Godfrey
Well-known member
This may be true. But ... If you can't afford to play in MFD, well, you can't. I can barely afford to, and mostly because I don't need to justify it on my business balance sheet. I can't think of any way to get in and familiar with using MFD, seeing what it can do for your photography, other than buying in—one way or another—and using it.I've just wanted to remind the OP has a low budget. That's why Hasselblad X1D or Phase One IQ are not his options. If he has unlimited funding, the XCD II may be his great choice.
What's most useful for a 'newbie' to the game is stuff like your subsequent post, relating the experience you had owning similar equipment. From a point of getting your feet wet and learning the basics of MFD use, a $3000 system purchase is pretty inexpensive ... But if it isn't reliable and has a ton of hidden issues, it's probably not wise to go with that particular one.
My buddy went with a P45+ back for his Hasselblad because he could afford it (at the price he paid of $1200) and learn. He's made some great headway using it and knows what he'd prefer now (a CFV50c II back for the same camera, presuming it lives up to what its spec says). I'm leaping for the same, but adding the 907x body and xcd21 native lens because that's what's going to give me what I am looking for—I hope. A month or two from now and I'll know much more.
This is why I separate the notions of value and cost. They're not the same thing.
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