[Leica] hasselblad xpan

[daniel mcclenaghan <danielmc@fda.net>]

there has been some talk lately about the xpan on the list. a few 
weeks ago i purchased(temporarily) this particular camera from my local 
dealer. i shot 4 rolls of slides through it in the first couple of days 
and boy was i astonished when i got the results back from the lab. there 
was about a stop and a half of falloff in the corners in the panoramic 
mode and around a stop brighter in the center. the subject matter that 
showed this the most were areas of similar tone such as walls and large 
portions of the sky. also the camera was quite soft in the corners as 
well. i expressed my dissatifaction to my local dealer and he/she sent 
it in as a warranty repair. when we heard back from hasselblad they said 
that fuji finds the results acceptable, while hassy said that there 
coming out with a center filter to correct the problem. i returned the 
camera and used the money to buy a 28mm M-elmarit for my m4-p(now i'm 
back on topic).