tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-654754338632526091.post4984226682253011936..comments2024-03-27T00:32:29.877-07:00Comments on Photos and Stuff: So How'd I Do?amolitorhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15743439184763617516noreply@blogger.comBlogger7125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-654754338632526091.post-29416115550792467222016-06-23T10:05:30.413-07:002016-06-23T10:05:30.413-07:00No shutter? Just as I was about to get excited. No...No shutter? Just as I was about to get excited. Not that I'd ever spend that kind of money on a camera (and lenses) -- I enjoy being retired too much -- but I had been thinking of all the cool lenses one could potentially adapt.Gatohttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08534264019596898463noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-654754338632526091.post-25044729044907223302016-06-23T08:59:24.751-07:002016-06-23T08:59:24.751-07:00Well, I was about to preorder - but then I remembe...Well, I was about to preorder - but then I remembered that that 24mm f/2.8 AF-Nikkor from Ebay to go with the D90 maxed out my gear budget for 2016.<br /><br />So sad - there goes another game-changer ...<br /><br />Best, Thomas<br />Thomas Rinkhttp://www.picturesfromthezone.com/noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-654754338632526091.post-68658754313272030422016-06-23T01:58:24.978-07:002016-06-23T01:58:24.978-07:00Keep your eyes on the Fuji horizon, gents -- mediu...Keep your eyes on the Fuji horizon, gents -- medium-format is coming, and Fuji *know* medium-format. The Fuji GS645s was my favourite camera for years, and of course the aforementioned "Texas Leica" was the GW690.<br /><br />Hasselbling? Who needs it?<br /><br />MikeMike C.https://www.blogger.com/profile/11279776665185060446noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-654754338632526091.post-33215113350587544042016-06-22T15:53:17.760-07:002016-06-22T15:53:17.760-07:00But Xpan lenses _are_ Hasselblad lenses!
True, th...But Xpan lenses _are_ Hasselblad lenses!<br /><br />True, they were designed and built by Fuji and have been out of production for more than a decade now, but the word "Hasselblad" appears on each and every one of them, so they're Hasselblad lenses so far as I'm concerned.<br /><br />But yeah, figurative bottom-feeders such as myself aren't part of Hasselblad's target demographic for the X1D, so it's no surprise their new, clean-sheet-of-paper camera doesn't include any features that cater to those who are unlikely to ever buy an official Hasselblad lens for it, no matter what.<br /><br />So I guess it's back to the Sony A7R then...JGhttp://audiidudii.aminus3.com/noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-654754338632526091.post-22195643762630752542016-06-22T14:35:42.379-07:002016-06-22T14:35:42.379-07:00Yeah. There's a couple reasons, I think. They ...Yeah. There's a couple reasons, I think. They don't want to kill off their other 50mp products with a cheaper but equivalent product. So they may be playing arbitrary crippleware games.<br /><br />More importantly (?) I suspect they want you filthy buggers with your nasty little non-H lenses to piss off. H is exclusive and fancy, damn it.<br />amolitorhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15743439184763617516noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-654754338632526091.post-67799659172639566142016-06-22T11:37:43.441-07:002016-06-22T11:37:43.441-07:00It has no shutter! Not even an electronic one.
T...It has no shutter! Not even an electronic one.<br /><br />This means that, for now, the only lenses it can use are those made for it by Hasselblad.<br /><br />This makes it worthless as a potential "digital back" for a camera project I've been working on and as such, I now have no interest in it whatsoever, at any price.<br /><br />Lust mode = off! JGhttp://audiidudii.aminus3.com/noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-654754338632526091.post-3863067040024634372016-06-22T10:02:50.299-07:002016-06-22T10:02:50.299-07:00It's the modern-day Texas Leica!
I don't ...It's the modern-day Texas Leica!<br /><br />I don't want to lust after it -- if anything, my time with a Contax 645/Phase One P30+ combo should have cured me of that! -- but oddly, I find that I am lusting after it, regardless.<br /><br />Okay, I'll admit it: The thought of that body with am adapted 30mm Xpan lens mounted on it makes me hard!<br /><br />And yet, I also know from experience using other medium-format digital outfits that it won't work very well at all for the long-exposure, nighttime photography that I prefer to do.<br /><br />JGhttp://audiidudii.aminus3.com/noreply@blogger.com