35mm There is no time table
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Surely the system is held back incredibly by a lack of 35mm
if I understand clearly
Anyone considering this system should think about that unnanounced timescale big time
Think about making this lens..
This will be a problemo to make surely having to be retro focal enough to clear a 66 mirror - this is not a geometry that anyone has done before EVER
Blad only managed 35 with 645
Blad can only do a 28 for 645 times 0.9 (and one assume it is pretty wonky before correction)
Mamiya have been trying for YEARS to do 645 28
So what chance a 66 coverage 28 being in the pipeline that can clear a 66 mirror and has little enough distortion to be able to be used on film - very little I would imagine
And rollie cant do a 'DX' version becuse they still have to clear that catflap mirror and rely on the full coverage to provide both orientations
It becomes clear that blad may have been incredibly shrewd designing around the size of existant chips (bet the H4d has a smaller mirror and leads to an even wider lens)
Evaluatiing a 28mm system vs a 40mm system I know which system I would go for
And UK robertwhite lists the MF 40 at £2,485 ($5000?) so what will a 35 or even a 28 cost...
For people who need a decent wide surely may be trouble ahead on the HY6 front
Pure speculation I know but it has just become apparent to me that this system may be a bit useless as a general system until big chips hit home relying on switching to alpa for wide will marginalise the system IMO and a marginal system wont get the market share, rental stock and second hand rigs to buy from bankrupt wedding photographers - this wide thing could kill it right off - why didnt Jenoptic rise contax from the dead instead
Clearing that mirror is an extra 15mm of stress for thier designers that will surely make them lose many races
The solution could of coure be in a mirror up lense as was the case with super wide nikkors like the 8mm fish and a funky viewfinder on the flashmount
SMM
Shame the blad goons locked my out of the 28 - it wont make me buy thier back but it does lose them the revenue of selling me one