How To Get 39 Megapixels From a 53-Year-Old Camera 347
G3ckoG33k writes "An article at The Register Hardware describes how Hasselblad film cameras dating back to 1957 can be given a new life using a digital back to get images at a super resolution of 39 megapixels. From the article: 'The CFV-39 digital back allows you to get those cameras out from the last century and use the V-System cameras with their beautiful glass once again, it simply fits in place of where the roll film used to be. Hasselblads have never been inexpensive, but talk about a return on investment. Here is a manufacturer looking after a fiercely loyal user-base and along with it offering what could be seen as the ultimate green camera system.' Oh, by the way most pictures taken during the Apollo space program in the 1960s were taken with Hasselblad." Hasselblad's been making digital backs for quite a while now, but this one's very impressive in speed (and cost — "only" about $14,000) compared to earlier models.
Big Deal! (Score:1, Funny)
In two years from now (according to Moore's law) my 50 dollar cell phone will take 50 megapixel shots.
might just take 14,000 dollars to send out the picture to a friend but what the heck I can afford it!
Re:Nice (Score:2, Funny)
Good luck finding someone to take the other side of that bargain.
Re:In color? (Score:5, Funny)
Why would your cat have its own fridge, and why would you hang your photos there?
Re:14k buys a lot of film. (Score:3, Funny)
This is probably the best car analogy I've seen on slashdot.
And yes, only 2 or 3 lenses is a PITA. I have more than that: http://i50.photobucket.com/albums/f349/khyberkitsune/camera.jpg [photobucket.com]
Re:In color? (Score:3, Funny)
Cat is diabetic, insulin stored there.
Re:Vinyl records and tube stereos too (Score:5, Funny)
I've still got the Hasselblad I bought when I graduated college. It cost me $1000 and was all the money I had back then. With a kid in college now, there's no way I could ever afford a digital back for my camera. But the notion of being able to shoot in that beautiful square format and then upload the huge RAW file to Photoshop is a dream.
While I'm dreaming, I'd like to be able to afford a digital back for my 11x14 Deardorff, too.
(my wife says "Dream for 10 million dollars and a thicker cock, while you're at it". Thanks a lot, hon.)
Re:In color? (Score:4, Funny)
He also keeps his last cat in there.
Re:Big Deal! (Score:3, Funny)
Maybe he's doing pinhole photography.