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Hasselblad's Multi-Shot H3DII-50 MS Brings 50 Megapixels for $34,000

Rosa Golijan — Thu, 19 Nov 2009 19:40:17 EST

Last year we drooled over the Hasselblad H3DII-50 and its 50 megapixel sensor, but now the line has gotten better with a multi-shot version of the camera. You'll be able to take pictures of your empty wallet so much faster.

The H3DII-50 MS records four shots in a row by "moving the sensor by one pixel between each shot to record full RGB values at each position." And while the picture quality is supposed to be fantastic, it's still tough to swallow the $34,000 price tag unless you're one very serious shutterbug. [Hasselblad via DP Review via Engadget]

10 Extreme Cameras for Taking Impossible Shots

John Herrman — Mon, 17 Aug 2009 16:00:00 EDT

Modern consumer cameras can manage almost anything you throw at them, but sometimes even the swankest DSLR just won't do. In photography, when the conditions get crazy, the cameras get crazier.

Here are ten cameras designed to capture the kinds of images that humans by all means shouldn't be able to see, and that you and I will probably never have the opportunity—or need—to shoot.

The Moon Landings Were a Hoax!

John Mahoney — Wed, 21 Jan 2009 11:40:00 EST

Or at least they had help from a nude, blue atomic warrior wielding a Hasselblad—one sneeze from him is all the thrust needed. I can't wait for this movie. [New Frontiersman viral site via Wired]

Hasselblad H3DII-50 has 50-Megapixel Sensor, Double the Largest 35mm Sensor

Kit Eaton — Tue, 08 Jul 2008 06:20:00 EDT

The new H3DII-50 from Hasselblad packs in Kodak's 50-megapixel sensor. This measures 36mm x 48mm, and is thus double the size of the largest 35mm DSLR sensors, and even more than double the sensors used in low-mid range DSLRs. The sheer size of the sensor means it takes about 1.1 seconds per frame, but clearly you're sacrificing speed for professional ultra-high quality. It's got a 3-inch screen, integrated CCD cooler and can shoot up to ISO400. There's no word on pricing, so you'll have to wait until closer to its October launch to find out how much cash it'll cost you (rather a lot.) [Hasselblad]

39 Megapixel Hasselblad H3D Goes to Mark II

Brian Lam — Tue, 18 Sep 2007 16:46:20 EDT

Let's go Digital has the scoop. While a $37K DSLR is out of the range of even most of our dreams, there is some tech here to be admired beyond the 39MP, 48x36mm sensor it shares with last year's v1.0 of the H3D. (So similar otherwise, it shares the same press photo, apparently.) Firstly, it gains a 3-inch LCD, a top-line RAW converter, a heatsink attached to the CCD that lowers the temp of the system, which they claim helps reduce noise.

Strangely, it also features an integrated GPS for geotagging images, and software on the desktop allows you to map your shots out on Google Earth for flybys of your photos. Weird, and appropriate for the pro who also happens to read Robb Report at $37K. Wannabes who don't need the camera's 5412x7212 pixel shots can opt for the H3D-31II and 22II for with 31 and 22MP respectively. Suddenly, my beloved Canon doesn't feel so good in my hands. [Lets Go Digital]

Hasselblad Shames All DSLRs with New 31MP Monster

Louis Ramirez — Thu, 25 Jan 2007 19:08:11 EST

Ok, so it might cost you $25k, but Hasselblad's new shooter has what it takes to put all your Nikon and Canon-toting friends to shame. Aside from its massive megapixel muscle, the H3D-31 uses a 44 x 33mm sensor and boasts a higher ISO rating and faster capture rate (1.2 seconds per image to be exact) than its competitors. Granted its price tag will forever keep it from getting into our grubby hands, but we can still admire from afar. – Louis Ramirez

Hasselblad H3D-31 [Photography Blog]

Hasselblad H3D DSLR: 39 Megapixels, Lunar Price

Charlie White — Tue, 26 Sep 2006 11:05:29 EDT

Hasselblad unveiled its next masterpiece, the Hasselblad H3D, a digital SLR camera to be offered in 22-megapixel and 39-megapixel trim. Inside are some relatively gargantuan image sensors, the largest ones in the world at 48x36mm. But you'd better have plenty of storage on hand—the dimensions of that 39-megapixel frame are 5412x7212 pixels, filling up well over 110MB per pic.

Bring plenty of money, too, because the price of this camera, made by the company whose cameras were the first on the moon, will be almost enough to finance your own personal moonshot. No word on exact pricing, but if the past is prologue, it'll be somewhere upwards of $30K to $40K. – Charlie White

Hasselblad H3D [Let's Go Digital]

Hasselblad to Build Camera with Built-In Tilt/Shift?

Joel — Thu, 23 Mar 2006 08:07:24 EST

Our favorite world-trapsing photographer Matthias B. sends us his latest news from the world of high-end photography:

it looks like hasselblad, which makes these high-end cameras for masochists, fetishists, and pro photographers who don't know better is discontinuing its panoramic camera due to new EU regulations - wether or not they're keeping it in japan and the rest of the world was ambiguous, but it sounds like they're not. they're also saying that they'll announce a new, high-end, tilt/shift system at the photokina (told you it was interesting...)

Matt's report continues after the jump. [The decidedly non-digital 501 pictured.]

t/s allows you to control perspective and plane of focus in camera, basically allowing you to make images with a shallower depth of field at small apertures, a deeper one at wide apertures, and to straighten building while you're at it, or to throw it completely out of whack and put on the "art" filter (it seems like one photographer in every country does this for the art market, which systematically ooohs and aaaahs as it rediscovers the amazing miracles of the "world looks like a model" effect that comes with it, i'll link to a couple of examples to refresh your memory).
They're also apparently speccing sensors now, and looking for someone to build it for them. they will likely be extremely expensive, and take good-quality pictures, but feature a mechanical human interface design that makes you feel like you're in a dungeon with Mistress Gustava, master of the leaky 120 back.

Not that we could afford any Hasselblad at all, but adding in tilt/shift seems like a strange choice.

Wide of the marque [BJP-Online]

Hasselblad Shows Off Big Camera Guns

tgrumet — Fri, 13 Jan 2006 13:53:29 EST

Hats off to Hassleblad. I know pro digital photographers need heavy duty equipment, but this seems over the top! The Swedish camera company has just announced a new camera based on the combination of the company's new 39-megapixel CCD sensor and its Digital APO Correction (DAC) technology. That's right, you read it right. 39 megapixels, baby. The Hasselblad H2D-39 will run you $37,400 and claims to be the first high-end, 39-megapixel, digital auto-focus camera—in the world! I'm not sure how a 39-megapixel camera could be anything BUT high-end, but if they need to reiterate, whatever. Also includes Hasselblad's Natural Color Solution, which, if you couldn't guess, is supposed to allow colors to be more accurately reproduced. So get out that Black American Express card you have hidden in your wallet and give Sweden a call right away to reserve one of these. It'll be the best $37,000 you'll ever spend. Other than that Aston Martin you're having delivered next week.

Hasselblad 39-Megapixel Digital SRL [Bios Magazine]