Sunday - January 15, 2006

Gadget Of The Week

Great Googley-Moogley! Does any photographer really need this much detail? 39 Mega-Pixels? And is any photographer serious enough to want to spend $38k for a single camera? Of course! There are professional photographers out there who probably own two or three of these babies. Those would be the people who charge thousands of dollars an hour to photograph weddings and coronations. Personally, I’m quite satisfied with my 8 Mega-Pixel Canon PowerShot Pro I, which only set me back about $900 a few years ago ...

Hasselblad is creating a new standard of digital image quality for professional photographers with the announcement of a new camera and three camera backs based on the combination of Hasselblad’s new, true 39-Megapixel CCD sensor and its unique Digital APO Correction (DAC) technology. This new line of products features the new Hasselblad Natural Color Solution, which promises to take digital photographic colour reproduction to an entirely new level. The new products should also deliver images of unsurpassed sharpness and resolution and at the same time reduce any moiré effect to a minimum - a first in the history of digital photography.

Based on the Hasselblad H2 camera with its range of high performance, digital central shutter-based lenses, and featuring extended features, such as DAC lens optimisation and Instant Approval Architecture, the Hasselblad H2D-39 (£21,150-UK or $37,568.96-US) is the world’s first high-end, 39-Megapixel, digital auto-focus camera. Compatible with the entire range of Hasselblad H System lenses, as well as the Hasselblad V camera lens system, the H2D-39 brings the highest level of integration and flexibility to the professional photographer.

- If you haven’t fainted at the price and want to take super pictures, read the rest here ...

Posted by The Skipper     on 01/15/2006 at 01:16 PM   
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