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I'm bit naive at cameras and thought best ones were being produced by Nikon or Cannon so this new brands are enlightning. I was just looking at one of the Hasse

by sytelus 14y ago

I'm bit naive at cameras and thought best ones were being produced by Nikon or Cannon so this new brands are enlightning. I was just looking at one of the Hasselblad: http://www.hasselbladusa.com/media/2081132/uk_h4d-60_datasheet_v11.pdf http://www.hasselbladusa.com/media/2081132/uk_h4d-60_datashe.... This thing has massive 54x40 mm sensor VS current full frames which have "only" 36x24 mm. That's 2.5 times bigger sensor than full frame! And that's 60 mega pixels. One thing that pops out is ISO which is listed only at 800 (vs Canikon's 32000) so I assume these cameras are designed for very bright light studios and to yield minimal amount of noise possible.

zalew 14y ago
high iso is for where people move - journalism and sports. model shots are low iso, because you use lighting anyway (natural or/and artificial) and the quality needs to be perfect. > This thing has massive 54x40 mm sensor VS current full frames because it's a medium format camera which by definition is bigger than full frame.
davidjohnstone 14y ago
Indeed. There's the world of 35mm cameras, which is what full frame digital SLRs are (think Canon 1D X and 5D III, and Nikon D4 and D800, having a sensor fo 36x24mm). Many digital SLRs have cropped sensors — the Canon 7D, 60D and 600D have a sensor that is 1.6 times smaller than a full frame (22.2x15.8mm). More: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Full-frame_digital_SLR http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Full-frame_digital_SLR The next level of cameras is medium format, which are vastly more expensive and have much larger sensors. They're generally used for studio work, where light isn't a problem. They're popular for fashion and product photography. Then you move up to large format cameras with even larger sensors, although most of these still use film (but digital backs are available, and tend to have hundreds of megapixels). Large format cameras are still popular for landscape photography.

by sytelus 14y ago

zalew 14y ago

high iso is for where people move - journalism and sports. model shots are low iso, because you use lighting anyway (natural or/and artificial) and the quality needs to be perfect. > This thing has massive 54x40 mm sensor VS current full frames because it's a medium format camera which by definition is bigger than full frame.

davidjohnstone 14y ago

Indeed. There's the world of 35mm cameras, which is what full frame digital SLRs are (think Canon 1D X and 5D III, and Nikon D4 and D800, having a sensor fo 36x24mm). Many digital SLRs have cropped sensors — the Canon 7D, 60D and 600D have a sensor that is 1.6 times smaller than a full frame (22.2x15.8mm). More: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Full-frame_digital_SLR http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Full-frame_digital_SLR The next level of cameras is medium format, which are vastly more expensive and have much larger sensors. They're generally used for studio work, where light isn't a problem. They're popular for fashion and product photography. Then you move up to large format cameras with even larger sensors, although most of these still use film (but digital backs are available, and tend to have hundreds of megapixels). Large format cameras are still popular for landscape photography.