As promised.
Yesterday I shot several demos and small in between sessions with the aptus12 on the phase DF body.
I have to add I use the new macbookpro 2.2 with 8 gb which is on tests twice as fast as the previous version (thank you sandy bridge).
Booting up takes long, but this will be shorter soon I heard
Working is less problematic as I thought from hearing things of slowness, to be honest is was surprisingly quick, even when shooting quick series the MacBook kept up the pace with one small difference with the 7 it was just done with the preview when the next came in (my old MacBook didn't) with the aptus12 it didn't cope that well but when you slow down for DEMO purposes to 1 frame every 2-3 seconds which is fast enough for demos it's fast.
When I shoot a series for myself I only look at the monitor when I'm done so that's no issue in the real world.
Overall I'm not disappointed with the speed and could see myself with MY workflow using it, even in shooting continues the pace was Fast enough for me and relaxed enough for the model. Remember that as long as the model can get into the "groove" or "pace" of the strobes firing it's ok, as long as it's steady.
The quality is very good from what I can se on my laptop, I underexposed one or two shots to see how far they can be pushed and in capture one I could set the lightness/fill in on full with ISO50 and the files kept relatively solid especially considering this is 80mps watched on 100% but I can say for sure when I'm home behind a proper monitor.
Than about the sharpness and quality... Can I just say wow, wicked and did I say interesting
Of course we all know what will happen when you go to 80mp from a 33 so that's no surprise of course there is a boatload of information and when focussed correctly I can't say it's softer than my aptus7.
Will I get one ?
Well if I get one I would love it.
If I have to buy one
I don't know yet, for what I do the aptus7 rocks and has more than enough meat and pixels, for people needing the extra mp I would highly recommend it.