cancidas wrote:
anyone tried the 907x with leica M adapter ? When I put the adapter/lens on, the camera shows "no lens detected" but it is functional with the electric shutter. Just want to make sure it's working fine.
Thats the only way it can work- There is no mechanical shutter on the 100c so ES has to be used.
Just make sure you switch to 14 bit colors. The readout is faster using when doing so-
The CFV-100C is the only camera I have an irrational lust for. I would love a way to keep my 500CW in my rotation forever. TBH, I thought I would have bought the 100C by now, but the IBIS omission blunted my enthusiasm. I may end up snagging one this year for the right price because I'm a sucker for that shooting experience.
RomanMF wrote:
The CFV-100C is the only camera I have an irrational lust for. I would love a way to keep my 500CW in my rotation forever. TBH, I thought I would have bought the 100C by now, but the IBIS omission blunted my enthusiasm. I may end up snagging one this year for the right price because I'm a sucker for that shooting experience.
RomanMF wrote:
The CFV-100C is the only camera I have an irrational lust for. I would love a way to keep my 500CW in my rotation forever. TBH, I thought I would have bought the 100C by now, but the IBIS omission blunted my enthusiasm. I may end up snagging one this year for the right price because I'm a sucker for that shooting experience.
I have a 500C/M with the upgraded digital focus screen coming tomrrow. Really excited to try the 100C back on with the vintage lenses and no electronic shutter.
RustyRus wrote:
I have a 500C/M with the upgraded digital focus screen coming tomrrow. Really excited to try the 100C back on with the vintage lenses and no electronic shutter.
Excited to see how it all works-
Once you master the sequence then it is easy and fun to use. Just remember to lock the mirror up before exposure.
I have a 500C/M with the upgraded digital focus screen coming tomrrow. Really excited to try the 100C back on with the vintage lenses and no electronic shutter.
Excited to see how it all works-
You might also consider the 50mb version, not only cheaper, but one can handhold it with electronic shutter, as the sensor readout is faster. Have used the 907 CFVII 50mb in museums (elec shutter for quiet) - lost a few shots, but got most. Would be more concerned with 100mb, preferring the X2D IBIS.
You might also consider the 50mb version, not only cheaper, but one can handhold it with electronic shutter, as the sensor readout is faster. Have used the 907 CFVII 50mb in museums (elec shutter for quiet) - lost a few shots, but got most. Would be more concerned with 100mb, preferring the X2D IBIS.
Switch to 14bit and the readout speed is the same. But yes. IBIS is useful and the X2D has the best IBIS on the market, short of the m43 cameras.
"100c is the better camera if you have older hasselblad gear already and wants to digitalize them."
I think that summarizes it the best and that's why i bought it.
X2d is probably the more practical camera, particularly with the IBIS.
I have been playing around 100c on the 501cm and leica m lenses. it really does slows you down but in the good way.
hanay78 wrote:
@RustyRus@ nice shots! You have actually compared the 907x 100c with the X2C, have you not? I mean the X1c you also have had, as far as I remember.
You prefered, I believe, the 907x 100c to the X2C?
I never tested the X2d- I wanted a completely different experience with this body. I have really enjoyed the shooting expience and have just started using the back on the 500c/m body with vintage lenses. Its such a nice way to use some of the old glass and get real shutter action vs just using ES-
I think my biggest complaint about the camera/its lenses are the inability to get infinity focus in the dark easily-
All of the XCD "v" lenses will focus past infinity- Thats fine during the day, but at night, this is a problem. I can use the grip and set a custom button to achieve infinity focus but the grip and a tipod aren't ideal at all.
I have contacted Hasseblad technical support asking for a feature that either allows me to set a custom button on the 907x or make it a menu/screen option.
Waiting to hear back-
Secondly I am finding I to have to be much more cognizant of my shutter speeds- I have a very steady hand and if I am not careful, I can easily get motion blur on the 38v 1/60 of a second.
With the EVF of the X1D, can better focus in the night?
I can understand liking the minimalistic desing of the 907. Is it noticeable smaller lighter than the X1D?
Anyway congratulations for the photographs! the IQ seems amazing
RustyRus wrote:
I think my biggest complaint about the camera/its lenses are the inability to get infinity focus in the dark easily-
All of the XCD "v" lenses will focus past infinity- Thats fine during the day, but at night, this is a problem. I can use the grip and set a custom button to achieve infinity focus but the grip and a tipod aren't ideal at all.
I have contacted Hasseblad technical support asking for a feature that either allows me to set a custom button on the 907x or make it a menu/screen option.
Waiting to hear back-
Secondly I am finding I to have to be much more cognizant of my shutter speeds- I have a very steady hand and if I am not careful, I can easily get motion blur on the 38v 1/60 of a second.
Jokes aside though, I don't think I really get what you're saying - there's no hard infinity stop on the manual focus ring, as this is fly-by-wire with no mechanical connection to the lens elements - but surely you could just turn "all the way (and then some)", and the focus would be at infinity, right?
Or are you talking about setting hyperfocal distance?
Jokes aside though, I don't think I really get what you're saying - there's no hard infinity stop on the manual focus ring, as this is fly-by-wire with no mechanical connection to the lens elements - but surely you could just turn "all the way (and then some)", and the focus would be at infinity, right?
Or are you talking about setting hyperfocal distance?
Focusing past infinity makes it all out of focus. The elements in the lens move to a position where nothing is in focus any more. Infinity is still a specific point of extension in the focus helicoid (or bellows if you have say a large format camera) for the specific focal length the lens is. If you go beyond it, it is like trying to focus a 50mm lens by moving the elements to potitions that correspond to, say, a 52mm or 48mm lens.
Or something like that, I'm sure someone can explain it better.
panos.v wrote:
Focusing past infinity makes it all out of focus. The elements in the lens move to a position where nothing is in focus any more. Infinity is still a specific point of extension in the focus helicoid (or bellows if you have say a large format camera) for the specific focal length the lens is. If you go beyond it, it is like trying to focus a 50mm lens by moving the elements to potitions that correspond to, say, a 52mm or 48mm lens.
Or something like that, I'm sure someone can explain it better.
Damn, of course, you're right!
It's been a while since I used AF lenses with a manual focus ring like that - and I could have sworn my old Nikon G lenses didn't behave that way / was sure the lens "stayed at infinity focus" no matter how much further I turned the focus ring.
It doesn't. It's exactly the same as with the Hasselblads (and all others that work this way I suppose).
Pardon me, next time I'll have my second coffee / actually check before I post 🙂
Jokes aside though, I don't think I really get what you're saying - there's no hard infinity stop on the manual focus ring, as this is fly-by-wire with no mechanical connection to the lens elements - but surely you could just turn "all the way (and then some)", and the focus would be at infinity, right?
Or are you talking about setting hyperfocal distance?
The 25, 38, 55 and 90 XCD lenses all have a focus clutch- Pull on it to move to MF-
This isn't focus by wire with them and it allows your to move past the infinity marking on the DOF scales- This will throw the focus off -
There is a hard stop but its past infinity- So in the pitch black, there is nothing to use AF on, and you have to guess where exactly infinity is.
There is a button you can assign if you have the grip installed for AF to move to exactly infinity, sadly this isn't assignable just on the 907x 100c body without the grip.
I have contacted Hasselblad about it and have asked for the infinity button placement to be put into the menu or assignable to the function button on the 907x body.
