Digital Camera News, Reviews and Tips
The Hasselblad H4D series is the follow up to the H3D platform. The first camera in the new H4D series is the H4D-60, which is a 60-megapixel, medium format camera. The H4D series of cameras will feature Hasselblad’s True Focus with Absolute Position Lock technology, which ensures accurate focus during any recomposition after autofocus is initially achieved.
The H4D-60 should be available in January 2010 for 28,995 EUR.
More details below.
The Phase One 645DF is a medium format camera that supports both focal plane and leaf shutters (the only 645 camera that does so). It is compatible with most Phase One and Mamiya AFD mount digital backs. The camera should ship by the end of 2009 and carries an initial retail price of $5990.
More details below. [Read more…]
Pentax appears to be hard at work on a medium format digital camera based on a recent patent application filing. (See US Patent Application No. 20080232791) Above, you see “Figure 10” in the patent application. Below, is Pentax’s description of Figure 10. [Read more…]
Nikon currently operates with two sensor formats in its DSLRs, DX and FX. Practically speaking, the FX format is the same size as the old 35mm film frame. The DX is smaller, which results in a “crop factor” of 1.5x when compared to the 35mm “full frame.” Thus, a 50mm lens appears to have the focal length of a 75mm lens on a DX camera. The Nikon D3 and D700 are FX format cameras. All other Nikon DSLRs use a DX format sensor.
Recent rumblings and some pretty convincing evidence suggests that Nikon may have something bigger in store for us, much bigger. [Read more…]
Luminous Landscape has posted a review of the Phase One 645 camera.
If you currently own a Mamiya 645 system and lenses and want to move to a medium format back and updated body, then the choice of the Phase One 645 is a no-brainer.
Luminous Landscape has posted a field report/review of the Hasselblad H3D.
In a word, awesome. With no AA filter to soften things up, the image straight out of the camera is pin sharp and only minimal extra sharpening is needed. Tones are smooth, with that 4×5 film tonality, and there is detail into the deepest shadows.
PHOTO IMAGING EXPO, TOKYO, 19 March 2008 – Phase One A/S and Mamiya Dig ital Imaging Co., Ltd. today unveiled the world’s most flexible, open medium format digital camera platform. Known as the Phase One 645 Camera or the Mamiya 645AFDIII, the co-developed platform will be sold exclusively by Phase One and Mamiya respectively. [Read more…]