The amount of mega-pixels isn't what gets a great image. You can also buy 4x5 and 8x10 cameras on ebay for a fraction of what hasselblad costs, and you will get larger images with richer and higher quality. I'm not saying hasselblad is not worth the money, if you can afford it but, I rather buy a large format 4x5 camera.
The only thing about large format 4x5 is that it's using sheet film you have to process at a lab or at home.
@impauldk 8x10 film costs about $3.50/sheet for B&W; 4x5 is around a buck and a half. That's without processing (chemistry's not particularly expensive, but time *is*, and we haven't talked about holder loads and testing lots yet), and the price goes up considerably when you shoot colour. If you're shooting for print, you still need to scan (have you priced a drum scanner lately?). It doesn't take very many shots for the film camera to catch up in price for a pro.
Full frame DSLR is suitable for fashion show but in studio all top class fashion photographer use Hassy or Mamiya, that's a standard practise I am aware of. Wedding photographers I knew also uses Hassy or Mamiya. It's just the norm. I think the only place totally dominated by DSLR is sport photograhy. I've never seen any photographer carrying a Hassy at a car racetrack.
with a bit of talent and a bit more creativity i found people subscribing to the pictures i took with a 1000D.
biggest and best will be biggest and best for 3 years...before somehow it will be obsolete. and the number of pixels....is not whats important. its the sensor quality and how well it processes data it recieves. 30 some Mpx sounds like noise problems with me....
I suppose the problem with a camera of this sort of price is if one is commercially successful enough as a photographer to be able to afford one of these, you already know you don't need one. lol I suppose there also ways of getting more mega pixels even out of quite modestly priced digital cameras, on rare occasions where more are needed e.g. by stitching multiple images together even interpolating multiple images. So one could get around the limitations of even quite cheap cameras. :)
@jibba02 Dude, this camera is for professionals that need the largest and most detailed photo possible. These are used for fashion, automobiles, items that will be displayed on a large surfaces. A 35mm camera's images wouldn't look very nice when displayed on a billboard, you know. It's not because the quality is inferior, but because the sensor isn't as large and therefore it can't capture as many pixels...
IT is not stupid amount and surely it doesn't have diamonds inside, BUT it is a Medium Format Camera compatible with digital back and medium film back. Medium format is a lot sharper and show a lot more details compare to a full frame camera like the 5D. Just the medium format digital itself can beat the Canon or the Nikon. Canon or Nikon can't even compare to it. I wish one day Canon or NIkon can make a medium format digital camera and not be that expensive =)
@IDontKnow733 Medium format digital cameras require massive sensors that are very, very expensive to produce (full frame has a large fail rate, and that is much smaller). They are generally only bought by professionals who need an image to be blown up with VERY little loss of detail. Say, for a billboard. No diamonds inside it, but if you are in the business of displaying giant prints at art galleries, or large-scale commercial photography, the camera pays for itself in spades...
what can it do that a canon 5dmkII cannot? the canon is a quarter of the price, almost the same resolution and can take full HD videos...it's just dumb to get that 22k camera if you were to judge what it can do based it final output. I bet the photos will look almost the same if there were any difference, it would not be worth mentioning.
hmm well do you know that the Hasselblad is a medium format camera? and the 5D ii is a "full frame" which is like a 35mm format. Which is a BIG BIG different when the photos come out. a medium format photo shows a lot more details. let say a 21 megapixel in a medium format and a 21 megapixel in a full frame (like the canon 5Dii). the 21mp medium format could print a lot more larger like the big billboard sigh but however the 21mp 5Dii can't! So those are just 1 or 2 differences.
sorry ran of out space, and whatever i just mentioned was just a small part of the difference. and of course that the hasselblad isn't for someone to take photos and post on facebook. that is for a professional use. so do some research next time.
@dougerber Its impossible for medium formats, if you do research there complete different types of architectures. These are for landscape photography, even if they did try to put a video option. The FPS would be so slow, it requires a way different type of build.
@Miscellaneousviidz Medium format photography is a very select art form reserved mainly for professionals who need larger than 35mm film. Canon T2i's and 7Ds are not even 35mm equivalent (APS-C sensor size isn't full frame) and useful for people who are hobbyists or who's careers don't rely on, say, making billboards or gorgeous, crisp landscapes blown up on a art gallery. As a photographer, you need to understand the differences between film size and why different sizes are useful.
@Diablovtpa Yep. You guys that say you are taking great photos are probably right, its just that you wouldn't be able to blow it up with APS-C cropped sensors. These medium format beasts can be put on billboards. The small format ones can't
@Miscellaneousviidz No, YOU don't need a $30,000 camera. There are plenty of people who need them for billboards and other such VERY large print productions. I can do excellent photography with a Mamiya RB67 from the 40's. Doesn't mean its good for what they need it for.
@Miscellaneousviidz a 30,000$ cam won t make a photographer much better... but it can make his/her work much more easily... so he/she can concentrate more on the subject... so in the end he/she can get even better results than before...
@Miscellaneousviidz I agree. I've been using a Canon 40D for some time and I get some great scenic shots since that is what I am interested in. I want to get a 7D as well, but I don't like the idea of video being part of the camera. I'd like to see them add an additional pixel or two rather than video. That's why I have a cam corder. I have a Hasselblad 500CM and use it as much as I can.
@Miscellaneousviidz Obviously this camera its better, but if you dont have idea how use all the power of this camera ,exactly,you dont need a 30,000 camera.
I just one of these at a yard sale for $30 bucks the lady had no idea I thought it was a Polaroid I bought it for my 1 year old daughter should I give it to here or should I sell it on ebay ????????????????
Great Cameras, BUT how in the world do they justify the cost. Now that in mind, what's up with the tacky back drop photos they used. Are they kidding us! Come on guys, you can't sell us a camera at this cost and not show us something new and I mean really new. Cost doesn't make it better or worth it. So what's up?
I had a photography professor who uses a Hasselblad for corporate clients. Because they can pay big. And you can price your work a lot higher because its a Hasselblad.
Unless you really need amazing quality and mega mega-pixels for large prints or billboards, the disadvantages of getting into a medium format system should make you pause at length to examine your reasoning. Not to mention shooting with a medium format monster is slow and a bit primitive by comparison.
@4funky1 Yes, I'd like to rent one for a bit just to see how it works and the quality. I have fantastic Alaska photos taken with a Canon 40D. I'd get the 7D, but don't like the idea of having video as part of the camera. Would prefer to have them add another pixel or two than video.
@KiLLUMiNATii Better pictures are down to the photographer not the equipment. Your Canon would not be able to match the technical quality of the larger sensor, : D
@Jsovey rent one. they are not too expensive the studio I used to work for rented them out for about 350 a day with 3 lenses a 35mm, a 50-110mm, and a 210 mm along with two 8gb cf cards, all the cables and an extra battery.
and that was a year and a half ago, now that the H4D is out I am sure prices have come down.
well. i understand all about professional photography but this kind of price for these cameras is a little much.. you do have to have a high megapixel rating for billboards and large poster's. BUT if you know your exposures, contrasts, Lighting and scene recognition you can easily take a beautiful picture with a Pentax k7 or something like that. maby even a canon eos. all im saying is, is that unless your line of work REQUIRES or discounts these highly priced cameras, you should not buy one....
you know the problem with cams today people buy 30 thousand dollars to get a huge 30+ mega pixels but yet they could go buy thing of film and walgreens for 3 bucks for a full frame image gimme the film dumbass people why dont they buy me a 58 Porsche
@evilbluerubberducky I don't think a $3 camera, from Wal-Mart, has the ability to self correct its self depending on the distance of the target, lighting, motion, flash and time for exposure. These thousand dollar cameras have a science with it that is formatted with their hardware specifically. I don't claim to know a lot about cameras but I'm guessing the $3 cameras pictures don't nearly come close to high end camera photos.
Hasselblad has been making badass cameras for a long long time everyone who is hating is probably just jealous that they are broke and not shooting with the same calibre of equipment that the photographers making the big bucks are.
Hasselblad is designed as a High-End commercial cameras. People uses this cameras for commercial use. Higher megapixels to blow up billboard size or even a building size. Nikon and Canon has not have what it takes to compare to these cameras. It may not have the speed, or even multi frames per second like the DSLR's. But quality. You may find colors of these high end cemeras are different from SLR's. RAW files are anytime bigger compare to Nikon and Canon.
depends on what u do....Canon adn Nikons are wedding friendy, thats for sure, but as u said, the real high end studio stuff, the Hass is the one to have!
eff hasselblad prices. they would make just as much money if they lowered the price like 19k because they would sell like 50 times more. gaywadhomosexual
In fact nikon and canon are much better from every point of view possible. It's not how much you sell it, it's how much you've been doing it. Now a Nikon D3x is 24 mp, with a 24-70 2.8 for about 8000 usd. Now how does hasselblad justify the extra 15000??
Nikon and Canon are much more versatile, but certainly not better for the specific niche this camera is designed to fill. On the occasions I've used this camera it was with a photographer who had a 1Ds Mk3 tucked away in his draw as a backup, barely touched. Bigger sensors normally have bigger photsites which means substantially better dynamic range and better colour reproduction.
My dad resurrected Ansel Adams to shoot our holiday pictures. My daddy is God. Too bad I forgot to ask Ansel what kinda lens he was using. But his camera was totally badass, I can tell you that.
If the reporter thinks is the Bugatti of cameras...Then he needs to go and see other digital devices that give a much higher quality image, such as linear scanning backs for example. They have up to a 416 mega pixel resolution at latest count, and are only made for view cameras. those are the Lear Jet's of cameras.
what people dont realise is film is amzingly beautiful,and hasselblad only advantage is those film slr with zeiss lens,but there also arolleiflex planar....you get 1000 times better image than a digital,but digital only helps you indoor with whitebalalnce and infinite no of shots..but people shoul still use film
Its ment for photogrophers not for every day people, profesional photographers have big ass incomes and since they need a good camrea to make a good pictures. to make good money' " its an investment for a photogropher"
They cost so much coz they are not sold in massive volumes like canon & nikon dslr's. It comes back to how many units they expect to sell and hot much they need to sell each unit for to recover their overheads and make a profit. They know they dont have huge public demand for it, just for ultra high end pro's that probably charge $1000 to have a cup of coffee with them. I use a 21mp 1ds III and can print massive posters flawlesssly.
I'm making the most of this camera technology with my photogrammetric business..., my work needs all the megapixels I can get in order to take accurate measurements from photos (100mp would be great so you can see even more detail!). An average project would pay for one of these cameras outright, so it's not as extreme as it may seem to the non-photogrammetrist...
These cameras can actually act like handheld laser scanners or theodolites (in the hands of a professional user)
I honestly don't know. People say it's for billboards and shit, but if you think about it, you're viewing billboards from far away and you're never gonna notice if it has 10mp or 50 from that distance.
Whatever. I still want one for some reason, If I won the lotto, i'd have one in a heartbeat.
People still missing the point of medium formats...
These cameras are for studio professionals. They pay $20k because they need it. You can't print on a billboard with your Rebel XSi with your stock 18-55mm lens.
@peckerdecker You're still missing the point. It's called print. You simply cannot print on a billboard or something ridiculously large with 12 or 14MP.
$1,000 per pixel lol
DontBroadcstYourself 2 months ago
The amount of mega-pixels isn't what gets a great image. You can also buy 4x5 and 8x10 cameras on ebay for a fraction of what hasselblad costs, and you will get larger images with richer and higher quality. I'm not saying hasselblad is not worth the money, if you can afford it but, I rather buy a large format 4x5 camera.
The only thing about large format 4x5 is that it's using sheet film you have to process at a lab or at home.
impauldk 2 months ago
@impauldk 8x10 film costs about $3.50/sheet for B&W; 4x5 is around a buck and a half. That's without processing (chemistry's not particularly expensive, but time *is*, and we haven't talked about holder loads and testing lots yet), and the price goes up considerably when you shoot colour. If you're shooting for print, you still need to scan (have you priced a drum scanner lately?). It doesn't take very many shots for the film camera to catch up in price for a pro.
essellar 2 weeks ago
Full frame DSLR is suitable for fashion show but in studio all top class fashion photographer use Hassy or Mamiya, that's a standard practise I am aware of. Wedding photographers I knew also uses Hassy or Mamiya. It's just the norm. I think the only place totally dominated by DSLR is sport photograhy. I've never seen any photographer carrying a Hassy at a car racetrack.
axiooshop 2 months ago
damn that's worth way more than my car :D
B3autifulm0nster 3 months ago
im contented w/ my nikon D-SLR but they say that happiness is priceless ...so if u have enough money n truely passionate bout photography, why not?!
ecccable 3 months ago
too much megapixels!!!!
quiconable 3 months ago
For this price, i will keep my Nikon F4S and my Hasselblad 500CM.
This hasselblad is a modernized Fuji camera. I prefer my Bigsize 120er Film 6X6cm.
WildeTanteAnna 4 months ago
with a bit of talent and a bit more creativity i found people subscribing to the pictures i took with a 1000D.
biggest and best will be biggest and best for 3 years...before somehow it will be obsolete. and the number of pixels....is not whats important. its the sensor quality and how well it processes data it recieves. 30 some Mpx sounds like noise problems with me....
alextheromanian 4 months ago
i would buy the Nikon D3x instead.
apfotocanada 4 months ago
@apfotocanada you can buy 10 d3x..
iXerion 4 months ago
@apfotocanada same here, for around $8,000 and 24 megapixels, and a wider variety of lenses, you cant go wrong.
QuantumEra 3 months ago
I suppose the problem with a camera of this sort of price is if one is commercially successful enough as a photographer to be able to afford one of these, you already know you don't need one. lol I suppose there also ways of getting more mega pixels even out of quite modestly priced digital cameras, on rare occasions where more are needed e.g. by stitching multiple images together even interpolating multiple images. So one could get around the limitations of even quite cheap cameras. :)
artberry 5 months ago
I like how the two top rated comments are completely opposite.
rahxun 6 months ago 4
I don't know, when you think about technological value, you could buy a good car or a camera.
I think a ton of people would rather have a car than a camera
NanouoMusic 6 months ago
Sony A55 ftw
vinsong 6 months ago
@Miscellaneousviidz
And your SMART is equal to a Ferarri. Yes, dream on.
Halloween1966 7 months ago 4
Ahhhhhh....30,000 dollar camera.......that's more than a down payment on a house. That's an average person's yearly salary.
Nonetheless, if you can afford it, and you want the best quality photo's you can possibly have, then buy this beast.
TomPark1986 7 months ago
It may be top of the line but it dont look it, i dont care for the cosmetics, i like the d3 family better in terms of cosmetics
jrcr1 7 months ago
wow! a 60Mp camera and the videos in 240p?
One4TheTechnoGuy 7 months ago 4
how many drum scans of 120 film could you get for 30K?
firehandszarb 8 months ago
40mp pentax 645digital is cheaper
used price is around 7000-8000USD
dfdtdfdx 8 months ago
@stanislavhedvik It's fantastic camera!!!
TheStanda1978 8 months ago
Its all in the composition. a $30,000 camera wont make you a good photographer. A creative mind will....
that said, if your a little on the short side down stairs, this may just give you that little bit of confidence you are after. GOOD LUCK!!
jibba02 9 months ago
@jibba02 Dude, this camera is for professionals that need the largest and most detailed photo possible. These are used for fashion, automobiles, items that will be displayed on a large surfaces. A 35mm camera's images wouldn't look very nice when displayed on a billboard, you know. It's not because the quality is inferior, but because the sensor isn't as large and therefore it can't capture as many pixels...
Aragiss 7 months ago
*Drool*
:)
Of course it is rather big and expensive. The bag I need for that to take on vacation.. and all the required tools.. yeah :!
masticina 9 months ago
i wish i was a millionaire
srtcharles65 9 months ago
Whats with the Mac comments on Blogs? WTF
InFrameProduction 9 months ago
they now have a 60megapixel format for 38 something k. the price of the ones in the video here have dropped near half in price.
m4a2tOt 9 months ago
and all that for just the price of a car
CAIDMASTEROFPYRO 9 months ago
I don't understand why the camera costs such a STUPID!!!!!! amount... is there gold and diamonds inside it or something lol
IDontKnow733 10 months ago
@IDontKnow733
IT is not stupid amount and surely it doesn't have diamonds inside, BUT it is a Medium Format Camera compatible with digital back and medium film back. Medium format is a lot sharper and show a lot more details compare to a full frame camera like the 5D. Just the medium format digital itself can beat the Canon or the Nikon. Canon or Nikon can't even compare to it. I wish one day Canon or NIkon can make a medium format digital camera and not be that expensive =)
frommanhattan42 10 months ago
@IDontKnow733 Medium format digital cameras require massive sensors that are very, very expensive to produce (full frame has a large fail rate, and that is much smaller). They are generally only bought by professionals who need an image to be blown up with VERY little loss of detail. Say, for a billboard. No diamonds inside it, but if you are in the business of displaying giant prints at art galleries, or large-scale commercial photography, the camera pays for itself in spades...
Diablovtpa 9 months ago
what can it do that a canon 5dmkII cannot? the canon is a quarter of the price, almost the same resolution and can take full HD videos...it's just dumb to get that 22k camera if you were to judge what it can do based it final output. I bet the photos will look almost the same if there were any difference, it would not be worth mentioning.
AnathemaEX 10 months ago
@AnathemaEX
hmm well do you know that the Hasselblad is a medium format camera? and the 5D ii is a "full frame" which is like a 35mm format. Which is a BIG BIG different when the photos come out. a medium format photo shows a lot more details. let say a 21 megapixel in a medium format and a 21 megapixel in a full frame (like the canon 5Dii). the 21mp medium format could print a lot more larger like the big billboard sigh but however the 21mp 5Dii can't! So those are just 1 or 2 differences.
frommanhattan42 10 months ago
@AnathemaEX
sorry ran of out space, and whatever i just mentioned was just a small part of the difference. and of course that the hasselblad isn't for someone to take photos and post on facebook. that is for a professional use. so do some research next time.
frommanhattan42 10 months ago
@AnathemaEX Learn why professional photographers use different film sizes before you post?
Diablovtpa 9 months ago
wish it took video like my nikon d90. it would look amazing.
dougerber 10 months ago
@dougerber Its impossible for medium formats, if you do research there complete different types of architectures. These are for landscape photography, even if they did try to put a video option. The FPS would be so slow, it requires a way different type of build.
gatler05 10 months ago
You would need the photo if your a photographer who works for making massive billboards.
dogeatme 10 months ago
is it better than my iphone camera?
QwAdr0x256 10 months ago
@QwAdr0x256 I think your pulling our legs but in reality your iphone )because of it's size and mobility) can take shots these cameras can't.
The48thRonin 10 months ago
@QwAdr0x256 are you serious?!
xxJESSiiCORExx 10 months ago
@QwAdr0x256 no that's why he talked about apple. he is jealous that iphone's camera is better than their cameras! XD
ashkibala1 6 months ago
Digital Hasselblads look god ugly.
21alt3go 10 months ago
$1000 for every megapixel for 22 megapixel camera =]
blankets1453 10 months ago
ill buy 2
Animaltech 10 months ago
oh good, 1000$ per megapixel lol
GodShrimp 10 months ago
wait ... WHAAAAAT !!?? ..w ..wtf .. i mean realy WTF !!
it must be convert a monkey to a damn hot lion to worth that price !!
saudi0knight 10 months ago
i can do excellent photography with a canon T2i and i can wait to get my 7d. you dont need a $30,000 camera.
Miscellaneousviidz 11 months ago 53
@Miscellaneousviidz I agree, the camera does not make the photo, it's the photographer.
However my friend, it's so not the same a Hasselblad than a T2i, not even with a 7D
TooHuman 10 months ago
@Miscellaneousviidz Commercial photographers intending to print dense on billboards do.
But I agree, your equipment is only as valuable as your ability.
TheShawMaestro 9 months ago
@Miscellaneousviidz i dont think you understand the purpose of using a hasselblad..
proto35 9 months ago 3
@Miscellaneousviidz Medium format photography is a very select art form reserved mainly for professionals who need larger than 35mm film. Canon T2i's and 7Ds are not even 35mm equivalent (APS-C sensor size isn't full frame) and useful for people who are hobbyists or who's careers don't rely on, say, making billboards or gorgeous, crisp landscapes blown up on a art gallery. As a photographer, you need to understand the differences between film size and why different sizes are useful.
Diablovtpa 9 months ago 74
@Diablovtpa Yep. You guys that say you are taking great photos are probably right, its just that you wouldn't be able to blow it up with APS-C cropped sensors. These medium format beasts can be put on billboards. The small format ones can't
oklahomma 6 months ago
@oklahomma sure you can, it just will not look as good
1MinDLesS1 4 months ago
@Miscellaneousviidz actually if you shoot professional like ad you do. I know a professional photographer who does use one.
n1njaTaco 9 months ago
@Miscellaneousviidz If you'rea professional commercial photographer, you need one..
Spaeckli 9 months ago 2
@Miscellaneousviidz No, YOU don't need a $30,000 camera. There are plenty of people who need them for billboards and other such VERY large print productions. I can do excellent photography with a Mamiya RB67 from the 40's. Doesn't mean its good for what they need it for.
allisonxm102 9 months ago 4
@Miscellaneousviidz a 30,000$ cam won t make a photographer much better... but it can make his/her work much more easily... so he/she can concentrate more on the subject... so in the end he/she can get even better results than before...
StationZeroOne 8 months ago
@Miscellaneousviidz are you a professional? I think that you aren't the intended market...
toodietoodieomg 8 months ago
@Miscellaneousviidz
dont worrie, youll get that itch when u want it :D
copraxo 7 months ago
@Miscellaneousviidz No clue what you are talking about, are you?
ArtemisFour 6 months ago
@Miscellaneousviidz I agree. I've been using a Canon 40D for some time and I get some great scenic shots since that is what I am interested in. I want to get a 7D as well, but I don't like the idea of video being part of the camera. I'd like to see them add an additional pixel or two rather than video. That's why I have a cam corder. I have a Hasselblad 500CM and use it as much as I can.
rrbond07 6 months ago
@Miscellaneousviidz Try making a conference banner or building advertisement with that T2i...
kangaroo303 4 months ago
@Miscellaneousviidz You do need one. With a t2i or a 7d you wouldn't be able to take photos with the size of walls.
teknoplayer 3 months ago
@Miscellaneousviidz Same here I have the T1i and I really can't wait to get the 7D. This is just crazy.
Coffeecanon 1 month ago
@Miscellaneousviidz Obviously this camera its better, but if you dont have idea how use all the power of this camera ,exactly,you dont need a 30,000 camera.
metallicaofhammet 1 week ago
Can't build them fast enough? more like can't build them well enough.
Give me a V System any day,
mussfrombruss 11 months ago
I just one of these at a yard sale for $30 bucks the lady had no idea I thought it was a Polaroid I bought it for my 1 year old daughter should I give it to here or should I sell it on ebay ????????????????
LaRobertos 11 months ago
this camera also works as a cancer scaner
besian1987 11 months ago
I've heard that if you take a picture of someones eye with this camera you can literally see what they are thinking!!!
AndyBJ 1 year ago 2
Great Cameras, BUT how in the world do they justify the cost. Now that in mind, what's up with the tacky back drop photos they used. Are they kidding us! Come on guys, you can't sell us a camera at this cost and not show us something new and I mean really new. Cost doesn't make it better or worth it. So what's up?
CAJUNNSC 1 year ago
Haha I'll stick with my Panasonic Lumix FZ100
VisionedForce 1 year ago
I had a photography professor who uses a Hasselblad for corporate clients. Because they can pay big. And you can price your work a lot higher because its a Hasselblad.
lanimar3417 1 year ago
Unless you really need amazing quality and mega mega-pixels for large prints or billboards, the disadvantages of getting into a medium format system should make you pause at length to examine your reasoning. Not to mention shooting with a medium format monster is slow and a bit primitive by comparison.
digitalwolves 1 year ago
who need so much pixels ?:D
INS1977 1 year ago
@INS1977 As the pixels increases so does the clarity of the photo. Still if I could afford it, I'd buy one, but this camera is too rich for my blood.
rrbond07 6 months ago
I want !!!!!!!!!
mosilflutil10 1 year ago
I wouldnt mind trying this baby out. But I wouldnt buy one.
4funky1 1 year ago
@4funky1 Yes, I'd like to rent one for a bit just to see how it works and the quality. I have fantastic Alaska photos taken with a Canon 40D. I'd get the 7D, but don't like the idea of having video as part of the camera. Would prefer to have them add another pixel or two than video.
rrbond07 6 months ago
holy shit 49 Megapixel?
NEWKOMMA 1 year ago
i take the kodak disposable one please...for my facebook....lol
lemo815 1 year ago
7D plz! 7D! :p
ptlofts 1 year ago
This piece of thing is REALLY overrated!
Give me a canon 5D and Photohop, i'l make better pictures
KiLLUMiNATii 1 year ago
@KiLLUMiNATii Better pictures are down to the photographer not the equipment. Your Canon would not be able to match the technical quality of the larger sensor, : D
BuddLightbrain 1 year ago
@KiLLUMiNATii
lol
Quite funny comment.
uknews 1 year ago
@KiLLUMiNATii Sorry, but you have no idea what you are talking about. It is like comparing Ferrari with some Nissan sport car...
losnegros123 1 year ago
i seen a pro who had one of the that was 39 MP
GMSamuelRhine 1 year ago
my canon t2i i is better lol
finddavid7 1 year ago
LOL the Bugatti of cameras
zenkiproductions 1 year ago
@zenkiproductions LOL xD
KiMoOoZ100 1 year ago
This is what my Year's worth of salary looks like? I need a better job
76ers 1 year ago 3
HAHAHHAHAHAH "well the most affordable one we have is 22,000" yeah right...
willcitoman97 1 year ago
I have Two of them a C and a C/M
I know they are film.
but they are HASSELBLAD
TL250Rider 1 year ago
I wonder does it have AEB functionality. Boy, if it does you could really get some really excellent HDRi photographs!!
rrbond07 1 year ago
I believe Hasselblad has a 51 already. Believe me, if I could afford it I'd get one. I really love the negative counterpart.
rrbond07 1 year ago
when choosing out of the 3 cameras who's gonna be able to afford the $22,000 one and not just gloss over that version to the $32,000 full fat version.
or 4 fully kitted d3x's
jonobonnowonno1 1 year ago
Why do medium format cameras have such low max ISO levels?
Are manufacturers unconcerned about low ISO range because owners mainly shoot indoors/well lit outdoor fashion shots?
Even the nikon d3x has a low max ISO......
snifnscratch 1 year ago
Wow I will never own one of these. If I could just hold one, I would be happy.
Jsovey 1 year ago
@Jsovey rent one. they are not too expensive the studio I used to work for rented them out for about 350 a day with 3 lenses a 35mm, a 50-110mm, and a 210 mm along with two 8gb cf cards, all the cables and an extra battery.
and that was a year and a half ago, now that the H4D is out I am sure prices have come down.
tman152 1 year ago
Hey, thank you very much. I would like to purchase one of this for me. I'll send $300.00 for it. Thanks :-)
dmana3172 1 year ago
so, I have no clue, how does the pentax 645D compare to this?
mipmipmipmipmip 1 year ago
Don't buy a house buy a Hasselblad
aarondkeogh 1 year ago
I am happy with my 7D THANK YOU VERY MUCH
ClankyRochet 1 year ago
@ClankyRochet Leica S2. PWND. Thank you very much :)
TheRealLifeguard 1 year ago
Im happy with my 400$ D80 with a 100$ 50mm f1.8 lens =D
panzarw 1 year ago
Does it work with Facebook?
shaygahweh 1 year ago
@shaygahweh HA!
dadirab1439 1 year ago
Wow $22k is affordable!
DarkPro 1 year ago
well. i understand all about professional photography but this kind of price for these cameras is a little much.. you do have to have a high megapixel rating for billboards and large poster's. BUT if you know your exposures, contrasts, Lighting and scene recognition you can easily take a beautiful picture with a Pentax k7 or something like that. maby even a canon eos. all im saying is, is that unless your line of work REQUIRES or discounts these highly priced cameras, you should not buy one....
Paintballnation584 1 year ago
Meh a 12MP point and shoot is good enough for me LOL.
xboxlive6 1 year ago 14
you know the problem with cams today people buy 30 thousand dollars to get a huge 30+ mega pixels but yet they could go buy thing of film and walgreens for 3 bucks for a full frame image gimme the film dumbass people why dont they buy me a 58 Porsche
evilbluerubberducky 1 year ago
@evilbluerubberducky I don't think a $3 camera, from Wal-Mart, has the ability to self correct its self depending on the distance of the target, lighting, motion, flash and time for exposure. These thousand dollar cameras have a science with it that is formatted with their hardware specifically. I don't claim to know a lot about cameras but I'm guessing the $3 cameras pictures don't nearly come close to high end camera photos.
1nglewattz1 1 year ago
This cam for a big jobs and great reproducions, for profissional protografer, hahaha Canon eos D merda.
4yn5 1 year ago
Man i wish
Jazzybalcaceres 1 year ago
what a shitty camera 39 mp is just a little unmanageable, a digital back? what is this 1992?
MegaAfroGuy 1 year ago
if i win the lottery.... for now i'm stuck using the studios own slr's which are broken - fun times
serabob 1 year ago
Anyone even uses this camera? i mean any company? All those large company uses Canon 1D MK II systems.
I just came across this video today...never knew such extreme camara existed. 0.0
HatroVille 1 year ago
@HatroVille Hasselblads are far more advanced than any Canon system. The image quality is superior. Really makes the 1D MK look like shit.
furchterregendX 1 year ago 2
@furchterregendX
and they are a bit more expensive only 22.000$
xXSwatXx007 10 months ago
@HatroVille
Well, it looks there is a lot you still have to learn!
losnegros123 1 year ago
Hasselblad has been making badass cameras for a long long time everyone who is hating is probably just jealous that they are broke and not shooting with the same calibre of equipment that the photographers making the big bucks are.
tloebel48 1 year ago
Hasselblad is designed as a High-End commercial cameras. People uses this cameras for commercial use. Higher megapixels to blow up billboard size or even a building size. Nikon and Canon has not have what it takes to compare to these cameras. It may not have the speed, or even multi frames per second like the DSLR's. But quality. You may find colors of these high end cemeras are different from SLR's. RAW files are anytime bigger compare to Nikon and Canon.
Crazee1020 1 year ago
depends on what u do....Canon adn Nikons are wedding friendy, thats for sure, but as u said, the real high end studio stuff, the Hass is the one to have!
ShiviSchuey 1 year ago
what the hell is a digital magazine
Techintel 1 year ago
eff hasselblad prices. they would make just as much money if they lowered the price like 19k because they would sell like 50 times more. gaywadhomosexual
Funcaliber29 1 year ago
In fact nikon and canon are much better from every point of view possible. It's not how much you sell it, it's how much you've been doing it. Now a Nikon D3x is 24 mp, with a 24-70 2.8 for about 8000 usd. Now how does hasselblad justify the extra 15000??
videotubeification 2 years ago
@videotubeification yeah man... that's what I want to know... can someone please tell me?
I recently purchased a Nikon D700 with a 50mm/f1.4 and feel quite satisfied.
CEEPMDEE 1 year ago
Nikon and Canon are much more versatile, but certainly not better for the specific niche this camera is designed to fill. On the occasions I've used this camera it was with a photographer who had a 1Ds Mk3 tucked away in his draw as a backup, barely touched. Bigger sensors normally have bigger photsites which means substantially better dynamic range and better colour reproduction.
MohanSandhu 1 year ago
@videotubeification depends on what you need, mega pixels or speed and high iso quality.
magazines obv. need pixels.
devonly2 1 year ago
how much for this
francisgho 2 years ago
between 17 and 30K
calumetphotonews 2 years ago 3
@calumetphotonews now on sale for 12K
calumetphotonews 1 year ago 16
@calumetphotonews wow it's a bargain!!
what? oh sorry sorry darling we can't afford a college for you, but we have a camera!!!
Spaeckli 1 year ago
@francisgho way too much if you have to care how much it costs
sillywabbit92 1 year ago
@francisgho $10.000
DistantLuck786 1 year ago
I like the classic Hasselblads better.
bumblebeebattv 2 years ago 2
My dad bought me a H3D, what lens do I get for taking pictures on Myspace?
vichiousfishes 2 years ago 165
lol you've gotta be kidding me?? your dad brought you a h3d 2 take pics on myspace??? looooooool
silents08 1 year ago 26
@silents08 I know you're new to this, but he was trolling...Or, for you to understand - joking !
deejayDPC 1 year ago
My dad resurrected Ansel Adams to shoot our holiday pictures. My daddy is God. Too bad I forgot to ask Ansel what kinda lens he was using. But his camera was totally badass, I can tell you that.
jannevellamo 1 year ago
@vichiousfishes are you kidding you got a medium format camera for that sort of picture taking
AZNFlipy12 1 year ago
@vichiousfishes it costs a fortune !!! would he buy one for me too?
quiero3ver 1 year ago
@vichiousfishes
Dont worry about a lens, just beat yourself over the head with the body :D
awesome87 1 year ago
@vichiousfishes Cool! This comes with the kit lens?? You Dad got this for you? When i got mine, the HC 80mm was included!! Are you sure?
do you have the Hasselblad H3DII-39? Double check!
jackies35 1 year ago
@jackies35 you're kidding right?
dllawson 1 year ago
@vichiousfishes lol dont think you need a 10k camera for myspace
8bennugent 1 year ago
@vichiousfishes you dont need any lens 60mp crazy
DistantLuck786 1 year ago
If the reporter thinks is the Bugatti of cameras...Then he needs to go and see other digital devices that give a much higher quality image, such as linear scanning backs for example. They have up to a 416 mega pixel resolution at latest count, and are only made for view cameras. those are the Lear Jet's of cameras.
digitalwolves 1 year ago
@vichiousfishes you can buy some LEGO LENS O__O
evans13 1 year ago
@vichiousfishes XD what a waste of money XDXDXDXD
Miscellaneousviidz 11 months ago
@vichiousfishes your photos better be some golden eye photography. XD $30,000
Miscellaneousviidz 11 months ago
@vichiousfishes I suggest a Holga lens and adapter :-)
sirstrongbad 10 months ago
just 32,000 dollars xD
TechCuber 2 years ago
i know i bet that the nikon d90 and canon 50d get better result's
swsk117 2 years ago
probably a few guys who blow money on these, who can't frame a shot for shit, or have no eye.
you can take a good picture with a budget cam. Of course not for large print work, but you get the idea
just cus it cost an arm and leg, dont mean it will make you a master or something.
cool cameras medium format though, wish i had the cash for one
bottle2lip 2 years ago 6
true that!
JGTRA 2 years ago
@bottle2lip this is designed for a pro , model photographers , who use 10k plus software as well , you are right , only in the hands of a real artist
novola1972 2 years ago
what people dont realise is film is amzingly beautiful,and hasselblad only advantage is those film slr with zeiss lens,but there also arolleiflex planar....you get 1000 times better image than a digital,but digital only helps you indoor with whitebalalnce and infinite no of shots..but people shoul still use film
rajendrabiswas 2 years ago
1:45 cracks me up!
bahista21 2 years ago
lawlcats =P very afforable
patmucz 2 years ago
Overpriced... No camera is worth that, when a camera costs more than a brand new BMW something has to be wrong..
krokigrygg 2 years ago 2
Its ment for photogrophers not for every day people, profesional photographers have big ass incomes and since they need a good camrea to make a good pictures. to make good money' " its an investment for a photogropher"
patmucz 2 years ago
@krokigrygg
They cost so much coz they are not sold in massive volumes like canon & nikon dslr's. It comes back to how many units they expect to sell and hot much they need to sell each unit for to recover their overheads and make a profit. They know they dont have huge public demand for it, just for ultra high end pro's that probably charge $1000 to have a cup of coffee with them. I use a 21mp 1ds III and can print massive posters flawlesssly.
redcarpetphotography 2 years ago
why do you need a camera with 39 mp? can someone please anwser that, like what kind of photography is that?
flaky1324 2 years ago
photogrammetry...
I'm making the most of this camera technology with my photogrammetric business..., my work needs all the megapixels I can get in order to take accurate measurements from photos (100mp would be great so you can see even more detail!). An average project would pay for one of these cameras outright, so it's not as extreme as it may seem to the non-photogrammetrist...
These cameras can actually act like handheld laser scanners or theodolites (in the hands of a professional user)
Yahooooogle 2 years ago
I honestly don't know. People say it's for billboards and shit, but if you think about it, you're viewing billboards from far away and you're never gonna notice if it has 10mp or 50 from that distance.
Whatever. I still want one for some reason, If I won the lotto, i'd have one in a heartbeat.
zZrEtRiBuTiOnZz 2 years ago
I have a hasselblad 500c with a 80mm planar, fail to see why you would need more?
jazzfoook 2 years ago
Even in my dreams can't afford of buying this camera lol...
kenfrancis74 2 years ago
wait is that 30 GRAND!!!? WTF. i love photoG, but... come on.
DJbacktrack 2 years ago 4
shucks
daveawebber 2 years ago
People still missing the point of medium formats...
These cameras are for studio professionals. They pay $20k because they need it. You can't print on a billboard with your Rebel XSi with your stock 18-55mm lens.
vunley 2 years ago 54
@vunley - Sure you can! Billboards are very low res. Small PDF file, honestly. Hasselblad not required :)
prosediva 1 year ago
@vunley a camera is a box with a lens
as long as you know how to light and expose - you can MAKE a beautiful image
peckerdecker 1 year ago
@peckerdecker You're still missing the point. It's called print. You simply cannot print on a billboard or something ridiculously large with 12 or 14MP.
vunley 1 year ago
@vunley Who do you mean with ''you''?
d3474mas73r 1 year ago
@vunley Oh but I could sure try, lol
KingNuada86 1 year ago