[Leica] Hasselblad digi-backs, lenses - was M9"M8

[red735i at earthlink.net (Frank Filippone)]

I think the major reason to "stick" a digi-back on my V system ( 500 or 200)
Camera, rather than to purchase a new Hasselblad H series outfit, is the
cost......

I own the bodies  already
I own the lenses already
A back is the only cost to upgrade to digital MF.

While not cheap, it is the only thing I must purchase..... 

Even if in the future, I decide to "toss" the 500 Series stuff and buy into
another MF system like the S2 or H1 or whatever, I am only out  the cost of
the back.  The lenses etc. have pretty much tanked in cost already, and the
downside is pretty shallow now.....

That is pretty compelling to me....

Frank Filippone
red735i at earthlink.net

But that system is likely (and I'm guessing here, based on the fact 
that some components aren't made anymore) to be a dead end. So for 
that kind of money I'd want to have either a clear advantage over 
anything else in that price bracket, or something that has a future. 
Neither of those things seem convincing to me about the 
Hasselblad-500-as-digital option.