Hasselblad V lenses on a 39-50mp back

[John R Smith]

Hey John,

sorry for "disappearing", but I've had a rather busy month, and with other things to do besides babysit a thread I've started, I haven't checked in since posting the original topic.

-Dan

Dan - that's OK, sorry I got a little ratty  I think you are absolutely right to stick with the 'Blad 500 because then you can shoot film and digital interchangeably with all your old familiar Zeiss lenses. And, as we have discussed, you will find that most of them will be just fine on a MF digital back.

John

[uaiomex]

It's so good to know! Now we need Hasselblad to come with a rotating sensor CFV back. It would be a killer!

Eduardo

Dan - that's OK, sorry I got a little ratty  I think you are absolutely right to stick with the 'Blad 500 because then you can shoot film and digital interchangeably with all your old familiar Zeiss lenses. And, as we have discussed, you will find that most of them will be just fine on a MF digital back.

John

[DanielStone]

It's so good to know! Now we need Hasselblad to come with a rotating sensor CFV back. It would be a killer!

Eduardo

Or better yet, a SQUARE 56x56 chip . Even if it was 47mp(7000x7000) and could do a CLEAN 400 ISO, just think of the possibilities! And if it was $15k, and they made the Phocus software easy-peasy to use tethered, man o man!!!

But a decent 2.5" screen, at least a D200-quality level would sure be a welcome thing too

Hasselblad, are you reading this ?

-Dan

[design_freak]

Hasselblad, are you reading this ?

-Dan

They do not read 

[jbsiegel]

I don't know the answer, so I am asking because I am curious.  People are beginning to compare the new Nikon D800 with medium format backs based on resolution.  What about dynamic range?  I have a V Hasselblad and have been thinking about a used digital back.  I am not going to do billboard size photographs or extreme cropping.  What I am interested in is better image quality, which would seem to involve issues of dynamic range and sensor performance.

Thanks for any insights.

[BJL]

People are beginning to compare the new Nikon D800 with medium format backs based on resolution.  What about dynamic range?

I would say instead that people are comparing the D800 to at least the less expensive DMF options for comparable resolution combined with comparable or better dynamic range, due to the D800's far lower levels of read noise compared to the rather obsolescent CCD technology used in all DMF backs so far.