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CarlosLocal (to Florida) Hassy dealer DTG invited me to their suite at the Graphics of the Americas Expo in Miami Beach, FL where I got about two hours of "hands on" time with the Hasselblad H-System. I have posted my findings from this brief encounter on my blog. Enjoy!
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Apple did just release a new Camera Raw plug in so that may well fix your issue. Others have reported it has.I cannot import the images into Aperture. I get errors when I try. The camera saved them as 3FR files. Same story with Lightroom 2.3. I can only open the files with Phocus.
David, any comment on Farkas' assertion that the true speed when stopped down is closer to 1/650th if not stopped down?One more clarification...
The max shutter speed is 1/800s not 1/500s as stated.
Belt mounted power supply for powerful hand-held device used to shoot visually stunning subjects?The point I was making there Doug was that the H3D is not as tightly locked as everyone thinks it is. What I do think is that someone should whip up a belt mounted battery using a FireWire cable to power the system for use on technical backs as opposed to buying the data storage unit.
I don't the ins and out of their test so hard to comment. But Jack also makes a correct and valid point.David, any comment on Farkas' assertion that the true speed when stopped down is closer to 1/650th if not stopped down?
http://dfarkas.blogspot.com/ (search for "clocked" on the page to jump to the relevant remark).
I'm not saying it's a big deal either way, but I'm curious.
As my token correction the P65+ (and any future backs) do not require a wake-up cable when used on a tech camera, and for the other P+ backs which do require a wake-up signal you can purchase an optional cable release which both wakes up the camera and triggers the shutter with a single button push. IMO, that is a much much smaller issue than having to carry an external battery/hard-drive. After all that Alpa TC with large format lens and a digital back is a really great (if exotic) compact system; having to attach a large databank (about the same size as the alpa+back itself) really kills the small-and-portable advantage of that system.
Doug Peterson
Now you see that is why I love this job.Doug:
All leaf shutters change effective speed as they are stopped down; it is a physical limitation of their design. Also one of the reasons that most leaf-shutter lenses are optically slower than their non-shuttered counterparts -- need to keep the overall delta change on aperture diameter small so as not to negatively impact net exposure
touche' :salute:Now if you want to talk about limitations of focal plane shutters.....
David
Dave:I don't the ins and out of their test so hard to comment. But Jack also makes a correct and valid point.
Also the comment of 'Leaf shutters don't work in a vacuum' in the same article is nonsense. Why? Hasselblad Apollo missions.
Umm... this was a figure of speech, not a technical limitation.Also the comment of 'Leaf shutters don't work in a vacuum' in the same article is nonsense. Why? Hasselblad Apollo missions. I think the moon is pretty vacuum-esque!
Leaf and focal plane in the same camera.... why does that sound so familiar?Though, maybe at some point we'll have the last laugh if Mamiya is successful in releasing a line of leaf shutter lenses so that our platform would have the benefits of both leaf and focal plane shutters.
I feel you. But, Ghostbusters 2?! C'mon, man. Go for the original. :thumbup:Seriously, no one is going to give me props on the Ghost Busters joke?
I thought that was the funniest thing I've said in ages.
Ahah! Understood.Umm... this was a figure of speech, not a technical limitation.
"Leaf shutters do not work in a vacuum. Their speed is dictated by the aperture setting as well."
In other words, the leaf shutter is not independent of other factors. So, it does not "function" in a vacuum. Sorry for the confusion.
According to Leica, they will take the aperture effect into account and regulate the shutter so that if you have it set to 1/500th, it will fire at 1/500th regardless of aperture setting. I would be very curious as to the technical details of how the H system works and what the specs are.
David