First of all, the Hasselblad X1D-50C looks like it will be a great camera and I hope it is succcessful for Hasselblad and for the MF community in general. I like many of you was hoping that Hasselbald would release an X-Pan for this recent announcement. While Indid not totally expect it, I was hoping to get it. As I have said in other forums, I met with a Hasselblad rep recently in DC and he mentioned that Hasselblad was aware of the demand for the X-Pan and consider it a "silver bullet." I did make a few observations during the X1D presentation and wantes to point those out.
From Ove Bengtsson
"And For those of you who may know your history about the X-Pan, might see some similarities in the focal lengths....just a coincidence"
Perry Oosting
"There is more to come. Of course we have Photokina. There will be more surprises at Photokina"
"I do understand that this question cones up. X1D, X-Pan, the history etc. Let me be very clear. First of all we have a fantastic relationship with Fuji, as a matter of fact 3 weeks ago, we were in Japan. We have a good relationship with eachother, like with many other manufacturers."
I think we will see the digital X-Pan at Photokina this year. Share some thoughts.
Mark
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