Note that ONLY the H1D and H2D of the Hasselblad H series can be used with 3rd party backs as Hasselblad has now created a closed system with its later digital only models which can only used the Hasselblad back.
the main manufacturers of current digital backs are:
43.8 x 32.9mm 50mp CMOS sensor with Live View; 2x crop 32mm square option;
ISO range of 100-6400
$US15000
2012
Kodak announces it will exit the digital image capture business after having filed for Chapter 10 bankruptcy protection which presumably means the end of Kodak sensor development
Leaf Credo series:
touch screen LCD with limited Live View
bidirectional electronic levels
CF card and Firewire/USB3.0 interfaces
2011
private equity firm Ventizz announced it had acquired a 100% stake in Hasselblad
Phase One IQ series
multi-touch screen LCD (similar to iPhone display) with limited Live View
CF card plus FireWire800 or USB 3.0 tethered shooting
12.5 stop dynamic range
user updatable firmware
up to 80mp 40.4 x 53.9mm sensors with ISO 35-800 and 0.7fps
Leaf Aptus-II series:
touch screen LCD with limited Live View
12 stop dynamic range
bidirectional electronic levels
CF card and Firewire interfaces but no USB
Hasselblad H4D-200MS:
H4D camera with 200mp digital back (6-shot by moving sensor by 1/2 pixel)
2010
Pentax enters medium format digital SLR market with their Pentax 645D
Hasselblad CFV-50 V-mount:
50mp almost double 35mm full frame sensor size
cable-free operation and optimized integration between back, body and lens
Hasselblad's DAC lens correction technology for most of the V-System Carl Zeiss lenses - DAC completely corrects for distortion, lateral chromatic aberration and vignetting in exactly the same way as it does for the H-System lenses
Hasselblad Natural Color Solution
square and horizontal format options
CF card or tethered
11,990 Euro (+tax)
2009
Phase One acquires Mamiya and buys parts of the Leaf business (formerly owned by Canadian company Creo which is an independent subsidiary of Kodak) to form Leaf Imaging which will continue to manufacture products in Israel.
Mamiya / Phase One 645DF digital medium format camera introduced with interchangeable backs (digital only)
Franke & Heidecke (manufacturer of Rollei cameras and a supplier for Jenoptik) becomes insolvent and Jenoptik decides to exit the medium format digital market by splitting off Sinar AG which will continue to provide warranty services
Sinar Hy6 camera system appears terminated given the loss of Leaf, Jenoptik and Franke & Heidecke from it's production
Hasselblad H4D introduced:
True Focus with Absolute Position Lock
50mp and 60mp backs
Hasselblad H3DII introduced:
various backs
new red pigment in Bayer layer to improve colour accuracy
Hasselblad CFV-39 V-mount:
16bit 6.8um sensor - select aspect mode - either 39 mpixel 37x49mm or 29mpixel 37x37mm
ISO 50-800; 2.5“ LCD with histogram; 1.4 sec per capture (0.7fps);
cable-free operation with V-system cameras, PC-sync cable trigger with other cameras or exposures > 1 sec (max. 32 sec);
CF card or tethered via firewire 800; 530g excl. battery and card;
set the V-system lens used , aperture and focus distance and the back will apply digital corrections
Mamiya DL28 digital medium format camera introduced with integrated 28mp Leaf Aptus-II 6 digital back
2007
Global Financial Crisis hits
Hasselblad H3D introduced:
no longer supports third party backs
1st double-35mm sensor camera ie. 48mmx36mm in either 22mpixel or 39mpixel sensors.
Phase One P+ series introduced:
16bit sensor
2.2” 230K pixel LCD, CF card, FireWire, no live view, no touch screen
P20+: 36.9 x 36.9mm 16mp
P21+: 44.2 x 33.1mm 18mp
P25+: 48.9 x 36.7mm 22mp
P30+: 44.2 x 33.1mm 31.6mp
P45+: 49.1 x 36.8mm 39mp
Jenoptik buys the remaining 49% of Sinar AG making Sinar AG a wholly owned subsidiary of Jenoptik's Laser & Optics division. The 49% stake was previously held by the Koch founder family
Jenoptik/Rolleiflex/Sinar Hy6/Leaf AFi open camera system introduced
used backs such as:
33mp Sinar eMotion 75 digital back with Dalsa sensor with CF card and battery with LCD screen similar to Phase One P series
Leaf Aptus AFi-5/6/7
2006
Leica tries to buy a controlling share of Sinar but Jenoptik decides against the sale
Mamiya ZD digital medium format camera introduced with integrated 22mp ZD back
Hasselblad H2D introduced
announced in Aug 2005
22mp and 39mp Imacon Ixpress CF and CFH backs
increased level of integration with Imacon Ixpress CFH backs
2.2“ color display
Digital APO Correction using highly detailed mapping of each lens to reduce moire
Hasselblad Natural Color Solution using a new 3F RAW (3FR) raw file format can convert to DNG
Leaf Aptus S series introduced with faster burst rates:
designed to be better integrated with the new Hasselblad H2D but unable to be used on the H1 range
Phase One P series new models:
P21: 44.2 x 33.1mm 18mp 1fps
P30: 44.2 x 33.1mm 31.6mp 0.67fps
P45: 49.1 x 36.8mm 39mp 0.58fps
2004
Hasselblad and Imacon merge
Phase One P series introduced:
116,000px 2.2” screens
CF and Firewire400
able to do long 30 minute exposures
noise is evident at ISO 400 and becomes unusable for MF image quality purposes at ISO 800
no fan cooling - instead it just powers down the sensor when not in use to minimise heat build up HOWEVER when using a view camera, one needs to adopt a two-shot approach, taking two shots in quick succession – one to wake up the back and the second to expose the sensor, or, alternatively, use a special single shot cable from the Kapture Group that does the same trick as the sync circuits in a medium format camera.
no Live Video Preview in tethered shooting
P20: 36.9 x 36.9mm 16mp 0.7fps
P25: 48.9 x 36.7mm 22mp 0.58fps
Leaf Valeo Wi series introduced:
Wi version allows display via Bluetooth to a Leaf DP-67 and HP iPaq PDA; opt. 20Gb magazine;
48.9 x 36.7mm 22mp 16bit Kodak chip, 12 f stops dynamic range
ISO 50-400; 0.5fps; no storage, no display; FireWire tethered shooting on Macs but with a cludge for Windows XP laptops:
“Windows laptops (assuming they have a Firewire connection (which most do)), all have 4 wire unpowered connectors and therefore you must use Phase One's “Mobile Solution”, which consists of a small Firewire junction box coupled to a Panasonic Lead Acid battery. (More stuff to schlep). But, the good news is that Windows XP laptops can be configured through their Power Option settings in Control Panel to operate with the screen closed. This means that if you're willing to forego looking at a histogram you can shoot on location with the closed laptop, junction box and battery in a small shoulder bag, and just the Firewire cable running from the bag to the H25 back.”
Hasselblad introduces the Hasselblad H series medium format cameras but its 1st hybrid camera, the H1 does not support later Hasselblad backs such as the Ixpress CF and CFH!