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Peter I downloaded the X1D user manual yesterday..............I like what I read

Ffords in Inverness is going to give me a demo model over christmas to play with and to see if the EVF is acceptable :) :) Could be a nice wee christmas pressie :)

 

Lucky you. I look forward to the 'report' after Christmas. I also looked at the manual and liked what I saw too, one of the clearest manuals I have seen in a long time.

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FYI, from Ming Thein's blog on Nov.14 re: new firmware 1.13b - https://blog.mingthein.com/2016/10/08/hasselblad-x1d-on-location-modern-heritage-mini-movie-and-status-update/#more-13709

 

 

"No problem. I just received a new firmware which has significantly increased speed and added movable AF points, so the finished version will likely be even better still"

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FYI, from Ming Thein's blog on Nov.14 re: new firmware 1.13b - https://blog.mingthein.com/2016/10/08/hasselblad-x1d-on-location-modern-heritage-mini-movie-and-status-update/#more-13709

 

 

"No problem. I just received a new firmware which has significantly increased speed and added movable AF points, so the finished version will likely be even better still"

 

 

This was promised 5 months ago at June demos, so we'll see what actually materializes in the production version.  Keep in mind that Ming is an official Hasselblad 'Ambassador', a.k.a. optimist.

 

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No Neil, I think that involves hardware (or a test tube).

My spell checker foaled me again :)

Maybe have to bit the bullet and try first before buying :);)

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That is the big big downside of the X1D.

 

 

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Yes, it will be for some people. I used it for an afternoon in quite a range of indoor and outdoor conditions ( it was a bright sunny day so lots of contrast and so on) and I'd be quite happy with it.

 

More of an issue for some will be the fact that unlike most EVFs that people are used to using, it is not wysiwyg, in other words it doesn't show the effects of exposure compensation for example, and you use a depth of field button like on a dslr. That can be an advantage or a disadvantage depending on how you're using the camera. Ideally I'd like the option of selecting between both modes.

 

Is it a function of using leaf shutters, by the way?

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Yes, it will be for some people. I used it for an afternoon in quite a range of indoor and outdoor conditions ( it was a bright sunny day so lots of contrast and so on) and I'd be quite happy with it.

 

More of an issue for some will be the fact that unlike most EVFs that people are used to using, it is not wysiwyg, in other words it doesn't show the effects of exposure compensation for example, and you use a depth of field button like on a dslr. That can be an advantage or a disadvantage depending on how you're using the camera. Ideally I'd like the option of selecting between both modes.

 

Is it a function of using leaf shutters, by the way?

Peter

Did you see that the lenses are already available at B%H. I talked with Alistair at Ffords in Inverness and he is going to give me a shot of a demo over Christmas, if the IVF isn't as bad as the naysayers say it is then I will get one.............  

 

If you remember my S007 sh!t itself just before I came back to Nigeria 10 days ago, well I just got an email from Leica in Singapore saying they now have my S007 and are getting ready to send it to Germany to get fixed WTFIWT........when I bitched to them that they have had it for 10 days already, they gave me some BS story about FedEx and something else...........unbelievable really.

 

Hopefully Hasselblad CS is more switched on

 

Neil

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Neil, I think you'll like it but we're all different so it'll be interesting to see how you get on with it. You'll let us know won't you?

 

For me, it's a dream: a small simple-to-use camera that gives genuinely stunning results. Like a new M with AF in many ways except for the viewfinder.  but that sensor is something else.

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Neil, I think you'll like it but we're all different so it'll be interesting to see how you get on with it. You'll let us know won't you?

 

For me, it's a dream: a small simple-to-use camera that gives genuinely stunning results. Like a new M with AF in many ways except for the viewfinder.  but that sensor is something else.

 

I'll only tell the story of my X!D if i can get this bloody spell checker sorted out :) :) :) 

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