by trondsa » Wed Aug 26, 2015 12:03 pm
Dear Doug,
This message is more to PhaseOne than to you.
I really appreciate your contribution to this and other forums dealing with P1 products.
DT is "responsible" for selling a lot of PhaseOne equipment well beyond the US border, and PhaseOne should thank you for that!
I recognize that DT, after spending time and money on modification of lenses, cannot give away free advice to the "whole world".
This is PhaseOne's responsibility, but they are not recognizing is as their responsibility.
The situation is very unfortunate for many XF users, and I myself specifically purchased the 80mm/f1.9, 24mm Fish Eye and 50mm Shift for use on the XF.
It has not been possible to get any info on the modification from dealers here in Europe.
Having failed to find a source for the modification, I opened a support case through my dealer a month ago when I got my XF/IQ380, but so far there is only silence from PhaseOne.
I think the time now is well overdue for PhaseOne to issue a compatibility list of legacy lenses, like the list compiled fro the DF+, and to comment on what can and cannot be done to modify lenses.
I think most users assumed that the compatibility was the same as for DF+.
Now, I do not dare to mount any MF lens on my XF in fear of damaging a very expensive camera.
Having spent north of 60k$ on camera, back and lenses, I think PhaseOne should not just ignore me and refuse to answer what seems to be a simple question.
Best regards
Trond