New Hasselblad H3D II

[poul]

The Swedish Hasselblad retailer YFO has presented a new H3D II on their website

http://www.yfo.se/index.php?page=News&article_id=4257

[narikin]

interesting - translation anyone.

it appears to be: bigger screen, higher ISO's, anti moire, and a GPS system module to locate images geographically (neat idea)

there also looks to be comething about focus or 'ultrafokus', but my swedish fails me. or actually doesn't exist, truth be told.

[poul]

A fast translation:

New 3” display
New placement of buttons on the back
New soundsystem
New CF-card slot of alloy steel
Controlled by one hand: double click on the release button  - menu on the display- choose with the thumb-wheel
Specific ISO / white balance button where the ‘drive’ button was placed on earlier models
New cooling system without air-intakes on the side
New improved ultra-focus
The handstrap can be used without the plastic-protection concealing the tripod attachment
As an accessory the Hasselblad Global Image locator, a GPD module which puts coordinates in the metadata. The coordinates are used by the new software Phocus as ‘folders’ and are linked to Google Earth.

Poul

[godtfred]

Translations:

About camera:

Hight res 3" display
Different button layout on back
New soundsystem
New Aluminium CF-card door.
One hand control from H3 body
New ISO/WB buttion where Drive was earlier on H2/3 body.
Improved "Ultra focus"
Possibility of GPS module to include info in exif, as well as linking to google earth through new Phocus application (new flexcolor.)

About Phocus application

New GUI
New anti-moiré technology/software
Double the longest exposure time-64 seconds
ISO 800/1600
Metadata handling of GPS coordinates
Possibility for user to set and improve on camera and filestructure from app.
Powerful improvements in tethered shooting, for example can focusing and autofocus be set in the software.
Handles .3fr files directly, .fff is no longer in use.


My thoughts on Phocus:

The handling of .3fr files directly should really speed things up. Previously flexcolor recieved .3fr files from the camera, and had to convert them to .fff before they popped up when shooting tethered. I suspect a doubling or more of tethered shooting speed.

Autofocusing and focusing from software is a huge plus when you sometimes mount the camera in odd locations like under roofs and in the celing (like i have in some of my shoots...)

[amsp]

Sounds like they have adopted Phase's take on cooling, no more fan. Big plus in my book. The new software will be interesting to see. I wonder how the back will compare to the P45+.

[samuel_js]

And the price?  

[paul_jones]

And the price? 
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seems like good, worthwhile improvments.
i wonder why these back makers dont give up trying to reinvent the wheel with their software, and just work with lightroom etc to become more compatable. im sure they could work with adobe to add tethering as well.

it would be great to have one cool piece of software that we have to learn (like capture one, i use with a digital back and canon), but works with all the files and cameras. im tired of having to learn new software, i just want to shoot more, and get away from the computer.

paul

[eronald]

It's an image quality issue. Proprietary software will always be able to squeeze more out of the files. As an example, the Hasselblad ultrafocus and lens distorsion corrections.

Also, I think the subtle selective color improvements I can make in C1 with my edited profiles  are not doable in Lightroom.

Edmund

seems like good, worthwhile improvments.
i wonder why these back makers dont give up trying to reinvent the wheel with their software, and just work with lightroom etc to become more compatable. im sure they could work with adobe to add tethering as well.

it would be great to have one cool piece of software that we have to learn (like capture one, i use with a digital back and canon), but works with all the files and cameras. im tired of having to learn new software, i just want to shoot more, and get away from the computer.

paul
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[Willow Photography]

And the price? 
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H3D II will cost € 2.000 more than H3D