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Uprez, useful as it often may be, can not add detail that isn’t in the source image. There will always be a case for better source image detail.On the resolution front lastly you have AI uprez tools which get better by the day (e.g. Magnific AI) which also lessen the need to use that Rodie 138 with a Pano to the backdrops for Hollywood sets - a Hassy 100 MPX + uprez is sufficient.
I think for photography and in this context photography P1 customers, potentially, the question is whether it matters if the add detail is generated or not. I think not so much to be honest except if you want to be somehow super principled, but commercially that does not matter really anymore these days.Uprez, useful as it often may be, can not add detail that isn’t in the source image. There will always be a case for better source image detail.
The more pertinent point here may be how many people are really capable of actually using a 250MPixel back to its full capability? I suspect this category is indeed tiny, but decidedly non-zero.
40 XC? [Sorry was out of country]The new 40 XC will be a very flexible walkaround camera, especially with EVF as you can then really go from wide to normal to short tele
I wouldn't be surprised if the higher resolution of an IQ5 would be one of the least important reasons for getting a IQ5.The more pertinent point here may be how many people are really capable of actually using a 250MPixel back to its full capability?
Steve Hendrix posted a pic of a XC40; I think their "mirrorless" camera is actually an IQ5 with the new Sony chip (probably 54x36), some updated internals the XC40 and some sort of EVF functionality.\
40 XC? [Sorry was out of country]
Well Sensor + with 80 MPX would be amazing, essentially ultra clean ISO 200/400; also very crisp detail. Additionally, if they implement WIFI 7 and add support for running an EVF alongside tethering alongside third party x shutter (x shutter currently blocks tethering port) we would have a very nice setup. But they need to keep it below 25k USD with IQ4 trade-in anything else is madness in this battered economy. 25k USD is a lot of money when people can't pay living expenses and are losing their creative jobs - also pensioners need to see because money does get tight if costs rise and you live long due to modern medicine. Very curious how they play it and if they are reasonable.I wouldn't be surprised if the higher resolution of an IQ5 would be one of the least important reasons for getting a IQ5.
I hope the IQ5 will offer the option of downsampling for those for whom anything more than 100MP is just overkill.
Yes indeed.Steve Hendrix posted a pic of a XC40;
That’s why I never buy anything. The fear of obsolescence takes over and it’s paralyzing. I’ll go back to doing sketches on a piece of paper, unless you’ve heard of a new pencil model in the horizon.Do you think Fuji/Hassy will get an updated sensor next year or maybe 2026? I think there's too much going on in the medium format world to buy anything right now.
Ok so here's how it shapes up:Do you think Fuji/Hassy will get an updated sensor next year or maybe 2026? I think there's too much going on in the medium format world to buy anything right now.
Or, to be facetious, embraces it.That’s why I never buy anything. The fear of obsolescence takes over and it’s paralyzing.
First Instagram posting:Look at her – the bleeding edge of the Parisian AI fashion artist scene, hard at work replacing photographers, models, make up artists all at once:
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She's one of the best upcoming AI artists for commercial purposes. Her work in fashion, pre-viz for conceptual interior design or her Tesla ad are completely mind blowing. This is why no one in commercial bothers with a P1 kit anymore for commercial work - the hype is full on to do everything with AI.
All photos there are AI generated from the comfort of a sofa with a nice coffee on the side.
What remains is the older gen amateur shooting his holiday trip with the tech cam, so to say.
You need to see there are a lot of fashion photographers out of jobs right now and all they do is focus on improving their AI game to be able to offer new services to fashion brands. Those who didn't give up due to lack of jobs (Paris is expensive) are now learning 24/7 how to improve their AI game.
Buying a Phase 1 camera with 300 megapixels helps such a person 0, but really 0, to pay rent - in fact it would be outright stupid and would require a loan and debt for no increased income. It is a far better investment to buy a workstation with a high end graphics card to develop their own fine tuned fashion AI models. Similarly, top-end car photographers will fuse AI with photography via retouch to create stunning imagery in a shorter time frame at a lower price point.
That exact thought has gone through my mind so many times! Would be much easier, but then I’d have boxes of sketch booksI’ll go back to doing sketches on a piece of paper