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Equipment & Techniques => Medium Format / Film / Digital Backs – and Large Sensor Photography => Topic started by: tom_l on May 26, 2008, 02:41:26 am

Title: New Hasselblad CFV-II back
Post by: tom_l on May 26, 2008, 02:41:26 am

I found news on a new back on this

http://forum.getdpi.com/forum/showthread.php?t=1666 (http://forum.getdpi.com/forum/showthread.php?t=1666)

and several other forums.

It looks like the back has the same sensor but better screen and filter. Good to see that they don't drop their V-Sytem yet, but why not an (now old) 22 mp sensor, Hasselblad must have some on these on the shelves (they proobably have some 16MP sensors left too;-) ). A CVF II 22mp for under 9999 Euro seems reasonable for me  and would get a lot of amateurs to digital MF. It's a missed oprtunity IMHO. Well, let's wait for the official announcement in the coming days.


Tom

Title: New Hasselblad CFV-II back
Post by: shutay on May 26, 2008, 08:56:20 am

I would imagine that as far as 22megapixel near-full frame digital backs are concerned, Hasselblad would prefer to direct customers to buy an H3D2-22mp instead of a Hasselblad V system. Don't get me wrong - I'm on V-mount too, and I'd love to see V-mount backs... oh wait... in that case they'd just tell me to buy a CF22 in V-mount...

Still, it's really good to see that they are still supporting the chrome V's and that there apparently is still a market for it. It would be interesting to know how the CFV, CFV-II and P20+ backs do against the Mamiya ZD back in the market.