DougDolde
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Not that I have any skin in the game
https://www.dpreview.com/news/25335...s-smallest-and-lightest-af-medium-format-lens
https://www.dpreview.com/news/25335...s-smallest-and-lightest-af-medium-format-lens
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Hi,It has mechanical manual focusing, not focus by wire.
Why is 100Mp required? Fuji is selling its GFX50 cameras well. If 50Mp works for Fuji, it should be fine for Hasselblad, I guess. Do you feel constrained with 50Mp on your X1D camera?Hi,
This is an interesting change. Clearly in AF mode is still focus by wire, but in manual focus is not.
The lenses are going well, but they need to release a new body with the 100mp sensor, not because of the 100mp but for all the rest.
Also to show that there still momentum.
I wonder if this lower price will atract new constumers.
Best regards,
My sense is that this is about the price point more than the weight. The existing 45mm XCD lens is not materially heavier. However, it is much more expensive. Hasselblad can package this lens with an X1D II body for $6k and come within spitting distance of a GFX 50R with the GFX 50mm pancake. (On this forum, $1k is spitting distance, right?)Hi,
This is an interesting change. Clearly in AF mode is still focus by wire, but in manual focus is not.
The lenses are going well, but they need to release a new body with the 100mp sensor, not because of the 100mp but for all the rest.
Also to show that there still momentum.
I wonder if this lower price will atract new constumers.
Best regards,
Good point I was thinking the same thing.$1099 vs $2695 per B&H websiteMy sense is that this is about the price point more than the weight. The existing 45mm XCD lens is not materially heavier. However, it is much more expensive. Hasselblad can package this lens with an X1D II body for $6k and come within spitting distance of a GFX 50R with the GFX 50mm pancake. (On this forum, $1k is spitting distance, right?)
A drop in the bucket, actually...My sense is that this is about the price point more than the weight. The existing 45mm XCD lens is not materially heavier. However, it is much more expensive. Hasselblad can package this lens with an X1D II body for $6k and come within spitting distance of a GFX 50R with the GFX 50mm pancake. (On this forum, $1k is spitting distance, right?)
The body and the lens might do that -- for those who think they can live with one lens and those who do not check their budget against the prices (and size) of the other lenses....I wonder if this lower price will attract new customers.
Sure, cloud the issue with facts...From Hasselblad "Weighing only 320g (0.7 lbs) and measuring 47mm (1.85 in) in depth, the XCD 45P is the world’s lightest digital medium format autofocus lens on the market today."
Perhaps it's the lightest leaf shutter MF lens, but that should be included in the claim, e.g., the Pentax 75mm f2.8 FA is 215g and 37.5mm in depth. It's also a very good lens.
Tom
As a former member of a camera company, the strategy is quite common. If you can put a superlative in your marketing material, even if highly qualified (the lightest camera in the world that has AF, a 35mm sensor, four buttons, and a partridge in a pear tree), is helps to sell. A believe it or not, people will argue over that 24g if it makes them feel better about their camera--the argument just changes based on which side you are on.It seems like a weird marketing strategy.
As a former member of a camera company, the strategy is quite common. If you can put a superlative in your marketing material, even if highly qualified (the lightest camera in the world that has AF, a 35mm sensor, four buttons, and a partridge in a pear tree), is helps to sell. A believe it or not, people will argue over that 24g if it makes them feel better about their camera--the argument just changes based on which side you are on.