And don’t expect this less than $7000 I would guess 8k unless they bring V system as well, the unit sold will be very limited.
I like the concept. It is very cool but I don’t see this has wide audience.
rscheffler wrote:
The crop of the sensor is to the point where I don't think there are any wide legacy Hasselblad lenses that will still be wide angle once cropped... And while those were good lenses back in their day, the XCD wides should outperform them on digital.
I could see using the new back on a 500C/M for some purposes, but for wide angle shooting, it would make more sense, IMO, mated to the 907 and used with current 'digital' wides.
retrofocus wrote:
+1. I am thinking exactly along the same lines if I want to upgrade to digital medium-format (currently I only do it with film). Reason why I decided to further upgrade my V-lens system was to be able to use the same lenses later additionally on a newer digital mirrorless body. I also keep eyeing the GFX system. At this point using existing V lenses with adapter on the GFX 50R is probably the best deal out there to do digital medium-format of this quality.
Do you have to close the aperture within the V-lens to the desired f-stop before taking a photo with the GFX? Not sure if it would work with the same aperture closing mechanism from wide open to the desired f-stop when the shutter is released as applied on a 500 C/M for example? ...Show more →
Pretty sure the V to GFX adaptor is going to be "dumb". ie: no mechanical or electrical coupling, so you'll have to focus wide open and stop down to shoot.
ken.vs.ryu wrote:
Are there Contax to cfv adapters?
The CFV needs a Hasselblad body to work. There are no Contax to V adapters that I know of.
BUT - you can adapt those Contax C/Y lenses to a Fuji GFX! I am a BIG fan of Contax C/Y glass, and have owned (still own) quite a few. I think I may eventually go for a GFX 50R and adapt my Contax lenses.
Activatedfx wrote:
Pretty sure the V to GFX adaptor is going to be "dumb". ie: no mechanical or electrical coupling, so you'll have to focus wide open and stop down to shoot.
Yes, this is correct that the GFX adapter doesn't have any coupling. I set the V lens at take aperture to focus, which is wide open, then push and lock the depth-of-field button on the lens before I trigger the shutter.
Activatedfx wrote:
The CFV needs a Hasselblad body to work. There are no Contax to V adapters that I know of.
BUT - you can adapt those Contax C/Y lenses to a Fuji GFX! I am a BIG fan of Contax C/Y glass, and have owned (still own) quite a few. I think I may eventually go for a GFX 50R and adapt my Contax lenses.
The Contax 645 lenses work even better on GFX 50S even with autofocus. I really felt that GFX give new life to all the Contax 645 lenses.
ken.vs.ryu wrote:
Are there Contax to cfv adapters?
Are you talking Contax 645 bodies to the Hasselblad V rear interface? I've seen cameras modified to accept them, but I don't know of a specific kit or adapter. That would be a good question for the MF gurus at GetDPI.
Activatedfx wrote:
The CFV needs a Hasselblad body to work. There are no Contax to V adapters that I know of.
And very few adapters are likely to ever exist, because their electronic apertures notwithstanding, the Contax 645 lens FFD is 64 mm and the Hasselblad V FFD is 74.9 mm. This means that for a Contax 645 lens to work on a body with a V-series mount, either a glass element will need to be incorporated into the adapter of 10.9 mm will need to be removed from the space in between the two in order for the Contax lenses to focus at infinity.
Of course, mounting V-series lenses on a Contax 645 body is easy and Contax even made an an adapter (i.e., the MAM-1) for this purpose.
BUT - you can adapt those Contax C/Y lenses to a Fuji GFX! I am a BIG fan of Contax C/Y glass, and have owned (still own) quite a few. I think I may eventually go for a GFX 50R and adapt my Contax lenses.
I can't speak to the longer focal length C/Y prime lenses, but none of the shorter focal length ones project image circles that are large enough to cover a 44x33 sensor.
I know this because I own and/or have personally tested most of the C/Y primes shorter than 60 mm on several of my "FrankenKameras," which allow me to use rise / fall / shift (and in the case of my modified VX23D medium-format view camera, tilt / swing) movements with my A7R and Samsung NX500 bodies.
However, a few of the C/Y zoom lenses (but not all of them, including the much-loved 28-85) will cover or come close to covering the 44x33 sensor at some focal lengths, including the highly regarded 35-70/3.4 zoom.
At focal lengths between ~21 mm and 35 mm, the Contax N 17-35/f2.8 will cover or come close to covering a 44x33 sensor. (Unfortunately, the otherwise wonderful Contax N 24-85 zoom, similar to the C/Y 28-85 zoom, is mechanically limited to projecting an image circle that exactly covers a 36x24 sensor, with room for zero rise / fall / shift movements ... boo, hiss!)
Although I don't have any personal experience with them -- 95+% of the photography I do is done using lenses having focal lengths of 45 mm or shorter -- I suspect several of the longer focal length C/Y lenses will cover or come close to covering a 44x33 sensor.
Anyway, good luck with your project and if you end up having any info to add about the coverage of various C/Y lenses with Fuji 44x33 sensors, please do remember to share it, because this sort of information is difficult to find otherwise.
I don't know how slow the electronic shutter is on this camera/back, but beware, on the GFX 50 cameras it takes ~1/3 of a second to read out the entire sensor. So even if you use very fast shutter speeds, it's not really possible to handhold the camera with electronic shutter. It might be much better in this case but I doubt it will be fast enough for general use.
Then you'll also run into the exact same problems as you do when adapting M lenses to Sony cameras. Astigmatism, curvature of field and all sorts of horrible aberrations towards the corners. Even on 33x33. Very few lenses are usable for 33x44 mm. Don't get carried away by all the (false) claims of this and that FF lens being "perfect". It's mostly wishful thinking.
Just thought I'd revive the thread and see how everyone is liking the 907x? Also, if anyone is looking for an L Bracket to better handle a portrait orientation and to mount a cold shoe, the PEAK DESIGN ELLIE PD SHORT works perfectly!
Seems very unergonomic and old fashioned, klunky even
Not to mentioned overpriced. Get a GFX-50R same sensor very small and easy to handle Plus you can use Cspture One instead of the awful Phocus
I already have the X1D II with 3 lenses and I have a 503CW as well.
It would give me a new body for the lenses and a new digital back for the 503CW.
I see one in my future too. I have a 503CW and a 50mm CFi FLE with a 33x44 sensor will be plenty wide enough for me. It might take six months or more though for the CFV II 50C back to become available separately.
DougDolde wrote:
Seems very unergonomic and old fashioned, klunky even
Not to mentioned overpriced. Get a GFX-50R same sensor very small and easy to handle Plus you can use Cspture One instead of the awful Phocus
Yes, but, with this you can shoot Hassy X and (with adapter) H lenses. Then you can remove the back, put it on a 500, and shoot Hassy V lenses. Then you can take the back and mount it on a tech camera without having your flange distance eaten up by a mount-based camera, which gives you more (and wider) options with lenses. And you get all that without losing central shutter functionality on any of the lenses. You can't get all that with a 50R. Also, Adobe software plays well with Hassy RAWs.
