Where the Hasselblad X1D-50c still beats the new Fuji GFX…

Matt Granger posted that Hasselblad X1D-50c hands-on video. The last days we covered a lot of Fuji GFX news but we have to mention some of the strengths of the Hasselblad camera compared to the Fuji:

  1. It’s available now while the GFX will be available in no less than six months (or maybe more)
  2. The X1D-50c is a bit more compact than the Fuji
  3. The Hasselblad lenses do have leaf shutter
  4. The Hasselblad  goes up to 25,600 ISO (1 stop more than the Fuji)
  5. That’s personal: Without having used the respective menus it looks like the Hasselblad menu is…nicer

Hasselblad sold more X1D cameras in 10 days, than they expected to sell in a year!

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Image above on courtesy of ePhotozine

ePhotozine interviewed Hasselblad CEO Perry Oosting and here are few of the key info:

1) Hasselblad sold more X1D cameras in 10 days, than they expected to sell in a year.

2) Hasselblad has a roadmap of 5 additional XCD lenses for the X1D

3) About the GFX he says there is a size benefit to the X1D, as the lenses have the shutter built-in to them, rather than having the shutter in the camera. And he expects the price of the Fujifilm to be similar.

Actually Fuji stated the price will be lower. Under $10,000 with lens while the X1D body only costs $8,999 at BHphoto and Adorama. The lowest priced XCD 45mm lens costs $2,295. Total of camera+lens is $11,295.

Nikon manager says that FF mirrorless is “something we are considering”

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Just a FF Nikon camera concept

In an interview with CameraJabber Jordi Brinkman, Nikon’s European Product Group Manager revealed a couple of interesting things:

  1. The Nikon 1 system isn’t dead! The lack of new products is only caused by the longer product life cycles than before
  2. When asked about the possibility of a Nikon FF mirrorless he says: “I’m not saying we’re announcing a full-frame mirrorless camera, but it’s definitely something we’re analysing a lot, looking at the market very closely; it’s on our radar.”

Rico Pfirstinger tells you quite a few things you didn’t know about the new Fuji GFX…

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Yesterday we wondered how “different” the Fuji 50MP sensor could be when compared to the Pentax and Hasselblad version. Well we got the answer today via Fuji Guru Rico Pfirstinger. And he also shared a lot more untold news about the new Fuji medium format system:

  • the sensor is similar to the one of the Hasselblad X1D (made by Sony), but Fuji tweaked it in order to improve it
  • the final version will very likely have also electronic shutter
  • Full-HD with 30 fps
  • Contrast Detection AF algorythm is already surprisingly snappy. Best with lenses with Linear Motor
  • Bad News: only the GF32-64mmF4 R LM WR zoom lens has the linera motor (for faster AF)
  • shooting intervals of 700 ms
  • EVF:  3.69 megadots with a magnification of 0.85x (X-T1/2: 0.77x) with frame rate of around 60 fps
  • support for tethering with various RAW converters
  • RGB color histograms in the live view.
  • There will be a range of adapters to connect third-party lenses to the GFX 50S, including leaf shutter lenses for studio and flash work.

via Fujirumors