Hi,
Two cameras sharing the same sensor. Both cameras have very good lenses. The lenses project an image on a sensor made by Sony. That sensor delivers a digital signal to the camera.
We perhaps should not discuss which camera is better but which camera has the better users?
Now, just to say, if you are coming from Hasselblad you may prefer the HB approach, like using Phocus, or enjoying HB interpretation of colour. Or you may come from the Fuji side and prefer Fuji colour.
I would think that the cameras are pretty much same regarding image quality. But, ther may be differences in interpretation of colour, and that difference may be workflow dependent.
Also, the cameras take some different aproaches.
- Fuiji GFX has focal plane shutter, making it easy to adopt lenses.
- X1D has Leaf Shutter that makes life easy with electronic flash.
- GFX has lot of buttons, X1D is more GUI based.
- GFX has round aperture, X1D has octagonal aperture.
A good photographer chooses a system that is workable. That system may have some limitations.
As a side note, I think that Fuji has some key advantages. They have built EVF systems for a long time. Hasselblad is a newcomer in mirrorless. Fuji can rely on technology developed for their APS-C product line, while Hasselblad starts from scratch.
I have not seen any evidence for one system being better than the other. I have seen a lot about the capabilities of the GFX, due to diligent efforts by Jim Kasson. Regarding the X1D, I have not seen a lot of high quality testing. But it is my guess that it is a very good system.
There may be a discussion about the usability of electronic shutter vs. the Electronic First Shutter Curtain of the GFX. My take is that when ES works, it is as good as EFCS.
My take is that it is good to have two great options. Competition is always good! Who is the winner and who is the second may seem important. But this is photography and not the Olympic Games.What matters is that we have great alternatives.
Best regards
Erik
I am tempted to buy one of these medium format cameras. Mostly I want it to use my old
Hasselblad V and Contax 645 lenses. Manually with live view. My question is this:
Is the one camera really better than the other? Size and stylichness is not important to me.
Just functions and iq matters.
The lenses I hope to use is the Apo macro Planar Contax, 55 mm Contax, 35 mm Contax,
Hasselblad 100mm cfi, Hasselblad 180mm cfi, Hasselblad 250mm sa, Hasselblad 300 sa.
etc.
Henrik