Hasselblad may have already hit 39 megapixels more than a year ago, but that doesn't make the company's new H3D II DSLR any less impressive, which hits that same mark with a few other improvements. Those include a new 3-inch display, which promises both a clearer view of images and lower power consumption, as well as an apparently revamped menu system that'll let you tweak settings using the thumbwheel controls on the camera. Otherwise, you can expect just about everything you could ask for in a $37,000 camera, including 48x36 mm CCD image sensors (the largest currently available), a Global Image Locator that tags photos with the exact geographic co-ordinates at the time they were taken, and an array of features that promise to keep your shots free of noise and moiré effects, to name just a few. What's more, if 39 megapixels and $37k is just a bit too much for you, you can opt for one of two lesser models that Hasselblad's also just introduced, including the 31 megapixel H3D-31II ($30,000) and the 22 megapixel H3D-22II ($25,000).
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lol at ben carufel i can has more megapixels
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does this mean you now know how to take decent shots?San Diego BMW repair -> Jake @ www.littlecarshop.com Great guy :up:
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The Hassie is a piece of crap in my opinion. The back we use (which is also 39 megapixels) is a Phase One P45+...basically the same Kodak Dalsa chip, but the Dutch company Phase One destroys Hasselblad for build quality of the digital back. The Hasselblad digital backs are in actuality just Leaf medium format capture backs with a special case so that they match the exterior finish of the Hasselblad body -- seriously. It's just a Leaf Aptus back made to look nice with the Hasselblad :). This is thanks to Hasselblad's merger with Imacon (Leafs parent company) a few years back.
But really, the Phase One backs are much better made. Ours is just a work of art.
Last but not least, don't expect that Hasselblad back to ship anytime soon. The camera itself is most likely already available, but the digital back is a long ways off methinks. When Phase One announced the P45 two years ago we were one of the first to sign up for one, and it's JUST NOW being delivered to its first customers...
Redonkulous.
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Originally posted by silversleeper View Postum... what kinda memory cards does that use? and why is it roughly $1017.60 per megapixel?
When tethered to a laptop, all the images you're shooting are stored on the hard drive of the computer. You're also looking at a preview image as large as your screen -- much better than the small, crappy monitors on digital backs.
Now, if you want to shoot while out walking around, you can simply toss a compact flash card in and go for it. Each RAW image from a 39 megapixel back is roughly 30-35mb, so you can fit quite a few on a 4gb CF card.
As far as why it's so expensive -- QUALITY. We own a $7,000 Canon 1DSMkII with all sorts of expensive glass, and NONE of it can come close to the quality we get from the chip in the Phase One back and the Zeiss glass that is used with the Contax medium format camera we attach our Phase One back to.
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