About 6 years ago I started to think seriously about moving to medium format. I'm so excited that I think I've finally arrived at the destination on this journey.
My Hy6 arrived tonight--I've been poking and prodding it all night. My wife is laughing at me because I must look like an idiot as I jiggle the whole thing trying to see if that neck strap contraption will *really* hold (really, really) if I carry the whole thing by the strap...
In any case, I can offer some first impressions:
1) The camera (w/o lens or back) is ridiculously light and small. I was pretty surprised, even though I had read the specs (grams count when you're in the mountains!)
1.5) Add a piece of glass like a 110/2 or a 180/2.8 and you are going to notice. If you're a "camera by the pound guy" (heavier camera must equal better quality, right?) grab some big glass for this bad boy--you won't be disappointed.
2) Aside from the plasticky look & feel of the 'unlock' buttons (allowing removal of the back, finder, or movement of the handle) the build quality is superb. Nary a squeak, wiggle or other problem to be found. Aside from the aforementioned buttons, the fit & finish exceeds my Hasselblad H2.
3) WLF is gorgeous.
4) Camera and back are well-integrated. While I am not getting the lens in my metadata, I am getting shutter speed, aperture and ISO. I'd love to know what lens I used (or be able to search on such metadata), so if it's possible, may I humbly request this metadata in a future firmware release?
5) Like every MFDB I've used, the white balance is what I'd call poor. Even small format DSLR's aren't great, but the sooner the WB sensor information gets used & recorded in the file, the sooner Sinar will jump to the head of the pack for out-of-the-box color under natural and variable light.
6) My back didn't have firmware v5, and so I wasn't able to select "Hy6" as my body type for a few moments until I realized I must need an update. Updater was Mac only! (Did I miss the PC version?)
7) My camera was trying to do bad things to my "half-stop-maximum aperture" 40/3.5 and 60/3.5 until I remembered Theirry mentioning the firmware update for the body fixing this issue. Updater was PC only!! (Did I miss the Mac version??)
I will try to post some tasty pictures later this weekend. Everything's dark here now that I've figured out what all the buttons do...
Happy to answer questions if folks still have any. FYI, my revolving back and upgraded "generation 2" eMotion 75LV back have not arrived yet, so I'm still using the non-revolving plate and the "generation 1" digital back.
Have a great night everyone,
-Brad
