The "What you need to know" page does mention "This shutter will be available Q2 of 2020 for third party vendors and lenses. " which I suppose opens the door to custom mounting old Schneider lenses, or other Rodenstock lenses as well.
Yes, potentially.
I have the feeling that it will not be a case of
just any lens, but seeing that the 23HR can fit (which is only available in Long Barrel for Alpa users, and is not offered in Tilt/Swing mount for existing Cambo WRS users), I am optimistic that Schneider lenses (some of which also are only available in long barrel mount) will also be able to fit via conversion.
Yes, but that does limit the appeal for a lot of people probably. When launching a DSLR the approach of only offering a zoom at first kind of works, but with a tech cam people often only use one or two lenses and if your bread and butter lens is not one of these three lenses, then the whole system doesn't make sense for now.
I can see this limiting the appeal to some. But I cannot remember the last time I sold a tech camera system + one starter lens to anyone where the starter lens was not a wide. If I had my preference to pick 3 lenses, I would have rather had the 40HR in the mix vs the 70HR. Many are going to be happy starting with the 32HR, but the 40HR would have been a nice part of the mix. It does take time to produce the data for these lenses, but I am confident that more will be added soon.
As all who read this site know this XT discussion is taking place on two threads-one with Doug and one with Steve.
Both threads contain similar information and varied comments, but one issue that has been left unaddressed is the lack of Tilt which happens to be one the major reasons that I use a technical camera.
There are so many occasions when focus stacking just will not fill the bill especially outdoors in all but the most calm condition that are exempt from moving water.
Focus stacking will be useful in indoor architectural photography and this area seems to be ideal use for the XT, but the folks that make a living in architectural photography have to determine if the convenience merits the considerable cost.
For me when I carry my Arca Swiss on a strap secured to my shoulder by my quite small backpack overlapping it, I would probably transport the DT the same way
While the advertisement headlined no cables, it only takes less than a minute to attach cables to my IQ3 100.
It is still necessary to measure the distance with my Leica laser on both setups
Even with the new BSI technology, I would most likely use on LCC when shifting...again only a few seconds!
So I struggle with the new concept introduced today from a convenience perspective and without Tilt (which I use on every image) I would have difficulty
investing.
Stanley
Hi Stanley - while I think this camera and shutter are the start of something great for technical camera lovers, it is not for everyone (is any product for everyone?). And if tilt is really important, then at least for now, there is not a tilt option for the 3 current lenses. This could change with additional lenses (not sure about these, but I don't want to rule that out, save for the 23HR, I am doubtful of that one).
Time will tell. In the meantime, you have the opportunity to wait and see how things develop with regard to tilt and other emerging news with this system.
Steve Hendrix/CI