Re: Official: Hasselblad X1D-50c Medium Format Mirrorless
Tmuussoni wrote:
If you expect these new Hassy lenses to last as long as the M-lenses I don\'t have any doubts they wouldn\'t last just as long. It\'s solid metal construction. Feels very good in hand. It\'s a different question if the XCD Mount will last as long as M mount (right now over 60 years old). But I would not worry about that. Besides it\'s not like Leica lenses are perfect either. I have had to send my M lenses plenty of times for service: wobble problem, front end of the lens coming apart for Super-Elmar-M 21 and Summicron-M 28 etc.. And besides I thought one reason to use focus by wire was to overcome the problems related to thermal expansion. In that sense it\'s a good solution.
I mean, of course you\'re right. Anything can fail over time. It\'s not the build quality of M-lenses or even the continued existence of the M-mount I was referring to. I also until recently used a C/Y 50/1.7 which shares neither of those benefits.
My thing is about reliance on electronic protocols and firmware updates. Fuji has to update its existing lenses for every new body; how long do you think they\'ll keep that up? A purely mechanical lens is much more likely to be able to be kept functional, particularly after its native mount retires or sees its protocols changed.
You may be right about the thermal expansion aspect, I\'d never heard that.
PS - Sorry to those of you who have heard me say that 50 times (it\'s kind of a personal pet issue).
Nov 25, 2016 at 02:54 PM
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