Quote from: Nicci on May 01, 2024, 06:33:44 AMHi guys,

I am curious about your experience with Hasselblad support and/or repair service and whether there is a difference between Europe and the States.

Thanks for your participation!

Our camera was bought from B&H, but Hasselblad HQ respect the warranty.. any other shop probably not, but B&H are special. Good to know: so if you buy from B&H you have a choice to sent to USA or EU, whatever is more convenient.

There was some issue with the wheel in X1D-50c, and Hasselblad had a recall. But I did not use that recall option as we managed somehow and Hasselblad made some workarounds in FW updates.

Apparently we had some electronic failure with the motherboard later on, and when I contacted Hasselblad they offered to explore that recall option and to replace the motherboard as well.

So Hasselblad sent me all the paperwork, DHL courier on their behalf, eventually they replaced ~5000 euros components and I paid 400 euros for something that was not covered by warranty. All in all it took around 3 weeks door to door.

Given that I live in Israel and it takes to go through customs it was quite a quick turnaround.

Quote from: fcarucci on April 25, 2024, 03:05:45 AM

Quote from: JoeC on April 24, 2024, 02:16:59 AMLike my friend Howard, I've been trying to predict Hasselblad's next steps since the announcement of the X1D. It's a slow and usually frustrating process. But here are my thoughts.

The main limitation of the X2D is speed. By any measure, the camera is slow. The AF is slow, the frame rate is slow, card writing is slow... In addition, there are several "features" that were unexplainably missing from the X2D even though they were present on the X1D II - remote cable release port, interface for the GPS accessory, basic video.

So my prediction is that there will be an X2D II, well before any X3D appears. Given the imminent introduction of the GFX 100S II, Hasselblad needs to make an announcement by the fall and have cameras in users hands by late 2024 - early 2025. The new camera will have:

1. A new faster processor
2. Faster AF and Eye AF (and none of the 35mm AF fluff like animal, insect, and vehicle AF)
3. Remote cable release port (allowing Hasselblad to sell the already developed and manufactured and expensive cable release)
4. Hot shoe interface for the GPS accessory (allowing Hasselblad to sell the already developed and manufactured and expensive GPS accessory)
5. AF-C that can keep up with subject movement when shooting portraits in the studio or in the field
6. Faster frame rate when shooting in continuous mode
7. Faster writing to internal memory or a card (or both)
8. Higher resolution EVF
9. Same form factor as the current X2D
10. Same price as the current X2D

The new camera won't have a joystick. As Howard said, that seems to be counter to Hasselblad's design philosophy for the X-series. Auto ISO in Manual mode also seems to be a no-no. The X2D II will use the same 100MP sensor that has become popular in crop-sensor medium format cameras. The volume of production for that sensor, chip yield, and quality control makes it the obvious choice for the new X camera. The professional customers who shoot with the X-series are likely not screaming for more megapixels. A pixel-shift solution might be in the offing for the art repro market. And the camera's new processor would struggle with more megapixels.

OK, that's enough prognostication for one day. Thanks for listening.

Joe

Joe, I tend to disagree with most of the list for this specific camera. If I were on the engineering team, I wouldn't spend limited engineering resources on most of the items. For example, there are variable alternatives that are pretty automatic to attach GPS metadata to images. Cable release can be very easily replaced by using the phone app in most situations. This is not a camera for rapid shooting and writing to the internal SSD is plenty fast.
On the other end, continuous focusing and Eye AF are essential and can not be replaced with something equivalent, so I agree on those points.

My wife would disagree regarding cable release

She is shooting with X1D and quite happy with that. Can't even think of working with iphone

(Yes, I am a software engineer as well, but she is an artist)

Re: 100mp, 200mp, 300mp.. really don't understand what are you shooting to demand that level of resolution. highway posters?

The xcd 4/21 isn't on Hasselblad Europe shop 

https://store-eu.hasselblad.com/en-uk/collections/x-v-system-lens

Quote from: JoeC on May 04, 2024, 11:49:34 AM... before the lens was discontinued ...

It is not discontinued.

Yes, there is an AF Drive button on the grip that starts autofocus when pressed and stops when released.

Should you have more questions, the manual is found in the Hasselblad Support downloads section: https://www.hasselblad.com/my-hasselblad/downloads/#158

Best,
Scott.

For TTL flash control, the H system uses the SCA flash adapter, to be more precise, type 3902:

https://www.keh.com/shop/metz-sca-3902-m2-hasselblad-h1-715238.html

Unfortunately, the last manufacturer building compatible flash lights, Metz, has given up several years ago. Flashes and batteries seem to degrade; last time I tested my 50MZ-5, the battery could not reach enough voltage to actually supply the flash.

Maybe, this was one of the reasons why the H system was discontinued, Hasselblad would have needed to develop a new flash system, because as it seems, nowadays even studion flash equipment is expected to work with TTL?!

This fate is shared by the older V system cameras (SCA adapter 390), but also by the Rollei Hy6 (SCA 3562).

Coming back from a trip I just noticed that the import of images which I had worked on with Phocus Mobile on the iPad does not reflect the applied modifications if you choose "embedded if existent".

Have to go back to version 3.7.6

Hi all,

Am new to the forum, and sort of new to hasselblad...have had a 500cm for a year and recently bought the 907x and cfv100c.

Coming from a more digital 35mm background I was wondering if there is a way to do back button focus on the 907x when using the grip? I know that without the grip that is just not in the cards...but was hoping with the grip that might be.

I have been searching for an answer online but have not really found one other than switching to manual focus.

Thanks for any help.

Added the 90mm f3.2 and the 135mm f2.8 + the 1.7 teleconverter recently. Very happy with the legacy XCD lenses and not finding a need for the V lenses. Additionally, based on most comments, the newer lenses don't seem to perform better, other than being more light weight. Do have the 45p and the newer 28p with some occasional use.

UPDATE:  Spoke with customer support / tech @ Hasselblad and recommended first updating the firmware, which I did for both the lens and camera.  So far....I haven't had the issue reappear. While I'm thankful of not having to send my camera overseas, I'm a little perplexed what updating firmware would have to do with it, and would think if it was a firmware issue that the problem would have been more common.  Not complaining...just inquiring and trying to get a better understanding of how these things work.  Fingers crossed for now.