Re: OT Fujifilm mirrorless medium format

2016-09-20 Thread John
On 9/20/2016 5:13 AM, Larry Colen wrote: I expect this article may endanger a few keyboard to be shorted out from drool: http://petapixel.com/2016/09/19/fujifilm-announces-medium-format-mirrorless-51mp-gfx-50s/ It will be very interesting to see how this works out. I don't think so. If I

Re: OT Fujifilm mirrorless medium format

2016-09-20 Thread Marco Alpert
Fuji says its not the Sony, but one they developed themselves. But as I mentioned in my other reply, not xtrans. m > On Sep 20, 2016, at 2:03 PM, P.J. Alling wrote: > > It probably won't be xtrans, will probably be a Sony sensor in the same > family as the one in

Re: OT Fujifilm mirrorless medium format

2016-09-20 Thread Marco Alpert
As I understand it, it’s Bayer, not xtrans. - Marco > On Sep 20, 2016, at 1:38 PM, Zos Xavius wrote: > > Xtrans makes it useless to me. I hate xtrans. All it does is slow down the > workflow with no real benefit. > > On Sep 20, 2016 5:14 AM, "Larry Colen"

Re: OT Fujifilm mirrorless medium format

2016-09-20 Thread P.J. Alling
It probably won't be xtrans, will probably be a Sony sensor in the same family as the one in the 645z and H5D and maybe the Hassy H1X On 9/20/2016 4:38 PM, Zos Xavius wrote: Xtrans makes it useless to me. I hate xtrans. All it does is slow down the workflow with no real benefit. On Sep 20,

Re: OT Fujifilm mirrorless medium format

2016-09-20 Thread Zos Xavius
Xtrans makes it useless to me. I hate xtrans. All it does is slow down the workflow with no real benefit. On Sep 20, 2016 5:14 AM, "Larry Colen" wrote: > I expect this article may endanger a few keyboard to be shorted out from > drool: >

Re: OT Fujifilm mirrorless medium format

2016-09-20 Thread Larry Colen
P.J. Alling wrote: Read about it thought "the poor man's Hassy X1D", thought about how big an upgrade I'd need to the computers to even hope to manipulate the files... Didn't even bother to think about the cost of new glass. Comparing medium format cameras, I might as well compare a McLaren

Re: OT Fujifilm mirrorless medium format

2016-09-20 Thread P.J. Alling
Read about it thought "the poor man's Hassy X1D", thought about how big an upgrade I'd need to the computers to even hope to manipulate the files... Didn't even bother to think about the cost of new glass. On 9/20/2016 5:13 AM, Larry Colen wrote: I expect this article may endanger a few

Re: OT Fujifilm mirrorless medium format

2016-09-20 Thread Bruce Walker
No drool from this direction. It has a couple of deal-breakers: no OVF, only EVF, and a brand new lens mount, so no legacy glass, only brand new (read expensive) lenses. The 645z continues to satisfy every photographic need I have. On Tue, Sep 20, 2016 at 5:13 AM, Larry Colen