Anyone have a copy or seen a review yet?
Nope
Just looked up status on B&H and noticed they state "Expected availability: Sep 25, 2017". Hope that's right!
While B&H is above reproach and will honor any lens warranty, might I suggest that you pick up the lens at your dealer's shop and plop it on their X1D? If it works, great then try it on your own X1D. If you are remotely located like I am, I will be using phone support from Hasselblad prior to putting the new 120mm on my X1D. This is a complicated and tricky camera with less than a seamless introduction to the customer.
Thanks Ted. Excellent advice for those who can wait, but this likely will be my most used lens the day it arrives. I've waitlisted for about 3 or so months and don't want to give up my place in line.
Your thoughts remind me to install any lens firmware updates when I get it, and run it through corner to corner and other resolution chart tests before using it in a meaningful way. B&H's warranty is among the best I've ever experienced from any company, so I don't have much concern they won't honor that if needed.
I have one testing for Hasselblad.
Its a really nice lens!!
Sample
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more....
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Awesome. Whenever you or someone can post more info, pics or reviews it would assist some of us as we wait. Can you give any aperture info on these shots?
Nice photograph! The detail, texture and corner sharpness are all great. Looking forward to receiving the lens here in Hawaii.
Not knowing the latest on file size limits in this forum, I imagine many would love to see a full res pic wide open (maybe of an ordinary small flower focusing on a petal with moderate contrast, graduated depth of field behind it) at minimum focus distance. It could be cool if Nick has the space to publish a single shot of that kind here first.
Final MTF charts and announcements can wait for me. I fully trust it will be industry leading. I just hope to dream a little longer...
One more...
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OK. The wait has been worth it.
Now everyone is going to want to join this forum.
I've had one on order since April 3. I'm even more excited now that I've seen some sample photos.
It´s very sharp lens.
You can, in the X1D, set three different AF settings: Far, Narrow and Full so the AF focus faster.
I have order one :)
B&H says "Expected availability: End of Sep 2017" and my dealer hasn't received any dates as of now. So I guess we will have to wait and see.
Great images and thanks for posting.
Calumet Photographic in Germany lists expected availability and price as follows:
Liefertermin laut Hersteller: voraussichtlich 21.09.2017
4.641,00 € inkl. MwSt.
Quote from: galoubet on September 12, 2017, 04:52:21 AM
Calumet UK doesn't list any availability yet. But the price in Germany of 4.641,00 € sounds rather a lot. At the current dreadful £/€ exchange rate of 1.1017 that would equate to £4,212. But the list price in the UK is £3,954. Someone could save 200 quid by shopping in the UK.
Yes, including all your headaches when returning the lens for repair to the UK after the BREXIT. No thanks.......
John
I just prepaid B&H. Don't want anything to get in the way.
Now to cancel and reissue my credit card due to the Equifax hack over here.
Quote from: BradP on September 06, 2017, 06:11:47 PM
Thanks Ted. Excellent advice for those who can wait, but this likely will be my most used lens the day it arrives. I've waitlisted for about 3 or so months and don't want to give up my place in line.
Your thoughts remind me to install any lens firmware updates when I get it, and run it through corner to corner and other resolution chart tests before using it in a meaningful way. B&H's warranty is among the best I've ever experienced from any company, so I don't have much concern they won't honor that if needed.
Brad,
Thank your input and that of others on this forum is much appreciated. Please note that today we issued the latest firmware for the X1D-50c, version 1.17.3. The main purpose for the release is to enable the camera system to work with the XCD 120mm macro lens. Also, long standing has been a firmware for the stability of XCD lenses in general, version 0.5.3, please see each at the enclosed link:
http://www.hasselblad.com/support/manuals/medium-format-firmware (http://www.hasselblad.com/support/manuals/medium-format-firmware)
The XCD 120mm macro will be shipping soon too.
Sincerely,
Eric Peterson
Field Sales Specialist
Hasselblad