Captureintegration got the scoop on a new H4X body that briefly appeared on Hasselblad's website:
"The H4X provides a fantastic successor or upgrade to your H1 or H2/H2F body and supports all H System lenses, most third party backs*, and even features a film back option. The H4X also provides a technological bridge to our faithful H1 and H2/H2F customers enabling them to take advantage of all the features that photographers have come to expect from a Hasselblad H4 series camera, including Hasselblad’s world-acclaimed True Focus technology, which allows you to concentrate completely on creativity without worrying about focus mechanics, and the ability to use the HVD 90x viewfinder optimized for the 36×48mm format."
Google confirms the listing - you can see the cached website here:
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Makes sense, the fixed back solution was I think, not the best one. Their cameras really shouldn’t need to be upgraded like $2.5K pro SLRs. They should be purchases that last a decade or so.
I have no clue what you are talking about. All H series Hasselblads have interchangeable backs, never a fixed back.
Not true. H3Ds and H4Ds so far have fixed backs.
Most certainly not. Where have you heard this? They don’t take film backs, however.
Uh you can take the backs off, the backs aren’t very useful with other cameras (like technical or view) the CFV backs are but the H backs are better almost always used with H series bodies and lenses. Traditionally they are considered fixed in that they are useless without the body I think.
thanks hassy, but not needed anymore. We already upgraded it to Phase One
Film back is great
Back to the future
film back were already available with the previous H bodies.
And film is nice, you should try.
i do mostly film these days.. less digi
so i know film is great
But these bodies and lenses are just way too huge for small 645 film frames…
and plastic covers
“X” is now officially the most overused and overrated character in camera names.
Totally agree. I’m X-TREEEEEMMMEELY close to boycotting all products that use X at the end for no other reason than to sound cool. He explains it well here in marketing food but the same principle applies to cameras. http://www.thebestpageintheuniverse.net/c.cgi?u=xtreme_bullshit
Amazingly ugly cameras…
Yeah, cause you buy them for their looks, right?
Hasselblads prices are disgusting and an affront to photographys democratic ethos. I dont care how foundation grants they give either.
That sounds like Leica. Hassys are expensive because they are almost exclusivlely used for advertising, and probably primarily purchased by rental houses and studios. I don’t think a cheap Hasselblad would do much for a democratic ethos. They would SUCK for documentary photography.
The only medium format digital that might be worthwhile for what you’re describing might be the Pentax 645D, but I still wouldnt’ recommend it.
So what are the specs?
And what is this 90x viewfinder?
Oh, and price?
….Where did I leave that $40,000 laying about?
i would have to sell the house to afford all the goodies