Quote from: o2mpx on May 05, 2024, 01:00:38 PMAdded 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.
Quote from: JCM-Photos on May 04, 2024, 04:40:04 PM3.5 45 works to infinity as all other original XCD lenses on my vintage X1D.
but depending on the start point and increment size it often there is no frame at infinity, with one just before and one just after with the body stops and says infinity reached.
For this reason I never use this mode for my landscapes and only use the start by infinity with AF focusing at infinity before.
Seems as with the X2D Hasselblad introduced a safety to not use this function in uncertain infinity sharpness cases ?
Quote from: Georg Kovalcik on May 07, 2024, 02:57:21 AMWell, what I said almost one year ago (https://www.hasselbladdigitalforum.com/index.php/topic,8710.15.html ) is still valid:
"B&H lists it as "No Longer Available" and some internet rumor sites say it´s discontinued.
But there is no statement from Hasselblad stating this and it´s still on their website:
https://www.hasselblad.com/x-system/lenses/xcd-4-21mm/
Here in Europe dealers say it´s on back order with some stating a delivery in 3-4 weeks."
As of today it´s still here:
https://www.hasselblad.com/x-system/lenses/xcd-4-21mm/
It is in the Hasselblad catalogue from January this year (page 32):
https://cdn.hasselblad.com/manuals/Hasselblad_Brochure/2.0.0/Hasselblad_Brochure_EN.pdf
There are still dealers offering it with a delivery time of 3-4 weeks, eg. here:
https://shop.kuecher.com/hasselblad-xcd-21mm-f-4-objektiv
So yes, it is a low volume item with a long delivery time, but "discontinued" it is not.
Quote from: Georg Kovalcik on May 07, 2024, 02:57:21 AM........and it´s still on their website:click any xcd lens you get the BUY NOW button. not with the 4/21
https://www.hasselblad.com/x-system/lenses/xcd-4-21mm/
Here in Europe dealers say it´s on back order with some stating a delivery in 3-4 weeks."
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Quote from: michael123 on May 07, 2024, 01:40:33 AMQuote 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