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Equipment & Techniques => Medium Format / Film / Digital Backs – and Large Sensor Photography => Topic started by: chunin on July 31, 2008, 10:55:48 am

Title: HD3II-31 vs HD3-39
Post by: chunin on July 31, 2008, 10:55:48 am

I have a chance to buy an HD3II-31 brand new or HD3-39 used for about the same price.  I would like to know if you would go for 31MP new and improved vs 39MP?  I plan on using it for landscape and fine art.  Maybe some portraits too.

Thanks,

Chunin Martinez

Title: HD3II-31 vs HD3-39
Post by: tho_mas on July 31, 2008, 11:05:29 am

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On the 31 there will be a crop/lens factor of 1.3. On the 39 it's 1.1. With regard to wide angle the 39 is more suitable

Title: HD3II-31 vs HD3-39
Post by: vandevanterSH on July 31, 2008, 11:15:59 am

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I have a chance to buy an HD3II-31 brand new or HD3-39 used for about the same price.  I would like to know if you would go for 31MP new and improved vs 39MP?  I plan on using it for landscape and fine art.  Maybe some portraits too.

Thanks,

Chunin Martinez
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You also should factor in the warranty costs..new v. used.

Steve

Title: HD3II-31 vs HD3-39
Post by: Khun_K on July 31, 2008, 01:00:08 pm

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I have a chance to buy an HD3II-31 brand new or HD3-39 used for about the same price.  I would like to know if you would go for 31MP new and improved vs 39MP?  I plan on using it for landscape and fine art.  Maybe some portraits too.

Thanks,

Chunin Martinez
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The quality between the 31 and 39 is very little, I believe, I bought the H3D-39 new for almost 2 years, and the quality from the new Phocus software is very good. I will still go for an old H3D-39, if it is the same price as a new H3D-31 II new. But that's just me.  Crop factor or not is not a big issue for me as long as you are used to it and have enough lens selection to cover what is needed.

Title: HD3II-31 vs HD3-39
Post by: MarkKay on July 31, 2008, 05:27:13 pm

Ths high iso performance is much incredible on the H3DII-31.  May not matter if only landscapes.

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I have a chance to buy an HD3II-31 brand new or HD3-39 used for about the same price.  I would like to know if you would go for 31MP new and improved vs 39MP?  I plan on using it for landscape and fine art.  Maybe some portraits too.

Thanks,

Chunin Martinez
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Title: HD3II-31 vs HD3-39
Post by: rhsu on August 02, 2008, 07:48:43 am

I'm been told by Hasselblad 1 year ago that 31mp has micro-lenses and 22/39mp doesn't.  So in wide angle application, you may run into some problem on the edges as per wide angle lenses in 35mm DSLR where all the sensors have micro-lenses.  Hope that helps.