[Leica] Hasselblads newest.... Really not OT.....

[mark at rabinergroup.com (Mark Rabiner)]

On 2/24/07 1:14 AM, "Frank Dernie" <Frank.Dernie@btinternet.com> typed:

> Hi Mark,
> I'm not sure there will be a 6x6 or even 54mm x 54mm digital back any
> time soon. The MF digital backs started of as faux (ie smaller) 6x4.5
> sensors and the digital specific bodies like the new Fuji Hasselblads
> are based on 6x4.5 bodies, I suspect there is no room for a sensor as
> big as 54 x 54 in them.
> FWIW
> Frank
> 
But there is a lot of digital photography being done on regular Hasselblad
Swedish cameras with a dozen different backs. And until very very recently
every back made for the new Fuji H series fit the traditional V series. Of
course none of those are going to be square format or bigger than 45mm.

Mark Rabiner
New York, NY

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