Quote from: pgopinath on April 20, 2024, 09:09:16 AMGood afternoon from Colorado, US. I am interested in buying both your adapters if they are still available. Please let me know and also how I should proceed. I am unable to send you a private message.

Regards
Prabha

Hi there,
I have sent you a PM. Let me know if you could read it and could answer. Thanks, Tom

Quote from: xoda on April 12, 2024, 02:43:24 AMThe last three bodies were announced in:

X1D - June 2016
X1D II - June 2019
X2D - Sept 2022

So about 3 years between launches.

It seems Sony just announced a 247 mpx medium format sensor, which according to the article, should be around 200 megapixels if cut down to a roughly 33x44 size. Does this mean a next-gen X3D-type body may be announced in around fall 2025?

I ask because I'm thinking about buying a X2D right now, and am rather reluctant to buy body a body that's already more than 1.5 years old if a new one may be coming in a little more than a year.

There is no new sensor available that would make an X3D possible, so I don't see that happening any time in the next couple of years. That leaves the possibility of an X2D II... I don't see that coming in the next year, but who knows? Personally, I would rather they put their energy and capital into lenses at this point. If they did decide to release an X2D II, I would want the following:

• Continuous AF
• Eye Detection
• Better/higher resolution EVF
• Development of an ASIC to improve overall performance (license an existing chip?)

Honestly, the first two items could probably be accomplished with just firmware. I definitely don't see Hasselblad trying to make the X2D into a 'general purpose' camera to try and compete with full frame.

I find it easier to start with the closest focusing distance and then go to infinity as it stops there anyhow. So having more steps than needed  is not an issue for longer distances but for macro or close up step number is important

I am happy with 50Mpx so I definitely not interested in 200 but faster sensor read speed, frame rate and focus bracketing is what I am hoping for. I have no idea if stacked sensors will be developed for MF but a electronic shutter with minimal rolling shutter would make the use of adapted lenses more efficient

Like 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

yes, still available

Hello, is the lens available?

I've read that the XCD 90v is also great for portraits

Hey! My choice would be the XCD 90.

But there is no rule about ir. I also shot some portraits with the XCD 30.

Quote from: mp1c on April 23, 2024, 01:22:31 AMHi everybody!

I did hotel photos with the XCD 30, if the rooms are big enough I got a more realistic mood than with a wider focal length, like the XCD21 or a Canon 14 or 16mm.

Best,
Martin

Thank you Martin