http://www.engadget.com/2007/09/18/hasselblad-rolls-out-39-megapixel-h3d-ii-dslr/ Engadget Comments for Hasselblad rolls out 39 megapixel H3D II DSLR http://www.engadget.com/media/feedlogo.gif http://www.engadget.com en-us Copyright 2012 Weblogs, Inc. The contents of this feed are available for non-commercial use only. Blogsmith http://www.blogsmith.com/http://www.engadget.com/2007/09/18/hasselblad-rolls-out-39-megapixel-h3d-ii-dslr/http://www.engadget.com/2007/09/18/hasselblad-rolls-out-39-megapixel-h3d-ii-dslr/Been saving since pixels increased in cameras on a weekly basis.]]>Jan 31st 2010 1:11PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2007/09/18/hasselblad-rolls-out-39-megapixel-h3d-ii-dslr/http://www.engadget.com/2007/09/18/hasselblad-rolls-out-39-megapixel-h3d-ii-dslr/
I can't imagine working with a picture that large, it would be wonderful and probably extremely laggy on all but a 10,000 mac pro. ]]>Sep 18th 2007 4:14PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2007/09/18/hasselblad-rolls-out-39-megapixel-h3d-ii-dslr/http://www.engadget.com/2007/09/18/hasselblad-rolls-out-39-megapixel-h3d-ii-dslr/Sep 18th 2007 4:32PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2007/09/18/hasselblad-rolls-out-39-megapixel-h3d-ii-dslr/http://www.engadget.com/2007/09/18/hasselblad-rolls-out-39-megapixel-h3d-ii-dslr/Sep 18th 2007 4:52PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2007/09/18/hasselblad-rolls-out-39-megapixel-h3d-ii-dslr/http://www.engadget.com/2007/09/18/hasselblad-rolls-out-39-megapixel-h3d-ii-dslr/Sep 18th 2007 5:15PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2007/09/18/hasselblad-rolls-out-39-megapixel-h3d-ii-dslr/http://www.engadget.com/2007/09/18/hasselblad-rolls-out-39-megapixel-h3d-ii-dslr/Sep 18th 2007 5:39PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2007/09/18/hasselblad-rolls-out-39-megapixel-h3d-ii-dslr/http://www.engadget.com/2007/09/18/hasselblad-rolls-out-39-megapixel-h3d-ii-dslr/
The Hasselblad actually uses the Phase One Digital back (they are available for other cameras as well).]]>Sep 18th 2007 5:40PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2007/09/18/hasselblad-rolls-out-39-megapixel-h3d-ii-dslr/http://www.engadget.com/2007/09/18/hasselblad-rolls-out-39-megapixel-h3d-ii-dslr/Sep 18th 2007 5:49PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2007/09/18/hasselblad-rolls-out-39-megapixel-h3d-ii-dslr/http://www.engadget.com/2007/09/18/hasselblad-rolls-out-39-megapixel-h3d-ii-dslr/Sep 18th 2007 5:51PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2007/09/18/hasselblad-rolls-out-39-megapixel-h3d-ii-dslr/http://www.engadget.com/2007/09/18/hasselblad-rolls-out-39-megapixel-h3d-ii-dslr/Sep 18th 2007 5:56PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2007/09/18/hasselblad-rolls-out-39-megapixel-h3d-ii-dslr/http://www.engadget.com/2007/09/18/hasselblad-rolls-out-39-megapixel-h3d-ii-dslr/Sep 18th 2007 5:56PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2007/09/18/hasselblad-rolls-out-39-megapixel-h3d-ii-dslr/http://www.engadget.com/2007/09/18/hasselblad-rolls-out-39-megapixel-h3d-ii-dslr/
Cheap lenses on expensive camera = sad.

Expensive lenses on cheap camera = sexy.]]>Sep 18th 2007 7:33PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2007/09/18/hasselblad-rolls-out-39-megapixel-h3d-ii-dslr/http://www.engadget.com/2007/09/18/hasselblad-rolls-out-39-megapixel-h3d-ii-dslr/
@ryan

lol, tamrons are too loud anyways.

@barry

so my 70-200 2.8 L on a rebel XT is bringing sexy back?]]>Sep 18th 2007 11:03PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2007/09/18/hasselblad-rolls-out-39-megapixel-h3d-ii-dslr/http://www.engadget.com/2007/09/18/hasselblad-rolls-out-39-megapixel-h3d-ii-dslr/
Makes my 10 Megapixel canon feel... inadequate]]>Sep 18th 2007 4:22PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2007/09/18/hasselblad-rolls-out-39-megapixel-h3d-ii-dslr/http://www.engadget.com/2007/09/18/hasselblad-rolls-out-39-megapixel-h3d-ii-dslr/Sep 18th 2007 4:32PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2007/09/18/hasselblad-rolls-out-39-megapixel-h3d-ii-dslr/http://www.engadget.com/2007/09/18/hasselblad-rolls-out-39-megapixel-h3d-ii-dslr/Sep 18th 2007 5:06PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2007/09/18/hasselblad-rolls-out-39-megapixel-h3d-ii-dslr/http://www.engadget.com/2007/09/18/hasselblad-rolls-out-39-megapixel-h3d-ii-dslr/
I have a rebel XT and am perfectly content with 8, but when i am out shooting events i feel the same way. Hate it when those guys with 1Ds mkIIs walk by with two times the resolution and a camera that dwarfs mine :(]]>Sep 18th 2007 5:41PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2007/09/18/hasselblad-rolls-out-39-megapixel-h3d-ii-dslr/http://www.engadget.com/2007/09/18/hasselblad-rolls-out-39-megapixel-h3d-ii-dslr/Yawn.
At a mere 1000dpi I need 80 megapixels. A more useful 3000dpi weighs in at 720Mpixels.
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People your 10Mp cameras are fine just like your previous 35mm film cameras were fine. This are the digital equivalent to medium format which consumers do not need.]]>Sep 18th 2007 4:49PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2007/09/18/hasselblad-rolls-out-39-megapixel-h3d-ii-dslr/http://www.engadget.com/2007/09/18/hasselblad-rolls-out-39-megapixel-h3d-ii-dslr/Sep 18th 2007 7:20PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2007/09/18/hasselblad-rolls-out-39-megapixel-h3d-ii-dslr/http://www.engadget.com/2007/09/18/hasselblad-rolls-out-39-megapixel-h3d-ii-dslr/Sep 18th 2007 4:46PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2007/09/18/hasselblad-rolls-out-39-megapixel-h3d-ii-dslr/http://www.engadget.com/2007/09/18/hasselblad-rolls-out-39-megapixel-h3d-ii-dslr/Sep 18th 2007 4:54PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2007/09/18/hasselblad-rolls-out-39-megapixel-h3d-ii-dslr/http://www.engadget.com/2007/09/18/hasselblad-rolls-out-39-megapixel-h3d-ii-dslr/Sep 18th 2007 4:48PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2007/09/18/hasselblad-rolls-out-39-megapixel-h3d-ii-dslr/http://www.engadget.com/2007/09/18/hasselblad-rolls-out-39-megapixel-h3d-ii-dslr/Sep 18th 2007 4:48PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2007/09/18/hasselblad-rolls-out-39-megapixel-h3d-ii-dslr/http://www.engadget.com/2007/09/18/hasselblad-rolls-out-39-megapixel-h3d-ii-dslr/Sep 18th 2007 5:09PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2007/09/18/hasselblad-rolls-out-39-megapixel-h3d-ii-dslr/http://www.engadget.com/2007/09/18/hasselblad-rolls-out-39-megapixel-h3d-ii-dslr/Sep 18th 2007 4:52PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2007/09/18/hasselblad-rolls-out-39-megapixel-h3d-ii-dslr/http://www.engadget.com/2007/09/18/hasselblad-rolls-out-39-megapixel-h3d-ii-dslr/Sep 18th 2007 4:53PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2007/09/18/hasselblad-rolls-out-39-megapixel-h3d-ii-dslr/http://www.engadget.com/2007/09/18/hasselblad-rolls-out-39-megapixel-h3d-ii-dslr/
The fugly name prevents me from buying anything from them.

]]>Sep 18th 2007 4:56PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2007/09/18/hasselblad-rolls-out-39-megapixel-h3d-ii-dslr/http://www.engadget.com/2007/09/18/hasselblad-rolls-out-39-megapixel-h3d-ii-dslr/Sep 18th 2007 4:57PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2007/09/18/hasselblad-rolls-out-39-megapixel-h3d-ii-dslr/http://www.engadget.com/2007/09/18/hasselblad-rolls-out-39-megapixel-h3d-ii-dslr/not that i could afford either :(
]]>Sep 18th 2007 4:59PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2007/09/18/hasselblad-rolls-out-39-megapixel-h3d-ii-dslr/http://www.engadget.com/2007/09/18/hasselblad-rolls-out-39-megapixel-h3d-ii-dslr/36x24mm on regular "fullframes" is half of the 48x36 that Hasselblad's middle format has. More space for light to shine on, lenses with greater aperture and longer focal length. So it would be sharper. And Hasselblad has 16 bits per color. 65k vs. Canon's 12bit - 4k...]]>Sep 18th 2007 5:09PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2007/09/18/hasselblad-rolls-out-39-megapixel-h3d-ii-dslr/http://www.engadget.com/2007/09/18/hasselblad-rolls-out-39-megapixel-h3d-ii-dslr/
The 1Ds Mark III is probably a better overall camera. Digital medium format has its special niche. But the market is owned by Mamiya; which actually has better optics and a larger selection of digital backs (including the 39MP Phase One back that this Hasselblad uses).]]>Sep 18th 2007 5:45PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2007/09/18/hasselblad-rolls-out-39-megapixel-h3d-ii-dslr/http://www.engadget.com/2007/09/18/hasselblad-rolls-out-39-megapixel-h3d-ii-dslr/Sep 18th 2007 6:02PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2007/09/18/hasselblad-rolls-out-39-megapixel-h3d-ii-dslr/http://www.engadget.com/2007/09/18/hasselblad-rolls-out-39-megapixel-h3d-ii-dslr/
The Canon 1DS MIII is going to be a great camera but it can not begin to compare to the quality image you'll get off of a 39mp Medium Format sized sensor. Image quality in digital is all about the size of the individual photo diodes that make up the sensor array. The larger the individual photodiodes the higher quality of image you get. The sensor array of a medium format camera uses a much large photodiode than even a full frame 35mm sensor.

Another major difference between the current crop of top of the line FF 35mm DSLR's and the MF cameras is in the area of Bit Depth. The MF cameras all capture at 16bits per color channel. The 35mm format DSLRs are typically 12bits per channel. The newest top end Canon's and Nikons are now at 14bit color depth. This makes a very large difference in the smoothness of color gradiations.

The final big difference is in the dynamic range of a Medium Format camera. Most 35mm DSLR's have about 5-6 stops of dynamic range which is very akin to shooting slide film. The MF digital sensors have 8+ stops of dynamic range which allows the photographer to not have to compromise the shot at either the high or low end of the light spectrum. To put this in laymans terms, think of a picture taken in the brilliant morning sunlight after a snow storm. The barn is in front of a bunch of trees that are also covered in snow. The snow will be very bright and the shadows will be almost black. Normal DSLRS can not capture the entire range of brightness from pure white to pure black. They can either expose to make the whites look correct which will make the shadows too dark, or they can expose to make the shadowed areas look right but which will cause the snowy areas to be very over exposed. MF doesn't have that problem.]]>Sep 18th 2007 6:09PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2007/09/18/hasselblad-rolls-out-39-megapixel-h3d-ii-dslr/http://www.engadget.com/2007/09/18/hasselblad-rolls-out-39-megapixel-h3d-ii-dslr/>I am a professional photographer and the gentleman who says Mamiya owns the Medium Format Digital market has no clue what he's talking about. Mamiya is lagging way behind in the digital realm. Hassleblad's Zeiss Optics are the best available. I know, I own both.

This statement makes me think you're full of it. Or some "professional" wedding photographer.

First off, neither Hasselblad nor Mamiya actually make digital backs. The Mamiya ZD back and the Hasselblad H-series are made by third-party manufacturers (Phase One, Leaf).

The reason why most photographers choose the Mamiya for Digital medium format is due to its modularity. The Mamiya accepts ALL digital backs on its RZ67 system from any company.

The choices available on the Hasselblad are much smaller. Also, the Mamiya optics have been gold standard in the medium-format industry for decades.]]>Sep 18th 2007 6:54PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2007/09/18/hasselblad-rolls-out-39-megapixel-h3d-ii-dslr/http://www.engadget.com/2007/09/18/hasselblad-rolls-out-39-megapixel-h3d-ii-dslr/Sep 18th 2007 7:40PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2007/09/18/hasselblad-rolls-out-39-megapixel-h3d-ii-dslr/http://www.engadget.com/2007/09/18/hasselblad-rolls-out-39-megapixel-h3d-ii-dslr/Sep 19th 2007 10:01AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2007/09/18/hasselblad-rolls-out-39-megapixel-h3d-ii-dslr/http://www.engadget.com/2007/09/18/hasselblad-rolls-out-39-megapixel-h3d-ii-dslr/
There's a guy who can't afford the digital one, so shooting the middle format film with analog one is fine, you can scan them later at higher resolution than 39MPix :)
And when it comes to digital, EOS 1Ds Mark II currently does the job. Fullframe + 12-24mm lens = sees behind the corner ;)]]>Sep 18th 2007 5:01PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2007/09/18/hasselblad-rolls-out-39-megapixel-h3d-ii-dslr/http://www.engadget.com/2007/09/18/hasselblad-rolls-out-39-megapixel-h3d-ii-dslr/]]>Sep 18th 2007 5:10PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2007/09/18/hasselblad-rolls-out-39-megapixel-h3d-ii-dslr/http://www.engadget.com/2007/09/18/hasselblad-rolls-out-39-megapixel-h3d-ii-dslr/This thing might "only" have 39 megapixels, but with a medium format sensor, the quality will be much better than any 35 mm full-frame DSLR.
So let's please stop comparing apples and oranges.
This is just like DSLR posts with idiots toting their pocket cams, saying how they also have 12 megapixels, and such.]]>Sep 18th 2007 5:13PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2007/09/18/hasselblad-rolls-out-39-megapixel-h3d-ii-dslr/http://www.engadget.com/2007/09/18/hasselblad-rolls-out-39-megapixel-h3d-ii-dslr/
This is a seriously professional camera we are looking at here. Very hard to justify...]]>Sep 18th 2007 5:39PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2007/09/18/hasselblad-rolls-out-39-megapixel-h3d-ii-dslr/http://www.engadget.com/2007/09/18/hasselblad-rolls-out-39-megapixel-h3d-ii-dslr/Sep 18th 2007 5:39PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2007/09/18/hasselblad-rolls-out-39-megapixel-h3d-ii-dslr/http://www.engadget.com/2007/09/18/hasselblad-rolls-out-39-megapixel-h3d-ii-dslr/Sep 18th 2007 5:42PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2007/09/18/hasselblad-rolls-out-39-megapixel-h3d-ii-dslr/http://www.engadget.com/2007/09/18/hasselblad-rolls-out-39-megapixel-h3d-ii-dslr/Sep 18th 2007 7:42PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2007/09/18/hasselblad-rolls-out-39-megapixel-h3d-ii-dslr/http://www.engadget.com/2007/09/18/hasselblad-rolls-out-39-megapixel-h3d-ii-dslr/Sep 18th 2007 6:00PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2007/09/18/hasselblad-rolls-out-39-megapixel-h3d-ii-dslr/http://www.engadget.com/2007/09/18/hasselblad-rolls-out-39-megapixel-h3d-ii-dslr/Sep 18th 2007 6:01PM