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Hasselblad CFV ll 50c
- Thread starter JohnBrew
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I had a 907x/CFVII briefly that I used with a tech cam.
I used the ES with my copal lenses 0 because I didn’t want to deal with extra cabling.
I don’t recall the back did any metering, but I generally use manual anyway.
workflow I used was basically:
1) set aperture (I’m a landscape/cityscape guy and pretty much just waiver between f8/f11);
2) open lens shutter;
3) go into live view;
4) compose;
5) focus;
6) meter (I used an iPhone app called lux);
7) set shutter speed;
8) fire.
Worked well for me with ES, and less steps than with the copal (don’t have to cock shutter or close shutter before firing like with the copal) but YMMV. I think my only complaint was live view timed out pretty fast....that was 6 months ago though and it might be different now via firmware updates
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I believe that's because of the 907x being a part of the process.
I'll test later on, but I don't see how it could - with the E-shutter it at least knows the shutter speed. With a copal + sync cable it doesn't know the aperture *or* shutter speed so it's not possible for it to give you a meter reading unless you input one of the two values (which isn't possible I believe if not the E-shutter?).
Godfrey
Well-known member
The answer is simple: No. When used with a lens shutter, whether in a Hasselblad 500 or with a technical camera via a synchronization cable, metering is always manual.
When the 907x/CFVII 50c (and when the CFVII 50c configured as a back on a Hasselblad 500CM) is used in live view mode with the electronic shutter, metering can be set to manual or automatic/aperture priority modes. The same is true if you use it in electronic shutter mode on a tech camera with the lens shutter locked open.
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yes
FloatingLens
Well-known member
I think the misunderstanding is that with a tech camera you‘re not using the 907x part, but just the CFV II 50c. What you‘re left with is a manual digital back with live view, which means no aperture prio mode or metering for that matter.
diggles
Well-known member
It is possible with an iPad, but I found using a Surface Pro is much better because you can use the full Phocus program instead of just the mobile app. This article on the Capture Integration blog describes it well: https://www.captureintegration.com/tethering-with-the-microsoft-surface-pro-2-guest-post-by-ken-doo/
jotloob
Subscriber Member
As far as I understand the CFV II 50c technique , you will have to use the electronic shutter for your shown camera set up .
So why would you then need a sync cable ?
There are adapters that allow to use the leaf shutter of the lens on Cambo. Alternatively you can of course also use the Hasselblad Flexbody.
Godfrey
Well-known member
Moving to a medium format, modular system, technical camera implies a completely different shooting workflow compared to an integrated Leica camera system. I thought that would be pretty obvious. ??
Using only the CFVII 50c eshutter has its limitations due to the 300ms readout speed: for best results, both the camera and the subject must be absolutely still (a sturdy tripod and no wind on landscape shots). Here's an example demonstrating the effects when a car moving about 35mph intrudes into a still landscape shot:
To get the results you want, you will want to learn how to meter and use a setup configured to use the lens shutter. It's not that difficult.
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jotloob
Subscriber Member
Looking at the cambo homepages , I find that this adapter looks very stable and well made . I wonder , if that adapter could be made for use on other technical cameras . For example for ALPA .
I would like to know what the lens hood is. Beom at [email protected]
Please let me know what the lens hood is. Thanks. Beom at [email protected]
edouard
Member
!? so you don't use the CFV-50c II electronic shutter? it's like using the back with 907x+"native" XCD lens? (or you have to use it, set it to a value slower than lens shutter and let the cambo start the leaf-shutter at the right time!?)
(btw then why couldn't hasselblad provide an adapter that fully uses V lenses including their shutter, like they did on the H system with CF adapter, if even another brand could)
and obviously live view is possible?
and how do you re-cock the lens shutter?
... OK I see it in this page it's on "WRS-HVSA" adapter itself
I see on this Cambo page :
As the shutter inside the lens can be activated and released, this adapter can be used with virtually any digital back that can be synced by means of the flash contact. This includes Hasselblad's new CFV II 50C model.
But I still don't fully understand ... (except that I probably need that!
)And how expensive is this beautiful "toy"?
(I mean WRC-400 + WRS-HVSA + SLW-80 + WRC-H61(grip) => WRC-HVSA kit)
... OK 3500$ (in this digitalback.com page )
And how one would get that in Switzerland?
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