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Hassy CFV-50C - Under the radar?

ErikKaffehr

Well-known member
P45+ samples

Hi,

Here are some sample P45+ images (up to actual pixels and raw files included):

http://echophoto.dnsalias.net/ekr/Articles/MFDJourney/RawImages/Samples/
http://echophoto.dnsalias.net/ekr/Articles/MFDJourney/RawImages/Samples2/
http://echophoto.dnsalias.net/ekr/Articles/MFDJourney/RawImages/Samples3/

Here are some samples comparing Hasselblad 555 ELD with my Sony Alpha 99.

http://echophoto.dnsalias.net/ekr/Articles/MFDJourney/RawImages/MFDB_VS_DSLR2/

I am shooting 40, 50, 80, 120macro and 180, mostly at f/11

The DNG files always contain the original raw file, and that can be extracted using the Adobe DNG Converter available here:

http://www.adobe.com/support/downloads/detail.jsp?ftpID=5825

http://www.adobe.com/support/downloads/detail.jsp?ftpID=5824

Best regards
Erik
 

tjv

Active member
I've seen samples from the CFV-50c which look great. They were shot with a technical camera and a range of lenses, including the 60XL and 40HR. Unfortunately they were saved as JPG and slightly down sampled. I'd love to see some RAW files.
Some time ago some very helpful fellow forum members sent me some CFV-50 (CCD) RAW files shot on technical cameras. They were stunning and it was great digging into them using Phocus and processing to my own tastes. I'm looking forward to doing that with some 50c files soon, as for my uses it looks like the best value to money back at the moment, especially with live view enabled via firmware.
 

tjv

Active member
PS: I'd love to know other peoples thoughts on the older CFV-50 (CCD) compared to the 50c, particularly if they were buying today to use on a tech camera. It's still holding it's value in the used market and considering the 50c can be bought in Japan for $10K USD (or less!), they are much the same price.
 

jagsiva

Active member
Saw this back at Photo Plus today:

1. LV looks pretty good and very useable. I would estimate a 10-12 FPS. You can zoom in and focus as well.
2. Screen is not as good as the IQ series, but still quite nice.
3. Back is much smaller than IQ, Aptus Credo etc.
4. Battery is external, similar to Aptus.
 

tjv

Active member
Great! Thanks for the info, really appreciate it. For the price, I'm very, very interested in this back. I only worry about colour performance when using the Rodenstock 40HR. I don't need massive movements, but 12mm in either orientation would be adequate.

For those that stitch, how useable is this back do you think? If I want to replicate the format of my 6x12 Linhof negs, is it way too limited?
 

tjv

Active member
PS: I'm looking forward to Paula at Linhof & Studio posting a video demonstration of the live view in action.
 

Jager

Member
has somebody raw samples taken with the cfv-50c and planar lenses? would be great !

thx!
If you have a dropbox account or other location to place the files, I'd be happy to provide several RAW samples taken with an 80 Planar (you didn't specify which Planar...), 500CM, and CFV-50c. The files are ~80MB each and are too large to email.
 
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