No... it does't do 1hr exposures either...
Maybe you should learn a bit about the products you're trying to sling mud against before you mouth off in the forums.
The Credo 50 does long exposures just as much as every other CMOS back does. The CCD versions don't, but neither do any Hasselblads of similar spec and vintage. In fact, none of the CCD backs do, except the Phase Ones you despise.
it doesn't matter now... It's payback time!
I remember those old P1 videos where a P series back was run over by a car and still survived. Did they accidentally run over your puppy while shooting it? Sure sounds like it. Payback for what? making the better product for years when the competition decided to hibernate? Stop taaking these things so personally.
You keep going on and on about the virtues of this Hasselblad and insist that not a single person will touch Phase Ones after this. let's please do a reality check.
- Multishot : Doesn't exist for this back and is not an arguing point until it doe.s I know you like to talk about vaporware as real product (How's that Leica-Sinar tech camera with autofocus for SL lenses coming along? Still a figment of imagination? OK), but even if a 100MP multishot CMOS Hasselblad comes to be, multishot products will still remain a TINY segment within an already tiny market, like they have always been. No multishot back has ever outsold single shot backs and they never will. Even with several multishot products in their portfolio, Blad or Sinar has never outsold P1/ Leaf and they're not gonna start now. The multishot Hasselblads haven't even outsold the Single shot Hasselblads for that matter.
- Film compatibility : Are you really serious? For the price of a Hasselblad lens cap, one can have an entire Zenza Bronica kit with brilliant lenses. I have exactly that and I rarely use it. Film is expensive, all my favorite emulsions are either out of production or ridiculously hard to find and labs are closing left and right. Film shooters are again, a very niche market and no professional making a 5 figure purchase decision for his digital workflow is going to do so with film compatibility in mind. It's a nice to have feature, not a deal breaker.
- Price : This is a big one and yes, the Blad is cheaper. Like they have always been and that has changed nothing. For an enthusiast making a one time purchase decision, it sure is a big chunk of savings, but not for someone who has already invested a significant amount in the Phamiya platform. the only people jumping back and forth between systems to be on the next technology leap are the ones making a ton of noise online. Pros, the kind that can sink 40k into new gear, make up the difference in a couple of shoots. The 5year comprehensive warranty is worth more to them than a 10k price difference. but of course, as a high end pro, you already know this.
- 4K video : This has made me laugh a lot. Seriously. One can have REALLY GOOD 4K video on a €400 Panasonic. Which incidentally, is less than a Phase One lenscap. What do you think is more likely? A phase owner adding one of them cheap and good 4K cameras to his kit or selling tens of thousands of euros/ dollars worth of gear to shift to Hasselblad just because it offers 4K? (Which is still untested, no one knows how good the output is i.e. if it does line skipping, How bad the rolling shutter is, how fine one can focus pull on the blad lenses etc.)
I really like this new Blad. I really do. It's a MAJOR leap for them, offers a TON of new features to those who have been loyal to the Blad platform and finally brings some healthy competition to the top end of the market. However, I really could do without these asinine posts every time there is a new product launch.
Please use what you like and extend the same courtesy to those who have different tastes and requirements.
