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ROLF]]>Nov 19th 2009 1:01PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/11/19/hasselblad-intros-50-megapixel-h3dii-50-ms-with-multishot/http://www.engadget.com/2009/11/19/hasselblad-intros-50-megapixel-h3dii-50-ms-with-multishot/
ROLF... AGAIN!


Site changed the commenting system didn't huh Engadget?]]>Nov 19th 2009 1:06PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/11/19/hasselblad-intros-50-megapixel-h3dii-50-ms-with-multishot/http://www.engadget.com/2009/11/19/hasselblad-intros-50-megapixel-h3dii-50-ms-with-multishot/Nov 19th 2009 3:40PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/11/19/hasselblad-intros-50-megapixel-h3dii-50-ms-with-multishot/http://www.engadget.com/2009/11/19/hasselblad-intros-50-megapixel-h3dii-50-ms-with-multishot/
Hwha? My brain is having a slow day. Could somebody brake that down into tiny sense-making chunks?]]>Nov 19th 2009 12:31PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/11/19/hasselblad-intros-50-megapixel-h3dii-50-ms-with-multishot/http://www.engadget.com/2009/11/19/hasselblad-intros-50-megapixel-h3dii-50-ms-with-multishot/Nov 19th 2009 12:32PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/11/19/hasselblad-intros-50-megapixel-h3dii-50-ms-with-multishot/http://www.engadget.com/2009/11/19/hasselblad-intros-50-megapixel-h3dii-50-ms-with-multishot/Nov 19th 2009 12:48PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/11/19/hasselblad-intros-50-megapixel-h3dii-50-ms-with-multishot/http://www.engadget.com/2009/11/19/hasselblad-intros-50-megapixel-h3dii-50-ms-with-multishot/Actually, the way it works is this: A CCD has what is called a bayer mask on it, it makes it sensitive to different wavelengths of light in a grid pattern.
The pattern is layed out something like this:
RGRGRGRGRG
GBGBGBGBGB
RGRGRGRGRG

When you take a picture in single shot, the camera uses the neighboring RGB values to create a single pixel worth of color data.
Multi-shot works by moving the sensor the distance of 1 pixel (on both the X and Y axis using piezo crystals) so that the same image gets exposed to all 3 values, thus giving you a full RGB value without interpolation. Multi-shot comes in 4 and 16 shot flavors, and only works on things that are perfectly still. 16 shot mode with this sensor would give you the equivalent of a 200 megapixel image.]]>Nov 19th 2009 1:00PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/11/19/hasselblad-intros-50-megapixel-h3dii-50-ms-with-multishot/http://www.engadget.com/2009/11/19/hasselblad-intros-50-megapixel-h3dii-50-ms-with-multishot/Hasselblad did away with micro-step (16 shot) a few years ago. The older Imacon backs do it, but none of the newer ones do. Just to expand on what you said: This camera produces a 50MP files, a 16-bit/channel TIFF file from this camera is 300MB. The file size is the same in either Single-Shot or Multi-Shot mode, just using multi-shot when you zoom in to 100% the images are roughly 2 to 3 times sharper than in single shot (or nearly all other cameras for that matter) as the camera captured red, green, and blue information at every pixel location and didn't have to interpolate the data, which makes most digital cameras have slightly softer images as the image processing is making up data.

Finally like all Medium Format digitals, the sensor does not have an Anti-Aliasing filter. Pretty much every 35mm sized DSLR and P&S camera has an anti-aliasing filter that intentionally blurs the image before it hits the sensor, the reason for this is if you were to photograph a high-frequency texture such as a mesh or screen the lines could get jagged or worse they'd get a moiré pattern. With the higher MP sensor it's less of an issue, and by using multi-shot it eliminates most potential for moiré without blurring the image.]]>Nov 20th 2009 9:56AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/11/19/hasselblad-intros-50-megapixel-h3dii-50-ms-with-multishot/http://www.engadget.com/2009/11/19/hasselblad-intros-50-megapixel-h3dii-50-ms-with-multishot/Nov 19th 2009 12:31PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/11/19/hasselblad-intros-50-megapixel-h3dii-50-ms-with-multishot/http://www.engadget.com/2009/11/19/hasselblad-intros-50-megapixel-h3dii-50-ms-with-multishot/Nov 19th 2009 1:09PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/11/19/hasselblad-intros-50-megapixel-h3dii-50-ms-with-multishot/http://www.engadget.com/2009/11/19/hasselblad-intros-50-megapixel-h3dii-50-ms-with-multishot/Nov 19th 2009 12:32PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/11/19/hasselblad-intros-50-megapixel-h3dii-50-ms-with-multishot/http://www.engadget.com/2009/11/19/hasselblad-intros-50-megapixel-h3dii-50-ms-with-multishot/
But SRSLY, isn't 50mpx. a little excessive?]]>Nov 19th 2009 12:33PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/11/19/hasselblad-intros-50-megapixel-h3dii-50-ms-with-multishot/http://www.engadget.com/2009/11/19/hasselblad-intros-50-megapixel-h3dii-50-ms-with-multishot/Nov 19th 2009 12:37PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/11/19/hasselblad-intros-50-megapixel-h3dii-50-ms-with-multishot/http://www.engadget.com/2009/11/19/hasselblad-intros-50-megapixel-h3dii-50-ms-with-multishot/that piece made total kickass pictures (he mostly photographed models with it) and also had a pricetag similar to a car...]]>Nov 19th 2009 12:43PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/11/19/hasselblad-intros-50-megapixel-h3dii-50-ms-with-multishot/http://www.engadget.com/2009/11/19/hasselblad-intros-50-megapixel-h3dii-50-ms-with-multishot/Nov 19th 2009 12:56PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/11/19/hasselblad-intros-50-megapixel-h3dii-50-ms-with-multishot/http://www.engadget.com/2009/11/19/hasselblad-intros-50-megapixel-h3dii-50-ms-with-multishot/
While I see your point, if you were to put a ad in print, or the web, TV, etc., there is no monitor/page/screen/whatever to show these tiny details. And while I can understand what @Echuu was saying, even billboards look fine. But it might just be my untrained eye (and I'm pretty aware of this kinda stuff, unlike the average consumer... who is the main market, so wasted effort IMHO).]]>Nov 19th 2009 2:16PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/11/19/hasselblad-intros-50-megapixel-h3dii-50-ms-with-multishot/http://www.engadget.com/2009/11/19/hasselblad-intros-50-megapixel-h3dii-50-ms-with-multishot/Nov 19th 2009 3:43PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/11/19/hasselblad-intros-50-megapixel-h3dii-50-ms-with-multishot/http://www.engadget.com/2009/11/19/hasselblad-intros-50-megapixel-h3dii-50-ms-with-multishot/
But it's not a concept. It's a product.]]>Nov 19th 2009 4:56PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/11/19/hasselblad-intros-50-megapixel-h3dii-50-ms-with-multishot/http://www.engadget.com/2009/11/19/hasselblad-intros-50-megapixel-h3dii-50-ms-with-multishot/Nov 20th 2009 2:07AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/11/19/hasselblad-intros-50-megapixel-h3dii-50-ms-with-multishot/http://www.engadget.com/2009/11/19/hasselblad-intros-50-megapixel-h3dii-50-ms-with-multishot/
Guess I'll just have to make due with my Canon DSLR.]]>Nov 19th 2009 12:34PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/11/19/hasselblad-intros-50-megapixel-h3dii-50-ms-with-multishot/http://www.engadget.com/2009/11/19/hasselblad-intros-50-megapixel-h3dii-50-ms-with-multishot/
Test]]>Nov 19th 2009 12:37PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/11/19/hasselblad-intros-50-megapixel-h3dii-50-ms-with-multishot/http://www.engadget.com/2009/11/19/hasselblad-intros-50-megapixel-h3dii-50-ms-with-multishot/Nov 19th 2009 12:39PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/11/19/hasselblad-intros-50-megapixel-h3dii-50-ms-with-multishot/http://www.engadget.com/2009/11/19/hasselblad-intros-50-megapixel-h3dii-50-ms-with-multishot/the picture would be roughly 85-86 mb which would be massive and painful to wait till its ready to be seen.....
but it would be awesome to check it out nonetheless.]]>Nov 19th 2009 12:43PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/11/19/hasselblad-intros-50-megapixel-h3dii-50-ms-with-multishot/http://www.engadget.com/2009/11/19/hasselblad-intros-50-megapixel-h3dii-50-ms-with-multishot/
The real kicker is their post on the Canon g10 vs a Phase One p45+ back. In which "no one could reliably tell the difference between 13X19" prints"

http://www.luminous-landscape.com/reviews/kidding.shtml]]>Nov 19th 2009 1:14PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/11/19/hasselblad-intros-50-megapixel-h3dii-50-ms-with-multishot/http://www.engadget.com/2009/11/19/hasselblad-intros-50-megapixel-h3dii-50-ms-with-multishot/Nov 19th 2009 4:56PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/11/19/hasselblad-intros-50-megapixel-h3dii-50-ms-with-multishot/http://www.engadget.com/2009/11/19/hasselblad-intros-50-megapixel-h3dii-50-ms-with-multishot/
I shot the Imacon 22mp 4-shot ~5 years ago and it was nothing short of amazing, comparing only to 4x5 film. When my rental choices went away for that and I could only shoot the 39 single shot, I was less impressed, the nearly double pixel count really did nothing for me... more pixels but it was back to looking more like the CMOS Canon cameras.

When I first shot the 60mp P65+ PhaseOne this year, I was amazed all over again. It's not just the wealth of pixels on that camera, the per-pixel quality is simply awesome. They won me over then and I'm unlikely to try the Hasselblad again now.
]]>Nov 22nd 2009 12:42PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/11/19/hasselblad-intros-50-megapixel-h3dii-50-ms-with-multishot/http://www.engadget.com/2009/11/19/hasselblad-intros-50-megapixel-h3dii-50-ms-with-multishot/
http://hasselblad.se/media/1617422/sample%20images.zip

(250 MB zip with three RAW files)]]>Nov 23rd 2009 5:51AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/11/19/hasselblad-intros-50-megapixel-h3dii-50-ms-with-multishot/http://www.engadget.com/2009/11/19/hasselblad-intros-50-megapixel-h3dii-50-ms-with-multishot/Nov 23rd 2009 12:29PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/11/19/hasselblad-intros-50-megapixel-h3dii-50-ms-with-multishot/http://www.engadget.com/2009/11/19/hasselblad-intros-50-megapixel-h3dii-50-ms-with-multishot/Nov 19th 2009 12:39PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/11/19/hasselblad-intros-50-megapixel-h3dii-50-ms-with-multishot/http://www.engadget.com/2009/11/19/hasselblad-intros-50-megapixel-h3dii-50-ms-with-multishot/
Megapixels don't mean jack shit if everything else on the camera is terrible. Needs good exposure, a proper ISO range, a very high quality lens, etc. before the 50 megapixels start to matter.]]>Nov 19th 2009 12:41PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/11/19/hasselblad-intros-50-megapixel-h3dii-50-ms-with-multishot/http://www.engadget.com/2009/11/19/hasselblad-intros-50-megapixel-h3dii-50-ms-with-multishot/
Are you therefore implying that a Hasselblad is deficient in any of those areas?]]>Nov 19th 2009 12:44PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/11/19/hasselblad-intros-50-megapixel-h3dii-50-ms-with-multishot/http://www.engadget.com/2009/11/19/hasselblad-intros-50-megapixel-h3dii-50-ms-with-multishot/
Just remember people, megapixels really aren't everything in a camera.]]>Nov 19th 2009 12:47PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/11/19/hasselblad-intros-50-megapixel-h3dii-50-ms-with-multishot/http://www.engadget.com/2009/11/19/hasselblad-intros-50-megapixel-h3dii-50-ms-with-multishot/Nov 19th 2009 12:59PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/11/19/hasselblad-intros-50-megapixel-h3dii-50-ms-with-multishot/http://www.engadget.com/2009/11/19/hasselblad-intros-50-megapixel-h3dii-50-ms-with-multishot/Nov 19th 2009 1:06PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/11/19/hasselblad-intros-50-megapixel-h3dii-50-ms-with-multishot/http://www.engadget.com/2009/11/19/hasselblad-intros-50-megapixel-h3dii-50-ms-with-multishot/Actually, in this camera, yes, mexapixels are pretty much the only thing that does matter.

Being a medium-format camera that's aimed towards photographers who get massive prints made (think billboards) and studio photographers (i.e. for magazines), they NEED the extra megapixels. Dynamic range matters, but sensitivity really doesn't--since they're designed for studio shooting, they can control their own lighting. ISO 50/100 are fine when you have a lighting setup that resembles a portable sun.

"Good exposure"--Wat? You mean a metering system? Pros will be using their own light meter, and it's not like they can't manually bracket shots.
"Proper" ISO range--50/100/200 is enough for most pro studio photographers.
"High quality lens"--matters for all cameras, but you're a fool if you don't get a good lens for this body

The megapixels are important for cropping, enlarging, and editing, so yes, in this case, megapixels matter.
It's one of the reasons why medium and large format film/digital formats still exist. Medium format is slightly more than twice the physical size of 35mm and is more suitable for large prints.]]>Nov 19th 2009 1:23PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/11/19/hasselblad-intros-50-megapixel-h3dii-50-ms-with-multishot/http://www.engadget.com/2009/11/19/hasselblad-intros-50-megapixel-h3dii-50-ms-with-multishot/Nov 19th 2009 1:56PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/11/19/hasselblad-intros-50-megapixel-h3dii-50-ms-with-multishot/http://www.engadget.com/2009/11/19/hasselblad-intros-50-megapixel-h3dii-50-ms-with-multishot/Nov 19th 2009 2:09PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/11/19/hasselblad-intros-50-megapixel-h3dii-50-ms-with-multishot/http://www.engadget.com/2009/11/19/hasselblad-intros-50-megapixel-h3dii-50-ms-with-multishot/Nov 19th 2009 12:44PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/11/19/hasselblad-intros-50-megapixel-h3dii-50-ms-with-multishot/http://www.engadget.com/2009/11/19/hasselblad-intros-50-megapixel-h3dii-50-ms-with-multishot/Nov 19th 2009 12:45PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/11/19/hasselblad-intros-50-megapixel-h3dii-50-ms-with-multishot/http://www.engadget.com/2009/11/19/hasselblad-intros-50-megapixel-h3dii-50-ms-with-multishot/Nov 19th 2009 12:49PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/11/19/hasselblad-intros-50-megapixel-h3dii-50-ms-with-multishot/http://www.engadget.com/2009/11/19/hasselblad-intros-50-megapixel-h3dii-50-ms-with-multishot/Nov 19th 2009 12:53PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/11/19/hasselblad-intros-50-megapixel-h3dii-50-ms-with-multishot/http://www.engadget.com/2009/11/19/hasselblad-intros-50-megapixel-h3dii-50-ms-with-multishot/Nov 19th 2009 12:46PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/11/19/hasselblad-intros-50-megapixel-h3dii-50-ms-with-multishot/http://www.engadget.com/2009/11/19/hasselblad-intros-50-megapixel-h3dii-50-ms-with-multishot/
A 50 megapixel photo could be blown up HUGE though provided image quality is good. I am pretty sure while 35k for a camera is ridiculous, that these cameras have the potential to produce spectacular photos if the user is talented. And I think they at least used to take Zeiss lenses, not shabby.]]>Nov 19th 2009 12:57PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/11/19/hasselblad-intros-50-megapixel-h3dii-50-ms-with-multishot/http://www.engadget.com/2009/11/19/hasselblad-intros-50-megapixel-h3dii-50-ms-with-multishot/
Though totally awesome, probably is as heavy as a cinder block. ]]>Nov 19th 2009 1:10PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/11/19/hasselblad-intros-50-megapixel-h3dii-50-ms-with-multishot/http://www.engadget.com/2009/11/19/hasselblad-intros-50-megapixel-h3dii-50-ms-with-multishot/Nov 19th 2009 1:24PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/11/19/hasselblad-intros-50-megapixel-h3dii-50-ms-with-multishot/http://www.engadget.com/2009/11/19/hasselblad-intros-50-megapixel-h3dii-50-ms-with-multishot/Nov 19th 2009 1:29PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/11/19/hasselblad-intros-50-megapixel-h3dii-50-ms-with-multishot/http://www.engadget.com/2009/11/19/hasselblad-intros-50-megapixel-h3dii-50-ms-with-multishot/Nov 19th 2009 1:38PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/11/19/hasselblad-intros-50-megapixel-h3dii-50-ms-with-multishot/http://www.engadget.com/2009/11/19/hasselblad-intros-50-megapixel-h3dii-50-ms-with-multishot/Nov 19th 2009 5:16PM