Hi David,
I am based in South East Asia, perhaps the sweatshop of photography. We need to work several times more just to recoup our investments here.
Also, and rather unfortunately, at the time I was buying the system, what my salesman told me was that I could return my camera much later and pay the difference for the 39mp, which was what I was aiming for but just could not stump out the full sum (the only place I could take a loan from was from the stockist's prefered lease agent and their terms were very one sided unfair so I opted to put down cash instead- very painful experience mind you). To be fair I was made aware that a new generation was going to replace the 22mp model soon- but the story told to me about easy upgrades sounded really good. But too good to be true?
A little over a year later, the company I bought the camera from said no deal, Hasselblad changed their terms, and so must they. Ouch. Then to find the 22mp model getting discontinued in the next generation, have little upgrades that every other model have, only served to infuriate me further. I am not going to throw in my savings and my future generation's to buy another DMF camera. I don't need two digital backs- my 35mm systems take care of the other work.
What isnt helping too is the 22mp unit I bought seem to be a bit of a sick note. This month it's being sent back to Denmark for the fourth or fifth time (alas I lost count) for electronic repairs.
How long more will Hasselblad support my purchase? I don't even see any feature upgrades at all that's being made for the other models.
Maybe I was just being unfair to be booing Hasselblad in my previous post. Just feeling anxious about the economy.
Sorry, to have gone out of topic- this thread is supposed to be about firmware upgrade.
Adios
Hi Choen,
Well it sounds like your salesman was being a bit unfair to you, and I am very sorry to hear that. We have ran many campaigns where there were upgrade paths from smaller>larger sensors but normally only for very limited times if something new was on the horizon, like the 50MP to 60MP plan. So the prices I gave you earlier were the official line, and we were always very clear to the dealers about the terms and how long campaigns run for. So when the upgrade plan was dropped we made sure the financial hit to the user was extremely close to how it was before, not forgetting you kept your old system, whereas before you returned it.
Considering we still support the ixpress line of digital backs for repairs, spares and also support in Phocus, I don't think you should be concerned with future support by us.
Features we have added to the H3D22 include things like...
- New, more accurate battery level information
- Mirror delay to help in longer hand held exposures
- Double click entry into the menu system and scroll wheel control
- Instant access to ISO/WB control instead of having to go through to the "digital" menu on the H camera
- Changes to interval timer, bracketing feature
- Added support for the HTS, HCD35-90 and forthcoming DC power grip
- Much more!
In fact the only thing that has been missed on the 22MP is the extra ISO step.
Plus all these updates can be made by you locally via Phocus, no need to return to the factory or dealer.
Best
David.
