original Instagram post and official P1 countdown page link and they got "Admin edited".
BR-lenses on a tech-cam doesn´t make that much sense because the iC is too small for shifting.
Alpa tried for years to get the protocol and make an adapter but they failed
because Phase One is too greedy to give this out of hand.
As my dealer told me, at the beginning of the year, that Cambo is working on
something my bet is:
- It is made by Cambo, which is good.
- It is nothing more than a compact and integrated version of their e-shutter
- control that would need every Rodenstock lens to be adapted, which is bad.
- It will almost double the price of every tech-lens, which is worst.
Maybe they realized that they can not compare with Fuji, that the XF will be
a dead end and that they need some sort of habitat for their backs to survive.
Or use the manual Mamiya 1.9/85As I posted to this forum before, you CAN use SK BR (or other Phase XF lenses) on an Alpa tech camera by using Alpa's Mamiya lens adapter and 28 mm of total spacers (e.g., 17+11 mm spacers). The aperture is left as whatever it was when you last unmounted the lens from the XF (or wide open if you shut down the XF before demounting the lens, if I recall correctly), but it works great and the 80/2.8 SK BR lens in particular fills a nice tech cam niche for general photography with a wide aperture.
Today with one body (TC=10oz or STC+handle=29oz) we can carry a 40/4.0 (31oz), 70/5.6 (24oz), 90/4.5 (15oz=300 grams), 150/5.6 (25oz) and 210/6.8 (33oz) with say an Alpa mount on each lens which weigh cumulatively (Alpa TC=130oz) much less than nearly equivalent all Phase system (214oz excluding the 45 and 150/2.8) is about 65% more weight than the Alpa system with (XF+prism=50oz) BR PO lenses of 35/3.5 (54oz) or 45/3.5 (44oz), 80/2.8 (18oz),150/3.5 (31oz) or 150/2.8 (59oz) and 240/4.5(61oz). It was these weights for the BR lenses that convinced me of the need for a lighter system capable of using my Phase backs. Some might debate the quality differences between BR lenses and tech cam lenses, but to me the tech cam lenses are better while being lighter overall.What would be great is to carry a setup like the 43mm Schneider and 70 Rodenstock and a 150 or 240 lens at the same time with one body!
It would need to have full electronic connections. Well we will see soon enough.
Today with one body (TC=10oz or STC+handle=29oz) we can carry a 40/4.0 (31oz), 70/5.6 (24oz), 90/4.5 (15oz=300 grams), 150/5.6 (25oz) and 210/6.8 (33oz) with say an Alpa mount on each lens which weigh cumulatively (Alpa TC=130oz) much less than nearly equivalent all Phase system (214oz excluding the 45 and 150/2.8) is about 65% more weight than the Alpa system with (XF+prism=50oz) BR PO lenses of 35/3.5 (54oz) or 45/3.5 (44oz), 80/2.8 (18oz),150/3.5 (31oz) or 150/2.8 (59oz) and 240/4.5(61oz). It was these weights for the BR lenses that convinced me of the need for a lighter system capable of using my Phase backs. Some might debate the quality differences between BR lenses and tech cam lenses, but to me the tech cam lenses are better while being lighter overall.
This new Phase XT should weigh in the range of the Alpa STC body, but still using only tech cam lenses will be lighter than a combination of tech cam and BR lenses with the associated benefit of better quality of tech cam lenses. ES has changed the game for me with my tech cam. If one does not need AF, then tech cams are the answer IMHO.
My tired back thanks me also when initially my STC+40+70+150 weighed in at around 10 lbs or less than 5 kilos.