After Photokina Medium Format rumors (UPD. And The WINNAH is FUUUJIIII !!! )

[ErikKaffehr]

Hi,

64 MP would be a major update. I would also guess that the new sensor would be a new design, from TowerJazz.

Best regards
Erik

Leica Forum says it will have 64MP (custom made 30x45mm) and the option for sensor and board upgrades for S007 owners. Not much changes otherwise (form factor, OVF, etc.) Obviously only rumors.

[Joe Towner]

The XF is damn sexy - just needs a standard 2.5mm remote cable    I love that the moment we get FF 645 digital, everyone wants it mirrorless.  Pick one or the other folks! Would hope that someone does a T/S adapter for the BR P645 glass

[Christopher]

Same here. A smart TS Adapter for the GFX and Phase One lenses would be amazing. Stitching with lenses like the 35/45/120/150 would be amazing.


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[eronald]

Same here. A smart TS Adapter for the GFX and Phase One lenses would be amazing. Stitching with lenses like the 35/45/120/150 would be amazing.


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Hey, I agree. One could also adapt to Hassy XD. Also, some of those old Mamiya lenses are the cheapest miracles you can get. I'm thinking of the 150 3.5 and the 120/4 Macro the latter is incredibly sharp. I think even the 80 is pretty good.

I'm seeing a Mamiya 120/4 for $268 on KEH. That's probably the price of a Hassy lenscap.

Edmund

[Christopher]

Yep, but I have the feeling it won’t happen.


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[eronald]

Yep, but I have the feeling it won’t happen.


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There's a bunch of Mamiya to GFX adapters like this fotodiox
https://fotodioxpro.com/products/m645-gfx-pro

And for tilt-shift you could always use a Mamiya to Canon adapter or similar, add Stefan's superrotator and ... voilà.

Edmund

[Christopher]

Yes, but honestly I would Wand at least aperture control on my lenses. So many of them are amazing wide open and stopped down.


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[eronald]

Yes, but honestly I would Wand at least aperture control on my lenses. So many of them are amazing wide open and stopped down.


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Take it up with Kipon etc. and ask the guys in the Hassy thread below too. If there’s a market it will get served.

Edmund

[eronald]

Ok, it's a slow news day. Here are instructions on how to mod your favorite MF camera for wet plate.
Just what you need if you have a spare Phamiya lying around.

https://www.lomography.com/magazine/256265-converting-medium-format-instant-pack-film-back-into-wet-plate

Edmund

[eronald]

Bump: Updated for latest GFX 50R info

Edmund

[eronald]

Bump: Updated for latest GFX 50R info

Edmund

Btw Fuji GFX 100S release this year is looking increasingly unlikely

[eronald]

Rumored pricing for the GFX 50R is creeping up to $4500.
The XD1 is now $6495 at B&H and I suspect it will fall further.
Maybe Hassy can actually stay competitive with Fuji for the bodies now that it's not anymore Fuji who make their bodies for them. 


https://www.bhphotovideo.com/c/search?Ntt=hasselblad%20xd1&N=0&InitialSearch=yes&sts=hist-ma&Top+Nav-Search=

Edmund

[landscapephoto]

Maybe Hassy can actually stay competitive with Fuji for the bodies now that it's not anymore Fuji who make their bodies for them. 

Fuji never built the H cameras, only the lenses and viewfinder prism. If you had a H system, you would find out that the lenses and viewfinder say "made in Japan" and the camera "made in Sweden".

[eronald]

Fuji never built the H cameras, only the lenses and viewfinder prism. If you had a H system, you would find out that the lenses and viewfinder say "made in Japan" and the camera "made in Sweden".

Thank you for the correction. A journalist is only as good as his sources.

Here is an online review of one of Fuji's earlier MF "oversized travel compacts", the Fuji GA645 with its fixed 60mm lens.
The review and the comments are very positive, so historically speaking the company understands this market.
Whether it is still a relevant product when 35mm has become so good is a different question.

Back when I was younger, I never knew that there was such a thing as a  medium format point-and-shoot.
Which I guess demonstrates an ignorance even worse than not knowing that the Hassy H body is made in Sweden (but not the finder or lenses).


https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=02AJ8v_ZvRo


Edmund

[landscapephoto]

Fuji certainly built several MF cameras. The common misconception that they also built the H1 comes from the fact that Fuji sold the same camera in Japan under the name GX645AF (but it was still built by Hasselblad, GX645AF cameras bear the inscription "made in Sweden"...).

The Hasselblad-Fuji collaboration means that Fuji still co-own the mount, even if they discontinued the GX645AF long ago. That allowed Fuji to issue an adapter for that mount to the GFX cameras...

[eronald]

Here is the Rollei Instax

https://www.kickstarter.com/projects/rolleiinstantcamera/rolleiflextm-instant-kamera


It’s a slow news day.

Edmund

Fuji certainly built several MF cameras. The common misconception that they also built the H1 comes from the fact that Fuji sold the same camera in Japan under the name GX645AF (but it was still built by Hasselblad, GX645AF cameras bear the inscription "made in Sweden"...).

The Hasselblad-Fuji collaboration means that Fuji still co-own the mount, even if they discontinued the GX645AF long ago. That allowed Fuji to issue an adapter for that mount to the GFX cameras...

[siddhaarta]

Here is the Rollei Instax

https://www.kickstarter.com/projects/rolleiinstantcamera/rolleiflextm-instant-kamera


It’s a slow news day.

Edmund

Finally a real medium format camera with 46x62mm output 

[billthecat]

You can get a similar camera now:

https://mint-camera.com/en/shop/cameras/instantflex-tl70-gen2/

https://www.bhphotovideo.com/c/product/1258498-REG/mint_camera_instantflex_tl70_2_0_instant.html/?ap=y

[eronald]

You can get a similar camera now:

https://mint-camera.com/en/shop/cameras/instantflex-tl70-gen2/

https://www.bhphotovideo.com/c/product/1258498-REG/mint_camera_instantflex_tl70_2_0_instant.html/?ap=y

Yes and as long as you advertise them by getting 30 likes a day for a pic of their camera they will send you UNLIMITED FREE FILM.

https://mint-camera.com/en/shop/films/unlimited-free-films/

Sounds like a free lunch to me
Or rather, the Kardashians will never run out of film.

Edmund

[narikin]

Y'all seen the update about the 50R and 100S *both* being announced on Sept 25th?

Makes sense. They wouldn't have discounted the existing 50S so heavily if the new 100S was not imminent. Clearly trying to sell off existing stock before this one drops.

Plus Phase have forced their hand - the IQ4-150 is tempting people and draining their wallets, so time to make the 100S public, and entice people to hold out, even if it's not arriving till 2019.

50R looks great there, though I wish it were a 100R!