Which Hasselblad digital back, used?

[Sirius Glass]

There has been a need and demand for a 6x6 digital back for a long time now. I wouldn't hold my breath. And the affordable part will take even longer, if ever.

That is why I am not holding my breath.

 

[Pieter12]

That is why I am not holding my breath.

High resolution digital backs are so good now, it is cheaper to use wider lenses and achieve MF quality with today's smaller sensors. A Hasselblad 907x/CFV100C or XD2 II 100C with a 25mm lens would give you an equivalent angle of view to the SWC's 38mm plus you can set the camera for a square crop of 33x33mm at 8750x8750 pixels. And you can skip the auxiliary viewfinder, too.

 

[eli griggs]

There has been a need and demand for a 6x6 digital back for a long time now. I wouldn't hold my breath. And the affordable part will take even longer, if ever.

I wonder if anyone has found a design for 3-D printing an adapter for using a cell phone to capturing images?

Has anyone seen or heard of such a project or preferred cellphone type?

 

[itsdoable]

I wonder if anyone has found a design for 3-D printing an adapter for using a cell phone to capturing images?

Has anyone seen or heard of such a project or preferred cellphone type?

Hassselnuts. Not 3D printed, but a digital back that used your iPhone, was out ~2014ish. You can sometimes find them on the auction site.

About on par with instax backs.

 

[eli griggs]

Hassselnuts. Not 3D printed, but a digital back that used your iPhone, was out ~2014ish. You can sometimes find them on the auction site.

About on par with instax backs.

Cool.

Do you have a name or maker that You may share, or additional details?

 

[aoresteen]

Well, when I do the numbers, a film scanner makes more sense than a crop sensor on a 'Blad. The SWC is still a Super Wide. The 50 is still a wide angle. I could live with a true 645 sensor that is 55mm wide but that is at least 5 years away (if ever) and then it will be very expensive. Downside is the time it takes to send the film out & get it back then scan it. Or pay a pro lab to do the scans and raise the cost and pay for every frame scan even the not so good images.

I use a FF Sony A7 III to use my 35mm lenses (Leica, Olympus, Contax, and SMC TAKUMAR Pentax glass) so I don't loose wide angle coverage. I can't do that with my Hasselblad & Mamiya 645 lenses.

I have a freezer full of 120 color film that I need to shoot or sell. So I am going to shoot some of it and see how scanning works out.

Any recommendations for a lab to do scans?