Quote from: MGrayson on May 16, 2024, 11:27:38 PMI've never dropped a baby or a camera, and straps get in the way. When I do need one for the extra hand it provides, I go sling-type. Blackrapid or Sun-sniper. The latter actually has a lock on the camera connector that prevents it from coming loose unintentionally. I particularly like using them to hold a long lens by the lens foot. Then I can swap out to a wide angle lens and leave the telephoto hanging for easy access.

But all of these introduce extra points of failure, and I don't trust them without a hand on the camera at all times.

I used to say the same thing and after 30+ years I was hiking in Montana, tripped and almost lost the X2D 10 days after buying it. I saved it, got a bit scratched up and have been looking for a strap solution that allows me to use the tripod plate and side holder without detaching anything for use/mounting.

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Quote from: Ralf on May 17, 2024, 08:53:08 PMOK, that's right. But unfortunately the Leica S system has been discontinued.

How official is that? I've heard many rumors from inside sources that are all over the map. For every "the S is dead" there's a "the S4 is coming with all new lenses". I personally believe the former, but I'm curious what your source is.

I remember a report that production of the S3 had ended and rumors that Leica was working on a mirrorless medium format camera.

Somehow that fits in with the current market situation in which almost all manufacturers are unfortunately discontinuing their DSLRs. (Hasselblad is also discontinuing the H6D.) The only ones who are staying true to the mirror, at least in 35mm format, are Pentax. (I don't know whether this is just out of necessity because they missed the trend.) The 645z will probably not have a successor either.

Quote from: o2mpx on Today at 05:01:12 AMClearly there's no comparison in terms of build and user experience, but for practicality, many new buyers might opt for Fuji now?

Not as far as I am concerned. Build, user experience and practicality are what attracted me in the HB system in the first place. Within my budget, I much prefer an X2d + 1-2 lenses (I have a 45P and 65) rather than a Fuji GFX with more lenses. GFX are certainly very capable tools, but I could not find any pleasure in using something as big, ugly, clunky and uninspiring. (You guessed- I shoot for fun, not for work.)

As a side note, why Fuji did not put more effort into industrial design of the GFX is a mystery to me, after they created such beautiful cameras as their X (APSC) series.

Quote from: Paul2660 on May 17, 2024, 08:03:07 AMThey all use the same base 100mp sensor as there has not been a new announced for years. Same sensor just different color filter arrays.  A lot has been written on Jim Kassons site as to what Fuji really did with the sensor in the GFX100II. Boils down to not that much difference between it and other versions with the same sensor. Much was also written when the GFX100II was released that Fuji had had a completely new 100mp sensor made by Sony. Nothing has ever shown that to be the case and Sony has not mentioned a newer sensor in any of their sensor announcements.

Same with Hasselblad as their color filter array gives a base ISO of 64 inline Fuji's 80.

Sensor itself is excellent but it's been more than likely pushed to its max.

Paul

Paul

Is there a specific article Jim has written that you can link to? He's written so many exhaustive posts over the years that it may be a big hard to know where to begin

You'll see from my post earlier that the strap I use attaches to the bottom of the x2D while there's an extension to the camera lug. That's a safety feature.

Using a peak design standard plate and 2 anchors with their slide strap.

Not ideal as both anchors are attached to the plate. Wish there's a way to attach a peak design anchor to one of the lugs.

Thought about attaching an anchor to the original strap lug but didn't want the constant turning of the lug mar the finish.

As mentioned by others, happy with the X2D and XCD lenses; just wishing for lighter weight, but equivalent quality teles and zoom V lenses. 

It does raise a question if we didn't own HB, with the latest Fuji announcement, would a new MF photo only buyer go with Fuji or HB given the lenses available?

Clearly there's no comparison in terms of build and user experience, but for practicality, many new buyers might opt for Fuji now?

Quote from: Ralf on May 17, 2024, 08:53:08 PMOK, that's right. But unfortunately the Leica S system has been discontinued.

How official is that? I've heard many rumors from inside sources that are all over the map. For every "the S is dead" there's a "the S4 is coming with all new lenses". I personally believe the former, but I'm curious what your source is.

Sony developed a MF global shutter sensor some years ago https://petapixel.com/2021/03/09/sony-has-developed-a-128mp-global-shutter-medium-format-sensor/ and if one eliminates some of its extra width to 44x33 it would be still around 120MP (not that I need more than 50MP). And Sony is not the only sensor manufacturer developing global shutter sensors but import is that there are no penalties in image quality like color accuracy and DR.
Leica's S-system had some lenses with or without central shutter, without lighter and less expensive. So Hasselblad could do the same.

Quote from: mar-ko on May 17, 2024, 08:29:59 PM

Quote from: Ralf on May 17, 2024, 07:32:44 PMThe Leica S system has some lenses with central shutter (named "CS"), too.

OK, that's right. But unfortunately the Leica S system has been discontinued.

Thank you, I didn't know that!