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p.29 #7 · p.29 #7 · Official: Hasselblad X1D-50c Medium Format Mirrorless | |
freaklikeme wrote:
My guess is Sony is happy to be the enabler for digital MF without taking on the risks of a new camera and format, for now, at least.
For you all considering investing in this for a landscape camera, have you considered an Actus-DB and CVF-50c? You get the exact same sensor and a much broader range of focal lengths to choose from plus a lot more flexibility in movement. It'll be larger than the XD1 and it's native lenses, yes, but it will be significantly smaller than the XD1 + H-adapter + HTS + H lens.
I know it sounds expensive, but it doesn't have to be, at least not in comparison to buying into the XD1. With the current $10k new price on the back, gently used copies are going between $8 and 9k. I guess it's possible to pick up the Actus-DB used, but you don't see them often, so we'll just use the new price there of $3200 for the Actus, the DB mounting plate, and two Copal 0 boards. For the 45 and 90, I would go with Rodenstock's APO-Sironar-Digital 45/4.5 and 90/5.6, both of which pop up regularly used for a grand or less (I paid $725 for my 90 a year ago, and $800 for the 45 this year, both mint). You get a 115mm IC with the 45 and 150mm with the 90, so you'll run out of shift before you run out of IC with either. You'll want the center filter for the 45, which will run you another $300 and another $300 for the Kapture Group HA-001 release cable you'll need between the back and shutter. So all in, you wouldn't be looking at much more than the X1D and the native lenses.
For your wide solution, you could spend $12k new on a Hassy 28/4 and the HTS to end up with a 40/5.6 with a 70mm IC or $6k on a 24/4.8 with no movement because it doesn't work with the HTS, or you could spend $8k new on a Rodenstock HR Digaron-S 23mm with a 70mm IC that is 23mm and allows for movements. I know I may sound like a broken record when it comes to their lenses, but HR Digaron-S lenses couldn't be better designed to play with this sensor.
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Hi Brad,
Another advantage of going the Actus route is that you can delve into the system in pieces and proceed as far as you wish or are able. You can start with the camera and your digital camera including those in the A7 series as a back and I believe some enlarging lenses to begin with to allow for focusing to infinty and for taking advantage of the camera's movements for distance and close-up. You can also use many mefdium format lenses to allow for movements (and possibly even infinity if the standards can be brought close enough to cover the need for a camera adapter to the camera body?). You can add those expensive new digital Rodenstock and Schneider lenses and digital back when you wish.
Rich
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