Hasselblad discontinues "classic" line

from: (Sam Sherman) 10-21-04

Today I was at the Photo Plus Expo at the Javits Center in New York City.

Hasselblad has a big booth and display there.

I spoke to one of their reps and he explained to me
that only the 200 series was discontinued and that
the "V" (500) series continues and Imacon (now part of their company) is making
a new 16MP digital back for the "V" cameras (I think it is $11,000) and a new
22MP digital back for the H cameras - also know in
combo with same as "H1" and this is $22,000.

- Sam Sherman

FLEXARET2 wrote:

I spoke to one of their reps and he explained to me
that only the 200 series was discontinued and that
the "V" (500) series continues and Imacon (now part of their company) is making
a new 16MP digital back for the "V" cameras (I think it is $11,000) and a new
22MP digital back for the H cameras - also know in
combo with same as "H1" and this is $22,000.


Well, I'm glas that price has come down to something reasonable. ;-)

Cheers,
Alan


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FLEXARET2 wrote:

I spoke to one of their reps and he explained to me
that only the 200 series was discontinued and that
the "V" (500) series continues and Imacon (now part of their company) is making
a new 16MP digital back for the "V" cameras (I think it is $11,000) and a new
22MP digital back for the H cameras - also know in
combo with same as "H1" and this is $22,000.


Well, I'm glas that price has come down to something reasonable. ;-)

Cheers,
Alan


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FLEXARET2 writes:

I spoke to one of their reps and he explained to me
that only the 200 series was discontinued and that
the "V" (500) series continues and Imacon (now part of their company) is making
a new 16MP digital back for the "V" cameras (I think it is $11,000) and a new
22MP digital back for the H cameras - also know in
combo with same as "H1" and this is $22,000.

Why does the smaller format have more pixels?

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FLEXARET2 writes:

I spoke to one of their reps and he explained to me
that only the 200 series was discontinued and that
the "V" (500) series continues and Imacon (now part of their company) is making
a new 16MP digital back for the "V" cameras (I think it is $11,000) and a new
22MP digital back for the H cameras - also know in
combo with same as "H1" and this is $22,000.

Why does the smaller format have more pixels?

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FLEXARET2 writes:

I spoke to one of their reps and he explained to me
that only the 200 series was discontinued and that
the "V" (500) series continues and Imacon (now part of their company) is
making
a new 16MP digital back for the "V" cameras (I think it is $11,000) and
a new
22MP digital back for the H cameras - also know in
combo with same as "H1" and this is $22,000.

Why does the smaller format have more pixels?

It's not a smaller format. The square MF sensors tend to be 36 x 36mm,
whereas the rectangular ones tend to be 36 x 48 or 36x52 or the like.

David J. Littleboy
Tokyo, Japan

"Mxsmanic" wrote in message
...
FLEXARET2 writes:

I spoke to one of their reps and he explained to me
that only the 200 series was discontinued and that
the "V" (500) series continues and Imacon (now part of their company) is
making
a new 16MP digital back for the "V" cameras (I think it is $11,000) and
a new
22MP digital back for the H cameras - also know in
combo with same as "H1" and this is $22,000.

Why does the smaller format have more pixels?

It's not a smaller format. The square MF sensors tend to be 36 x 36mm,
whereas the rectangular ones tend to be 36 x 48 or 36x52 or the like.

David J. Littleboy
Tokyo, Japan

Mxsmanic wrote:

Why does the smaller format have more pixels?

Too make it cheaper to buy. Why else? ;-)

You can get 22 MP backs for the "V-system" too.

Mxsmanic wrote:

Why does the smaller format have more pixels?

Too make it cheaper to buy. Why else? ;-)

You can get 22 MP backs for the "V-system" too.

David J. Littleboy writes:

It's not a smaller format. The square MF sensors tend to be 36 x 36mm,
whereas the rectangular ones tend to be 36 x 48 or 36x52 or the like.

Why isn't the former sensor 56x56?

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