xPan is dead, long live... Leica?

Не знаю, заметил ли кто на этом сайте, но хРап умер по причине какой-то абсолютно надуманной, а ведь такая уникальная камера! Вот одна статейка из западного источника на эту тему:
[quot] :-( xPan is dead. Long live... Leica?
It seems that Hasselblad/Fuji alliance does not do wonders for rangefinders. Remember the G(S)W690s? They are all over ebay now, and everyone wants one, which is strange given that in terms of resolution they lose to almost every medium-format lens out there. And now we are suffering another casualty - the wonderful xPan. Officially, the reason why xPan is discontinued is as follows: apparently, certain environmental reguations force a de-facto redesign of the camera for further production, and with demand being low, Hasselblad just can't be bothered. Of course, one has to wonder what to do with all those dangerous xPan cameras already out there - shall we go and arrest people with xPans, destroy the cameras and put the offenders in jail? Erm... I think not.

But what went wrong with the xPan, apart from some environmental bitching from a few bureaucrats? Why didn't we, the public, buy more of the damn things? Well... the main reason why some people bitch is the lens line-up. One problem was the fact that the line-up had only 3 lenses, and one of them cost more than the camera (I don't think Hasselblad ever justified the cost of the lens, and one can assume it's just to cover some horrendous R&D work). There has been talk of 135mm lens before, but now your only change of getting that on a rangefinder is to use the longest lens you can find (90mm?) on an Epson R-D1. Another issue with xPan is that some people expected fast lenses (by fast, I mean fast for 24x36 frame, not 'panoramically fast'), which would be useful for low-light/low-ISO photography. Those never came either.

So, now that the death of the xPan is upon us, let us ask ourselves - does it have its place in the modern world? I would have to say that yes, it does. xPan is useful for landscapes and reportage, and the ability to switch from 45mm to 24mm in one camera is a unique feature that we'll never see again. While the 'extra lenses' are of little value (as is the update to version II), xPan never really needed anything beyond the 45mm. In this era of mass-production, uniqueness is hard to find, so if you have an xPan - enjoy it![/quot]

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от:metacreative
Не знаю, заметил ли кто на этом сайте, но хРап умер по причине какой-то абсолютно надуманной, а ведь такая уникальная камера! Вот одна статейка из западного источника на эту тему:
[quot] :-( xPan is dead. Long live... Leica?
It seems that Hasselblad/Fuji alliance does not do wonders for rangefinders. Remember the G(S)W690s? They are all over ebay now, and everyone wants one, which is strange given that in terms of resolution they lose to almost every medium-format lens out there. And now we are suffering another casualty - the wonderful xPan. Officially, the reason why xPan is discontinued is as follows: apparently, certain environmental reguations force a de-facto redesign of the camera for further production, and with demand being low, Hasselblad just can't be bothered. Of course, one has to wonder what to do with all those dangerous xPan cameras already out there - shall we go and arrest people with xPans, destroy the cameras and put the offenders in jail? Erm... I think not.

But what went wrong with the xPan, apart from some environmental bitching from a few bureaucrats? Why didn't we, the public, buy more of the damn things? Well... the main reason why some people bitch is the lens line-up. One problem was the fact that the line-up had only 3 lenses, and one of them cost more than the camera (I don't think Hasselblad ever justified the cost of the lens, and one can assume it's just to cover some horrendous R&D work). There has been talk of 135mm lens before, but now your only change of getting that on a rangefinder is to use the longest lens you can find (90mm?) on an Epson R-D1. Another issue with xPan is that some people expected fast lenses (by fast, I mean fast for 24x36 frame, not 'panoramically fast'), which would be useful for low-light/low-ISO photography. Those never came either.

So, now that the death of the xPan is upon us, let us ask ourselves - does it have its place in the modern world? I would have to say that yes, it does. xPan is useful for landscapes and reportage, and the ability to switch from 45mm to 24mm in one camera is a unique feature that we'll never see again. While the 'extra lenses' are of little value (as is the update to version II), xPan never really needed anything beyond the 45mm. In this era of mass-production, uniqueness is hard to find, so if you have an xPan - enjoy it![/quot]

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уже было...
вроде как это связано с ужесточением норм и законами евросоюза о ПДК -вредных примесях с использовании свинца. Эту модель хасселя решили слить.

Вообще-то это камера Фуджи и про ее выпуск речь не идет. Просто она не будет больше продаваться под маркой хассель. Кому сильно захочется купит, если конечно нет предубеждения против названия, все-таки не хассиль-)))