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You had me worried!We can agree to disagree.
I am very familiar with Cambo and Arca and both clearly state 20mm or 15mm total shift.
Never have seen either refer to 30mm of shift (Arca RM3DI) it Cambo WRS1600 20mm of shift.
Paul C
Perfectly fair!Doug.
I formally apologize. Your findings are different than I recollect. Arca has no site so it all word of mouth and it’s always been 15mm of shift for me. Cambo does show 40mm. So you are correct.
Hope this product does well.
For me cost of switching is way to high, no tilt with x shutter, and no long lens support. I also mistook the pictures of the 70 HR-W as the 138mm float. Hope phase can figure out a way to get the full line of blue ring lenses to work. But I bet the older non blue ring 240 won’t work which what mine is. I also hope Phase gets the 90 HR-SW to work in the future.
I give myself credit as many found my early predictions on a shutter model with the lenses impossible.
Paul C
STC is a perfectly fine camera. The XT is the same price (once you account for the grip, dovetail, adapter plate which the XT includes and the STC does not) and is lighter and includes direction in both X and Y (though the STC has +/- 18mm in it's one direction vs +/- 12mm on the XT). Plus, of course the XT-only features like encoded movement for automatic lens correction.You can get an Alpa STC (or Cambo) with the same movements -more in fact- and the exact same lenses, and attach your IQ4 to that. You can get all that new or used for less $. And you will have many, many more lens options.
STC + Silex is significantly more expensive, larger, heavier, has two cables and an extra battery to deal with, and does not transmit metadata, provide encoded movement, etc.If you need a high speed modern shutter then an STC+Silex (or +FPS) will do that, and with far faster and/or x-long shutter options.
The XT accepts Canon, Schneider, and Rodenstock lenses today. I agree there is great value in that the Alpa can take other lenses, and urge everyone to take this lens prioritization survey to help determined which of those lenses P1 attacks first.If you need more lenses, then Alpa FPS, with adapters can take Canon, Nikon, Rollei, Schneider, Rodenstock, Mamiya, etc... a whole world of very affordable lenses opens up.
Hard to miss what you haven't had. I've been using tech cameras for 12 years, all the way back to P non plus backs. It's hard to describe how much more fluid and enjoyable shooting the XT is than shooting with a traditional tech camera, especially those that require extra batteries, cables, releases etc.There will not be the exact same meta-data baked into the file, but as a long time tech user, I have not missed that.
I think some 2nd-screen functionality (as you describe, or via wifi, or via some other idea) would be a great idea. That they didn't have such a thing in time for the initial launch says little about whether they can/will in the future.They missed a trick not putting an EVF on there, using the back's HDMI out,
3 XT lenses today (with all the modern integration/features/capabilities/specs/durability/ease-of-use) but dozens of lenses that you can use the same as you can on any alpa/cambo/arca.just 3 lens options.
Perfectly fair if you find it not a good match for your needs and priorities.Meh.
You mean like they were with their 'A Series'?reinforced that Phase One has a serious long-term commitment to the tech/field camera market.
That’s my exact point. With the A Series they tried to get away with a project that was 99% Marketing and 1% Technical work.You mean like they were with their 'A Series'?
A lot of this is either factually inaccurate, or incorrectly implies the capability isn't available today on the XT platform. But you don't seem to be reading my replies before responding, or you haven't read the articles we've published about the XT (which would be understandable as we've written a ton, and you're under no obligation to read it all), or both. So I don't see much point in further back and forth as it's clear you've made your mind up.Doug,
I could respond the same way:
Alpa FPS is same price or cheaper if you include lenses.
FPS does much higher shutter speeds and much longer shutter speeds.
It is available used.
Lenses are available used.
You can use Canon, Nikon, Rollei, Contax, Mamiya, and yes Rodenstock and Schneider, and you can do it today. Not maybe in some future pipeline
FPS has 1 single cable that plugs into the back and is neatly stowed. One battery too. Done.
FPS can use the new Aperture only lens mounts. Does not need Copal.
FPS can use lenses with *no* shutter: vintage, enlarger, whatever. including the projector ones you test and promote for XF.
You can of course use ES with any and all of these cameras.
You can shift-stitch with an FPS, combined with an STC, a MAX, or even the new Pano +/- 35mm X/Y.
You can tilt-swing with an FPS and one of the above,.
You can freeze moving cars requiring 1/2000sec, if you need.
FPS has 1 shutter that works for all lenses, you do not need to buy ($) a shutter with each and every lens.
That we agree on. There are many great cameras out there. We were already spoiled by good options, and the XT only piles on further good options.I could go on. But just to point out there's more than one way to butter your toast!
Thanks Stanley!It is appropriate for me to say to both Doug and Steve how much I appreciate their candor and obvious integrity while they both point out the merits of their newest product
Stanley
I think we're confusing two separate conversations here.How about this? Shot last week, screenshot at 100% for each image in C1: IQ4/Factum/Rodie 40mm/f11/Lee Little Stopper for the 2 longer exposures (different light conditions)/No filter on the 1/15. With a mechanical shutter at 2s the water would be silky/smooth and not have horsehairs.
Not a stupid question at all. There is no hot shoe, but you can use a sync cable to the PC port on the digital back to sync flash.Stupid question, but I haven't seen this mentioned anywhere (including the animated walkthrough of the XT on the DT website), but how does one actually connect a flash system to the XT? I don't see a hot shoe or sync port on the XT or the shutter system.
The new feature that the XT brings to the table is an electronic shutter in lieu of the Copal shutter (which is no longer available new) that can be controlled via the IQ4 back. (No affiliation)After 24hrs thought, I have to say: Meh...
This is simply a pancake tech camera, for wide angle work, manual focus, with an electronic leaf shutter replacing Copal ones.
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I don't get it.