Phase One XF IQ4chat_bubble_outlineFrom real comments

Medium format image quality that long-time users call groundbreaking. A Phase One user since 2009 describes the XF as fantastic after multiple generations of upgrades, calling each one groundbreaking in its moment. Others echo the excitement over 150 megapixels, describing the resolution as crazy and amazing, and praising the fantastic feel in the hand along with the lenses and backs, saying there's nothing like the medium format look these files produce.

The price tag extends far beyond the body itself. Commenters repeatedly stress that the camera's cost is only the beginning, noting you'd need to tack on $5,000-10,000 for a computer powerful enough to render and store the gigabyte-size files, with one estimating a maxed-out workstation pushes the total system cost past $100,000. Several say they'd love one but simply can't justify or afford the full setup.

Reliability and modernity complaints temper the enthusiasm. Not everyone is sold: one long-time shooter says there's always something wrong with it, criticizes the single-point focus system, and calls it overpriced and unreliable. Another calls the focusing slow, unreliable, and lacking weather sealing, saying the Fuji GFX line is taking its market. A separate comment laments the outdated lenses, wishing for new ultra high-end glass to match the sensor.