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Can someone explain in detail how the hybridization of analog and digital occurs? Where and why? I, for example, would love to mod a Hasselblad medium format c

Can someone explain in detail how the hybridization of analog and digital occurs? Where and why? I, for example, would love to mod a Hasselblad medium format cameras so that it could digitally adjust light etc so I could use it as a point and shoot, but with beautiful quality output. But your linked output discusses getting worse quality photos through the addition of digital sensors. Why?

RobotToaster 3y ago
You shoot medium format because it makes better images, because the "sensor" is bigger than 35mm. Imagine running 110 film through a hassy, it would look crap, and only capture a tiny window of what you normally do, because the "sensor" is tiny. That's basically the problem, the sensor size of hobbyist camera modules is tiny, even smaller than 110 film. They do make medium format digital backs, but they are expensive, even by hasselblad standards.
JKCalhoun 3y ago
> would love to mod a Hasselblad medium format cameras so that it could digitally adjust light etc so I could use it as a point and shoot, but with beautiful quality output. Maybe you just need a modern digital light meter for your Hasselblad? I've added something like one of these to a Yashica with good results: https://www.serge.photography/blog/review-ttartisan-meter https://www.serge.photography/blog/review-ttartisan-meter
KaiserPro 3y ago
Hasselblads have digital backs for them. The problems is that they cost boat load of cash. The problem is that a raw CCD/CMOS sensor output generally looks shite. I work at a place that experiments with novel sensors, and we have a device that uses off the shelf CMOS sensors for redacted camera sensors. They are the same type of sensors that are used in previous high end phones. However the raw images just look shit. Part of it is the lens, part of it is that we are not interested in making "good" looking images, but accurate images.
numpad0 3y ago
Those who goes all the way through that ambition ends up with a potato sensor, those who don't make that compromise either end up with a halfway destroyed camera, or find upside in the reward points on the $5k purchase made after impulsive considerations.

RobotToaster 3y ago

You shoot medium format because it makes better images, because the "sensor" is bigger than 35mm. Imagine running 110 film through a hassy, it would look crap, and only capture a tiny window of what you normally do, because the "sensor" is tiny. That's basically the problem, the sensor size of hobbyist camera modules is tiny, even smaller than 110 film. They do make medium format digital backs, but they are expensive, even by hasselblad standards.

JKCalhoun 3y ago

> would love to mod a Hasselblad medium format cameras so that it could digitally adjust light etc so I could use it as a point and shoot, but with beautiful quality output. Maybe you just need a modern digital light meter for your Hasselblad? I've added something like one of these to a Yashica with good results: https://www.serge.photography/blog/review-ttartisan-meter https://www.serge.photography/blog/review-ttartisan-meter

KaiserPro 3y ago

Hasselblads have digital backs for them. The problems is that they cost boat load of cash. The problem is that a raw CCD/CMOS sensor output generally looks shite. I work at a place that experiments with novel sensors, and we have a device that uses off the shelf CMOS sensors for redacted camera sensors. They are the same type of sensors that are used in previous high end phones. However the raw images just look shit. Part of it is the lens, part of it is that we are not interested in making "good" looking images, but accurate images.

numpad0 3y ago

Those who goes all the way through that ambition ends up with a potato sensor, those who don't make that compromise either end up with a halfway destroyed camera, or find upside in the reward points on the $5k purchase made after impulsive considerations.