Which Hasselblad digital back, used?

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Pieter12 said:
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.
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That is why I am not holding my breath.
 

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Sirius Glass said:
That is why I am not holding my breath.
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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.
 
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Pieter12 said:
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.
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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?
 

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eli griggs said:
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?
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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.
 

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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?
 

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There are true 6x4.5 sensors (or very close to it) and have been for some time. Keep in mind that 6x4.5 is nominal and each 6x4.5 camera varies. My 12+ year old P65+ has a 40.4x53.9mm sensor. So 1.1mm smaller than you're asking. From what I've seen 120 cameras vary in how much of the film width they use but it is between 54mm and 56mm. The current generation CMOS sensors are 53.4x40 is a half a mm shorter on both dimensions, but they aren't available in Hasselblad V mount. The IQ1,IQ2, and IQ3 had 60mp and 80mp versions that had the same size sensor as my P65+ and they were available in Hasselblad V mount. They are CCD which gives much less high ISO abilities. They are expensive, but in Mamiya/Phase One mount they can be had for less than $5k. My P65+ cost $2k. The relative rarity of the V mount means they'll probably be a fair bit more expensive.
 
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