Quote from: michael123 on May 07, 2024, 01:40:33 AM

Quote from: pgh on May 06, 2024, 01:25:18 PM"The X-series is being attacked from two directions - Fuji 100MP medium format and 61MP 35mm full-frame. If Hasselblad doesn't act in the next 6-9 months, the only X shooters left will be us diehards on this forum."

Neither of these options is really any more compelling than they were when the x2d came out.

I can only state my specific use case, but I recently got an x2d after using a 907 kit for a few years. I really contemplated a used x1d2, but I wanted to get off the tripod more so the ibis was a selling point.
The main drawback is that I can't use my release cord - I truly hate using my phone during my photography. But again, this is for off the tripod. The 100 mp is nice, but 50 is plenty. I print fairly large fairly often. The added detail is cool but honestly makes no difference in the real quality of my work which is about seeing the world not reproducing it in the finest detail.

I work with m10 monochromes for a lot of my other work - which print with detail like a 60 mp sensor or better - and really have never felt a great need for over 40 mp. The hassies are nicer for their color and the range and the user experience. Fuji only can touch one of those. I'd even prefer my beater old m10 over the fujis because even it's 24 mp files print great under most conditions - even there my complaint is more about the range than the resolution. Still a great camera tho. 

Just like I am not at all interested in an m11 mono or m12 or whatever the x2d seems mature enough to me that whatever future versions come out probably won't be too compelling for me. The 500 c/m was damn good for a damn long while and this seems the digital equivalent in some ways - at least for those of us who just want a good recording device that makes itself disappear. I'm old school but a camera is still basically just exposure and focus and light sensitive substrate to me. Ibis is the only new thing I find really useful. 

Exactly the point
50 mp is over the roof and remote cord is essential for shooting on a tripod

Quote from: pdprinter on Today at 04:43:24 AMThe Fujifilm GFX 100S II just got announced with the same new sensor of the GFX 100 II. Fuji claims 30% more dynamic range but when one looks at https://www.photonstophotos.net/Charts/PDR.htm the improvements are minor. What I think is more significant is that the readout speed is twice as fast as the previous generation allowing higher frame rates.

QuoteAlso there are supposed to be a much improved AF in the second generation of these cameras.
Hasselblad just came out with the 907X-100C but I assume it uses the same generation of sensor than the X2D. Perhaps they are working on a X3D using the recent generation of 102MPX sensors but maybe there are so slow that this sensor will be discontinued before they are done with camera development.

QuoteAssuming that there will be only minor upgrades in image quality with the recent sensor it would be still interesting for me if Hasselblad can release a camera with higher frame rate (and faster focus bracketing which would be important for me) and better AF performance. Otherwise I would be happy with the feature set of the X2D with no video and stupid film simulations.

Quote from: pb on May 16, 2024, 08:05:37 AMGood evening all,

I am finding the strap that comes with the camera quite fiddly. Has anyone found a non-Hasselblad strap that seamlessly works with the camera?

Many thanks.

Kind regards,
Paul