Hasselblad Digital

Since I don't have $10,000 for a digital back, should I keep my 503cx and keep shooting film? I hate to sell it; it's like trading in a classic mustang for a focus. But I feel like I am the only one still shooting film.

Amy R,

I am still shooting medium and large format film.
Just bought some new Ektar 100 as a matter of fact.


Besides, suppose you were the last person using film, who cares? It's all about YOUR vision. If film works...so be it.


One last point, you do actually have a digital camera right now. I scan my medium format film with my Epson V500 and make digital files. It's cool. I end up with both a virus proof real negative AND a digital file. Film is the very best of both worlds!

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2009-07-08 10:47:05 by Amy R

The Hasselblad H3D is the world's first 48mm full-frame, large-sensor, medium-format DSLR camera system. The H3D has been developed around a ...

Whats the cheapest solution for putting a digital back on a hasselblad 500?

Is a low pixel count really an issue?

Looking at KEH.com, I see that they have a couple of Imacon Ixpress 16 MP backs available for right at $8000. These have, I believe, a 37mm square sensor.

There's also a Kodak back of about the same vintage and with about the same resolution that sells for the same price or maybe a little bit less.

I personally wouldn't get too terribly caught up on the megapixel rating. The obvious comparison to the above backs would be Canon's 1Ds MKII, at 16.7 megapixels and about the same price.

Although I haven't personally done the comparison, two things come to mind that would point in favor of the Imacon-
1. On the Imacon back, the same number of pixels are spread out over a greater area. This means that any given pixel on the Imacon back is going to be physically larger than in the Canon back. As you probably know, larger pixels are better able to grab light, and, thus, for a given sensitivity, will generally have a lot less noise. This means that the Imacon files should look a lot cleaner.

2. By all accounts, the 1Ds MkII is very taxing of the lenses in use, only achieving the top resolution when using excellent lenses mounted on a tripod and all the other usual precautions. Since the Imacon has a lower pixel density(about the same as that of a 5mp APS-C DSLR), it's going to be a lot less demanding of the lens in use, and therefore quite easy to get the full resolution out of. This should be especially true when using the excellent Carl Zeiss lenses on the Hasselblad.

2007-06-08 12:52:24 by Blueice

Price: $59.95

As much striaght forward infomation as possible please.
Cheers.

100% digital. 39 megapixels. $34,000.00 US.

2008-07-02 23:08:33 by Josh

Price: $62.95

i'm thinking about purchasing a Hasselblad 500 elm, and wanted to know if they take Digital backs, and if so would it really be worth using that sort of equipment on a 500 elm?

any answers would be greatly appreciated;)
hey thanks for the advice, it's really helpful, I've already purchased the camera with accessories at what i think is a pretty great price, ($515AU) digital back or not, it's still a great piece of equipment to have at hand. thanks again!

You are going to have to go directly to Hasselblad for that answer. Over the past few decades the Hasselblad systems have changed just enough so not all backs are interchangeable.

I just got off the phone with a colleague who owns a studio and he told me that his has sold his old Hasselblad 39 digital camera system and gone to using Nikon D3x's in the studio. For him at least, this is a good move since he has been using Nikon DSLR's for location shoots and has a full compliment of lenses.

2009-10-07 21:01:07 by jeff.arenas

If you mean this one, you can buy it from Amazon

http://www.amazon.com/gp/redirect.html?i e=UTF8&location=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.ama zon.com%2FHasselblad-503cw-Medium-Format -Camera%2Fdp%2FB000V9ZB72%3Fie%3DUTF8%26 s%3Dphoto%26qid%3D1255838936%26sr%3D1-4& amp;tag=wii-world-20&linkCode=ur2&am p;camp=1789&creative=9325

Or you can check on their catalog

http://www.amazon.com/gp/search?ie=UTF8& amp;keywords=Hasselblad&tag=wii-worl d-20&index=photo&linkCode=ur2&am p;camp=1789&creative=9325

Hope this helps :)

2009-10-16 19:38:38 by jeezay