That is one hell of a camera! Now, finally, you will be a great photographer! <G>
Dan Matyola *https://tinyurl.com/DJM-Pentax-Gallery <https://tinyurl.com/DJM-Pentax-Gallery>* On Mon, Mar 9, 2020 at 4:15 PM Godfrey DiGiorgi <[email protected]> wrote: > The new Hasselblad 907x Special Edition arrived late last week. I'm just > getting around to playing around with it, learning it. > > It's a very special camera: a mix of Hasselblad V style ergonomics with > the modern Hasseblad X system functionality and lenses. It's a modular > camera too, like the V system, with separable back (the CFVII 50c) which > can also be used on standard Hasselblad V system bodies, like my 500CM. In > essence, this makes my entire four lens Hasselblad system kit into a > digital capture system as well as a film capture system. > > The back has an electronic shutter capability which means that nearly any > lens you can find a mount adapter to go from Hasselblad XCD mount to > whatever can be used on this camera, albeit with some limitations typical > of all electronic shutter implementations. I was playing around with it > this morning and decided to try out my longest current lens, a Leica > Elmar-R 100mm f/4 fitted with the 2x Extender-R teleconverter ... Here's > the camera configured this way: > > https://live.staticflickr.com/65535/49640852226_7ab8e252c8_h.jpg > > The shot setup: > > https://live.staticflickr.com/65535/49640329288_3b52f56c61_b.jpg > > And the resulting photograph: > > Flowers – Santa Clara 2020 :: https://flic.kr/p/2iCxWUj > > The sensor has a huge 44x33mm format with 50 Mpixel capture resolution, > and Hasselblad has tuned the imaging beautifully. Most of my Leica R and M > lenses will cover the sensor cropped to a square (33x33mm format) and > produce very satisfying results. The native Hasselblad XCD lenses, as well > as their V system and H system lenses, can all be used and cover the full > format with outstanding quality. > > I have one native lens at present, the XCD 21mm f/4 ultrawide, and will > (hopefully) soon have the XCD 45P f/4 as well (similar field of view to a > 35mm lens on FF format, and also very similar to the typical Planar 80mm > normal lens on a Hasselblad V film camera). Those two lenses will be the > basis of most of my work with this camera for a while, along with use of > the back on the 500CM. > > I'm happy. :-) > > G > — > "We all get to be young and foolish in our lives. If we survive that, we > get to be old and foolish." > > > -- > PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List > [email protected] > http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net > to UNSUBSCRIBE from the PDML, please visit the link directly above and > follow the directions. > -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List [email protected] http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net to UNSUBSCRIBE from the PDML, please visit the link directly above and follow the directions.
