[Leica] The new Hasselblad is announced

[Sonny Carter]

I think 645 was called medium format because it used medium format film, not because of the frame size.  

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Sonny Carter

> On Jun 22, 2016, at 8:17 PM, Frank Verizon 2 2016 <red735i at verizon.net> wrote:
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> Sometime in the long ago, some marketing guy thought the rather obscure 645 size ( remember the A16 Hassy back?) was MF.  At that time, there was 6x6 and 645.  ( and 6x7; 6x9; and even 6x8). All the numbers referred to film size in mm.  They all used a common 120 film size. 
> Then someone thought that 6x6 was a dead end and there were no more 6x6 cameras being made. They were all 645....the other sizes went dead.
> So magically, 645 became the MF standard (and only size). 
> With the advent of digital, 645 became a ratio (4:3), not a mm size, and so now we have digital MF sensors that measure 44x33mm
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> There are larger sensors.... But none measure 56x56 mm, the old time MF standard
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> We can only hope some sensor in the future will measure 56x56mm. My CF lenses will cover the sensor, easily. 
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> Frank
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> Sent from my iPad
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> On Jun 22, 2016, at 6:58 PM, lluisripollphotography <lluisripollphotography at gmail.com> wrote:
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> Neither for me I think, I don’t like operate on cameras in Menu mode neither with EVF, on the other hand this one is not exactly a MF camera, IMHO it is equivalent to a smaller 4,5 x 6, the CMOS sensor is 43.8 × 32.9mm, for me the true MF (at least in film)  is 60 x 60 mm (2 1/4" x 2 1/4”).
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> Lluis
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>> El 22 juny 2016, a les 23:16, Frank Verizon 2 2016 <red735i at verizon.net> va escriure:
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>> Appears to be a Leica SL on steroids, at a discount store price. 
>> Does 2 lenses sound familiar?
>> No zoom yet, no H lens adapter yet. 
>> Fully electronic lens to body connections mean that CF,C, and F lenses will not work, unless they make a special adapter available
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>> It is substantially lighter than my Leaf + 500CM system, a good thing.
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>> I am unconvinced it is a path for me.
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>> Frank Filippone
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>> <http://www.hasselblad.com/x1d>
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