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Hasselblad H5 Announced

The 24mm lens could be interesting.....:)

Hopefully we'll see some cheaper H4D's now, affordable for those of us who only dabble in MF on an amateur basis.
 
Yeah, 24mm does sound interesting ... especially mounted to the HTS/1.5.

I believe that combination would give us the equivalent field-of-view of 35mm in MF terms, but with T/S.

I wonder what other lenses are being upgraded? The "Macro" attachment for the 17, 28 and 50mm sounds like fun.

-Marc
 
I doubt we will ever see a square sensor..... one can dream - but I guess that is all it will remain.

The fact that HB dropped the CFV39 is not good news for V system owners - better news would have been a back that is affordable to many enthusiast V owners ie around $6K, as this is what a D800 with a few decent lenses will cost.
 
As nice as the CFV-50 is, it is beyond the need of most users.

I would love one, but 30mp is fine for my needs.

It really would have been a good move to cater for the needs of thousands of V users who have a blad in storage - but don't want to take out a loan or mortgage to move into the digital era.

In this case a 30mp back for 5-6$k would be ideal.

For pro users who generate $ with their system and can write off purchases - it is a different matter.

But those tend to favour the more sophisticated H4 / H5 series with newer lenses.
 
zthee said:
Even though I really want to stick to the square format; a 30mp back for that price I would buy!
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All the Hasselblad backs, both CFV and H series offer a square format option. It is called cropping... :)

If you have 50 megapixels to play with, cropping a bit off each side leaves you with a excellent quality square image.

Regards
Peter
 
peterbkk said:
All the Hasselblad backs, both CFV and H series offer a square format option. It is called cropping... :)r
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But then we're dealing with the funny crop factor thingy. And suddenly my 50mm is a 75mm - And that's not really what I want. But I think that's another thread.

Hopefully there will be a 56 x 56 mm back somewhere in the future. But I don't think it'll happen in the next 5 years...

I'm still hoping they'll release something else on the 18th :)
 
zthee said:
But then we're dealing with the funny crop factor thingy. And suddenly my 50mm is a 75mm - And that's not really what I want. But I think that's another thread.

Hopefully there will be a 56 x 56 mm back somewhere in the future. But I don't think it'll happen in the next 5 years...

I'm still hoping they'll release something else on the 18th :)
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Let's see. Although Hasselblad are not Apple. They've never been much good at keeping secrets or having surprise "one more thing" launches.

Who knows for sure, but I would not be surprised if their big Photokina launch is only the H5D. For Hasselblad, a new model at this time is a big deal after their financial, geographical and ownership uncertainties of recent years.

I'm just happy that they are keeping up a steady flow of new models; not getting dragged into crazy feature wars like the consumer camera companies. Just as they've done since the 1940s, slowly evolving and improving, with lots of backward compatibility.

For me, I tend to make a major new camera purchase about once a decade, preferring to really get to know my camera's behaviour and strengths. So, in many ways, I'm glad that Hasselblad don't distract me with wild changes for the sake of change...

Regards
Peter
 
crop factors

zthee said:
But then we're dealing with the funny crop factor thingy. And suddenly my 50mm is a 75mm - And that's not really what I want.
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We shouldn't let crop factors worry us. That's just a number multiplied against a focal length number. But what does a focal length number mean? Do we have to think in 35mm film focal lengths? Or roll film focal lengths? In the world of digital, with a range of sensor sizes, these numbers are becoming increasingly less helpful.

Maybe we just think broadly like "wide", "normal", tele"; relative to the human eye angle of view - which is also quite variable.

Or maybe just follow a WYSIWYG approach and let the viewfinder guide you, assuming that the viewfinder is suitably masked to match the sensor in use.

Regards
Peter
 
peterbkk said:
We shouldn't let crop factors worry us. That's just a number multiplied against a focal length number. But what does a focal length number mean? Do we have to think in 35mm film focal lengths? Or roll film focal lengths? In the world of digital, with a range of sensor sizes, these numbers are becoming increasingly less helpful.

Maybe we just think broadly like "wide", "normal", tele"; relative to the human eye angle of view - which is also quite variable.

Or maybe just follow a WYSIWYG approach and let the viewfinder guide you, assuming that the viewfinder is suitably masked to match the sensor in use.

Regards
Peter
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Actually Peter, I think focal length does make a difference in terms of choosing the right lens for the situation. At one time I had a Kodak DCS Pro Back Plus that had a 1.5x magnification factor. That actually hurt a lot because the only lens I had at the time was a 60mm lens which in turn gave me a 90mm lens. Not quite the wide angle I was looking for and while I was shooting an event everything had a short telephoto look to it.
 
peterbkk said:
We shouldn't let crop factors worry us. That's just a number multiplied against a focal length number. But what does a focal length number mean? Do we have to think in 35mm film focal lengths? Or roll film focal lengths? In the world of digital, with a range of sensor sizes, these numbers are becoming increasingly less helpful.

Maybe we just think broadly like "wide", "normal", tele"; relative to the human eye angle of view - which is also quite variable.

Or maybe just follow a WYSIWYG approach and let the viewfinder guide you, assuming that the viewfinder is suitably masked to match the sensor in use.

Regards
Peter
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Just expanding on my reply. I couldn't edit my last message:

Actually Peter, I think focal length does make a difference in terms of choosing the right lens for the situation. At one time I had a Kodak DCS Pro Back Plus that had a 1.5x magnification factor. That actually hurt a lot because the only lens I had at the time was a 60mm lens which in turn gave me a 90mm lens. Not quite the wide angle I was looking for. I ended shooting an event where everything had a short telephoto look to it. There are quite a few pictures where I couldn't back up enough to get a wider angle. So I went with what I saw in the viewfinder, but that didn't work out for me.

Granted today's sensors are closer to 6x4.5 format so a 60mm lens will be a 60mm lens for the most part except height-wise, it's still not quite the square format we're looking for. We just need that extra 1.5mm on the height part of the sensor.
 
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