hmmm wish list Hasselblad H3D-31

Sebzy

Hasselblad extends the appeal of its outstanding H3D DSLR camera system to a new professional photographic audience with the launch of the Hasselblad H3D-31, the 31 megapixel version of the H3D-39, the world’s first 48mm full-frame DSLR camera system. Featuring near full-frame capture, the H3D-31 uses a 44×33mm sensor enhanced with micro-lenses to boost ISO rating one stop to a new maximum of ISO 800. The system’s new high-speed capture architecture, which is common to all H3D models and enables the fastest possible operation, also gives the H3D-31 an impressive capture rate of 1.2 seconds per image in either mobile or tethered mode. These features give the H3D-31 the highest burst rate of the H3D family and make it the camera of choice for the professional mobile photographer.

Christian Poulsen, CEO of Hasselblad comments: “To date, we’ve introduced the H3D-39 and H3D-22 and, in doing so, have set new standards in image quality and lens performance for digital SLR cameras. Offering a full-frame, 48x36mm sensor and unique features, such as Hasselblad’s Natural Color Solution, Digital Auto Correction and Instant Approval Architecture, the H3D-39 and H3D-22 deliver unsurpassed image quality, including moiré-free color rendering, and have become the cameras that professional commercial photographers aspire to. With the introduction of the H3D-31, we’re now looking to address the needs of professional mobile photographers, whose work may encompass shooting a variety of subjects on location, but who still want the image quality that high-end 35mm DSLRs don’t offer. We’re confident that the H3D-31’s additional photographic flexibility, including its faster ISO rating and faster capture rate, will make it a very attractive proposition for the professional mobile photographer.”

magicbastarder

makers of memory cards are probably popping champagne corks right now.

Sebzy

Was playing with one of these babys at Photokina last year and it's a whole new world. One of these days when i get paid to wake up I might invest in one.

Just imagine taking pictures of pigeons in St stephens green with it

Fionn

lol
you'd need securicor there with you - thats an expensive piece of equipment,
dunno if it'd be suitable for the pigeons tho

Roen

As far as I know you can't use any H1 or H2 compatible backs with the H3D. If you shell out on one you're tied to it as a system. Existing owners of Phase one/Sinar/Leaf series backs will be left cold by it, that and the fact that the new lenses released by Hblad won't be compatible with the H1 or H2 series must be pissing off a lot of people who have already spent a fortune on Hblad stuff.
If you want a H3 you have to buy a Hblad back with it, it's not like you can buy just the body to avail of the new lens line up on the way and stick your existing back on it.

I was going to get two as well