The biggest advantage is being able to image things that aren't flat. It would be extremely useful for digitizing natural history collections (like the beetle i

The biggest advantage is being able to image things that aren't flat. It would be extremely useful for digitizing natural history collections (like the beetle in the article). Unfortunately, natural history museums, at least the smaller ones, like the one I am affiliated with, probably don't have the funding for a super high end camera like this and instead have to to get creative with flatbed scanners and light boxes in the mere $10,000 range. It's a shame, because the resolution and depth of field of the Hasselblad would be absolutely killer for, for example, herbarium specimens (pressed plants).