Hasselblad CF22 CF39 manual

U s e r M a n u a l La n g u a ge v er s i o n: En g l is h M a nu a l ve r s i on: 1 Francis Hills Fashion created using liveBooks, www.live-books.com copyright Francis Hills[...]

2 C O N T E N T S PLEASE NOTE ! The men u on the digita l back can be set to seven die rent la nguag es: Inset p hoto on use r manua l CD and user ma nua l cover/ user ma nual: © Francis Hi lls/w ww.gja mstu dios .com I n t r o d u c t i o n 3 1 G e n e r a l o v e r v i e w 6 P a r t s , c o m p o n e n t s a n d c o n t r o l p a n e l 8 I[...]

3 W el c om e t o Ha ss elb l ad ! The Hasselbl ad CF line o f digit al bac ks oers 22 and 3 9 Mpix dig ita l capt ure a t a profe ssio nal leve l f or unb ea tabl e r esu lt s. T o ge the r with the o ptio n o f a n i - Ad apte r , H ass el bla d ’s inte r- chan geable cam era int erface, th is c apabil ity extends be yon d me dium f orma t i[...]

4 We hav e dev eloped a new Ha sse lblad r aw le for mat c alled 3 F RA W ( 3F R) to help i mplement our new unique color syst em. The new 3 FR le f ormat is de signed to ensur e th at image s c aptured on Ha sselblad digit al pr od- ucts are qu ickly , ee ctivel y and safel y stor ed on the av ailable media (CF card, Imagebank, etc ) . Th[...]

5 CF-F lash card (2 GB ) Flas h s ync output cable Flas h s ync input cable Fire Wire cable Grey Card Nylon Case E-wipes Comp ute r syste m requ i re me nts Dig ita l  les nat u ra l ly end up on a computer for proce ssi ng. I mage- storage and correc t ion requ i res a cer t a i n m i ni mum st a nda rd re ga rdi ng c omputer c apabi l it ies .[...]

6 G e n e r a l o ve r v i e w In ver y simp le terms, a CF d igital back holds a light sensitive sensor i n pl ace at the lm plane. T he electronic signal s from the sen sor are then proces sed and stored as a di git al le. As an e lectr onic colo ur image is made up of th re e c ompo nen ts − red , gr een and blue whic h com bin e to fo r[...]

7 A CF dig ital back is a n ele c tronic d evice and conseq uentl y at tentio n to power a c - c es s is vi t al. Whe n w orki ng unt et her ed it is th ere for e importa nt to plan eith er battery loadi ng o r batt ery repl ac em ent to en su re c ont inued w or kow . Lik ewis e, ima ge st or age i s lim it ed, partic ular ly when u sin g a [...]

8 1 2 3 1 5 1 6 1 7 1 8 4 5 6 7 8 9 1 0 1 1 1 2 1 3 1 4 1 9 V e n t i l at or 1 Ensu res t he sensor is kept cool. OL ED p r e v i e w s cr ee n 2 Dis pl a ys p re view ima ge s and the me n u syst em e v en in b righ t ligh t and fro m ac u te angl es. Me n u / ( Me n u Ex i t ) b u tt on 3 Open s a nd closes t he menu syst em. A lso used for va r[...]

9 R ea dy li gh t i nd ic at or 6 Fla she s g reen to i nd icate t hat t he di g ita l bac k is p er for mi ng a n operat ion ( suc h as s av ing a new capt u re ) a nd i s not avai la ble for new comma nds . Flashes g reen when the back is ready . Na vi ga t i o n b utt on 7 A fou r-way roc ker but ton e nabl i ng you to st ep t hrou g h prev iew [...]

1 0 A B C D E In iti al s etu p A CF digital back is deli ver ed w ith a protective cover in place. This mu st be r emoved in order to t the i-A dapter and re- at tached if the di gitalback is to be stored or transpor ted sepa rat ely as p rotection for the C CD /lter . T o remove the cover , use the TOR X T1 0 screwdriver supp lied to unscre[...]

1 1 Sho oti ng/ i mag e stora ge mo de s A CF digital bac k can store captured imag es in three ways: 1 . Untethered / Compact ash card mode In t hi s mode a CF dig ita l back a ct s i ndependent ly of ot her con nect ions. Images are stored on the inter na l, removable compact- a sh ca rd. • The m ain advantag e with this m ode i s the fre[...]

1 2 1 2 1 a 1b 1 c 1d Us ing c om pac t a s h m em or y ca rd s When shooti ng to a compact- a sh ca rd, a CF d igit a l ba ck i s c om- pletely self-conta ined . N o add itiona l w ire s or connec tors need to be att ached . A CF dig ita l back i s sh ipped w ith a 1G B c ompact -ash card , wh ich is a ble to hold over 45 s hots . L os sl[...]

1 3 T o us e a n Ima geban k w ith a CF d ig ita l back, s i mply as semble it as descr ibe d i n its ma nua l a nd conne ct t he t wo w it h a st a nda rd Fi re Wire 80 0 (IEE E 1 394b ) cable. Se e t he Imageba n k ma nua l fo r comp lete det ai l s. T o remove t he I ma geb a n k, si mply d is con nec t t he FireWire c able . e back w i l l t[...]

1 4 General Using the menu on a CF digital back is very similar t o us ing a menu on a c ell phone or similar . When you ent er the menu (by pre ssing the MENU / button ) you will be see an init ial list: ISO White Bal. Medi a Browse Storage Set tings The rst four items a re imm ediate ly a cc essibl e for chang es, ind icated by the a ppe aranc[...]

1 5 BRO WSE Sets the appro va l st atu s ( class ica ti on ) l ter for e as ier and quick er im ag e b row sin g. MENU MEDIA De te rm in es wh ere l es wi ll be sto re d ( a s h car d , Im ag eb an k ) . ISO Set s th e li gh t se ns it iv ity of th e se ns or . E quiv ale nt t o ‘ lm spe ed’ . WHITE B ALANC E Set to m at ch the c[...]

1 6 Th e me nu is st ru ct ure d in a m an ne r sim il ar to cel l ph on es and similar electronic devic es . Var i o us b ra n ch e s w i th i n th e tr e e sy s te m a re a cce s se d by pr es si n g t he na v ig at i on b ut t o n u nt il yo u re ac h t h e p o in t where a choice has t o be made. Th e O K (A p p rov e) bu t to n o r S ELE C TI [...]

1 7 1 2 3 4 5 6 Pre ss an d ho ld  u nti l th e dis pla y b e gins to fl ash (or s tops flashing) its overe x pose d areas. See ‘Overexposure Indic ator’ for full detail s. Press and ho ld until yo ur pre fer red filte r is indic ated. See ‘Using Inst ant Approval Arch itecture’ for full det ails. Selec t the target image and then pre[...]

1 8 General Wit h a new CF ca rd ( or a newly for mat ted C F ca rd) i nser t ed or w it h a n I ma geba n k, a new folder ( ca l led a batc h ) is create d automatica lly a er t he r st ima ge ha s b een captu red . More batche s c a n be creat ed w henever you choo se a nd n a med for e asie r sor t i ng. Y ou should na me t hem str a ight [...]

1 9 Med ium -t yp e ico n (Comp ac t F lash) Med ium name Numb er of g ree n, ye llow and red sho ts cur re ntly st ore d on th e me diu m Med ium ca pac it y i n by te s an d sho ts in t he b atc h Med ium -t yp e ico n (F ireWi re d isk) Batc h n ame Date r the batc h w as c rea ted Numb er of g ree n, ye llow and red sho ts in t he b atc h The M[...]

20 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 1 0 T o s ele ct the c ur ren t m ediu m a nd vie w batc he s u s ing the brows e cont rol s: 1 . Pres s the zoom- out ( ) button repeatedly until you are a ll the way at the top zoom level. If you start with the single - image preview view, then you p ass through the following views to g et there: • Single-i mage preview (a [...]

2 1 Us ing I ns ta nt App roval A rch ite c tur e e I nst a nt Appro va l Arch itect u re s ystem helps you to cla ssi f y your i ma ges a s quick ly as you t a ke t hem . It work s by supply ing i mme d iate aud io fee dba ck , wh ic h te l ls you i nst ant ly whet her each new pic tu re i s e xp osed correct ly o r l i kely to b e over- or und[...]

22 convers ely a rapi d stri ng of n otes g oing down the mu sical s cale i f the imag e is judged as unde rex posed • Downgrad es the approval status to yellow (if Approval is set to ‘ Auto’).  Note that s ome shots may tr igger the warning even though they are exposed acc ord- ing to your inten tions. Y ou should c onsider t hese war [...]

23 im ages are st i l l t here, but t hey w il l n ot be sh own u nti l you cha nge t he  lter sett i ng. Al so, if you cha nge the statu s of a n ima ge, t he ima ge may ‘ d i sappea r’ if it no long er pas ses the  lter. For exa mple, i f you have s et t he c a mera to browse on ly g ree n-stat u s i mage s a nd t hen cha nge a n i ma g[...]

24 Ba si c ima ge br ows ing e la rge, f u l l-colour OLED displ ay enables you to in spec t your shots whi le you a re s t il l on- locat ion. e display oers f u l l-sc reen prev ie ws, hig h-mag ni cat ion z oom, t wo levels of thumbna i ls a nd ana lysi s tools includi ng a fu l l hi stog ra m a nd camer a set t ings . When you r [...]

25 3 or or 4 1 2 Zoo ming in for more detail e prev iew di splay ha s a much lower resolut ion t ha n you r im ages . Y ou ca n t here fore zo om ver y fa r into the ima ges to insp ec t smal l det a il s. T o do t his: 1 . Browse to the image you wish to zoom into with the navigation button. 2. Pres s the zoom- in ( ) but ton to zoom in one ste[...]

26 Previ ew M od es Choos ing the Prev iew mode Y ou ca n us e the v iew- mode bu t ton to c ycle t hroug h t he a va i lable previe w modes. e previe w screen works in se vera l di erent modes: • Standard preview: shows a prev ie w image surroun ded by a dis play of few impor tant set tings . • Histogram: shows a prev iew image ove rlai [...]

27 A B C D ISO s ett ing White balanc e Curre nt s torage medi um But ton la bel Image le na me Storage cap acit y (Shots taken / shot s re mainin g) Appr oval s tatu s and brows e lte r se tti ng The stan dard prev iew display e s ta nd a rd pre v iew di spl ay is t he one s hown when you  rs t t u rn on t he ca me ra . It featu res a [...]

28 1 2 Battery-saver mode In th is m ode, the dig ita l back is f u l ly responsive, so you c a n ta ke pi ct u res but t he screen is not lit u p, thereby savi ng bat ter y power . Y ou ca n en ter the men u system whi le shooti ng in th is mode ( which ac tiv ates the screen u nti l you ex it t he menu s ys tem aga i n) but t he approv a l, z o o[...]

29 There is al so a one-but ton short- cut for d eleting single i mages . T o use it, selec t a target imag e and then pr ess and hold the  until the conrm-del ete dialog opens.  Delete short cut ! De l eti ng i mag es − g en era l A CF dig ita l back enables you to delete ima ges usi ng any of the followi ng tech niques: • Del ete the[...]

30 Me nu sys te m over vie w The m ain m enu contains those set tings that you will need to access most of ten as you work on an assignmen t. It also provides sub- menus t hat giv e you acc ess to all other settings, most of w hich y ou will need less of ten. Navig atin g the menu syst em T o enter to the men u syst em, press the MEN U bu t ton o n[...]

3 1 Menu st ruct ur e En tr ies of t he main men u[...]

32 1 1 2 3 4 5 6 Langu age 1 . Pres s the MEN U but ton to o pen the menu. 2. Use  and  to select the SE T TING S sub -menu. 3. Pres s  to op en the SET TI NGS menu. 4. Pres s  to selec t the USER INTER F A CE sub -menu. 5. Pres s either the or b utton to choose a ne w language (in this case Spanish ). 6. Pres s the MEN U /EXIT but ton [...]

33 White Bal. Se ttin g Set ting descr iption Daylig ht For general outdo or use in direc t sunlight. Cloud y For general outdo or use in cloudy weather. Shade For general outdo or use in shady locations out of dire ct sunlight. Flash For general indoor us e when using a normal ash system. Fluore scent For use when using uores cent lighting. [...]

34 1 2 3  There is al so a one-but ton short- cut fo r ch a ng in g th e b ro wse lter . T o use it, pr ess and hold (do not click!) the Inst ant Approv al but- ton u ntil t he ap pr oval sta tus colou r ap pea rs . Brow sing wi ll the n o nly d ispl ay the im age s with t hat clas sicat ion.  Brow se short cut !  Note that you ca[...]

35 M E N U – •   St o r a g e  Thi s sect ion d es c ri bes  le s t or age, l e tr an sf er enc e, st ora ge or gani za t ion ,  le c la ss ic at ion and re la te d su bje cts. Nav iga ti ng t he S T ORA GE s etti ng s 6[...]

36  There is al so a one-but ton short- cut for d eleting single i mages . T o use it, selec t a target imag e and then pr ess and hold the  until the conrm-del ete dialog opens.  Delete short cut !  2 3 4 5 6 1 MAI N M E NU > STOR AG E e Storage men u provide s ent rie s for work i ng w it h storage me- d ia . Here, you c a n [...]

37 Menu s for de let ing se ve r al i mage s fr om a ba tc h.    1 2 3 4 A . B. C . D. Deleting sev eral images from a batch T o dele te se vera l image s from a se lec te d batch : 1 . St arting at the single-i mage preview display , Selec t MAI N MEN U > STOR AGE > Dele te . (See also Navigating the Menu System for details about ho[...]

38 5 5. Y ou now return to the main menu. Either move on to another setting by using the navigator button or 6. Pres s the menu ( E XIT ) button to exit the menu system. Deleting sev eral images from a selected medium T o dele te se vera l image s at once: 1 . St arting at the single-i mage preview display , press the button until you reach the med[...]

39 Menu s for de let ing se ve r al i mage s fr om all bat ch es from a sel ecte d st orag e medi um. 5 6 7 8  5. Y ou must now selec t the approval status that you wish to delete. All images from the selected medium that are also of the status that you sele ct he re will be deleted by the opera- tion. Use  and  to select All Red , All Red[...]

40 2  3   1 4 5 FOR MA T e dig ita l bac k is only able to r ead a nd wr ite to media t hat have been format ted . Ho wever , new c a rds or di sk s s ometi mes a rr ive w it hout a ny format- t ing , or you m ight wa nt to conv er t med ia that are cu r rently usi ng a fo rmat t hat t he camer a ca nnot read.  Each time y ou get [...]

4 1 1  2  4  3 5 COP Y Usua l ly , you w il l copy ima ges from a c ard by connec t i ng t he ca m- era to a computer and usi ng FlexC olor . How ever , you mig ht a lso wa nt to l oad ima ges from a ca rd to a port able Fire Wi re hard disk or Ima geban k, a l low ing you to era se t he c ard a nd keep s hooti ng even when yo u do n ot ha[...]

42 1    2 3 4 BA TC H Batches help you to organ iz e your work. ey are ver y si mi la r to folders on a compu ter ha rd di sk . U se t he Batch comma nd of t he STOR A GE menu each t i me y ou want to create a new batch. For more information about batches, please see Work ing w ith Medi a and Batche s . T o creat e a new batc h: 1 . Pre[...]

43   3 4 1 2 DEF AUL T APPR. LEVE L e I n st a nt Approv a l A rch ite c tu re s ys tem help s you to e va lu- ate a nd ma rk e ach i ma ge ba sed on how well it has come out. By defau lt, t he syste m a ssig ns an in iti a l approva l stat us f or e ach new shot ba sed on a n a na l ysis of t he d i str ibution of ex posu re le vels. In t[...]

44 M e n u: S e t t i n g s The re ar e a num ber of s et ti ng s gro uped unde r t he gen er al ‘Settin g s’ hea din g w hi ch ar e : • U ser I nt er f ac e • C amer a • Mi sc el lan eou s • Def ault Nav iga ti ng t he US ER INTE RF AC E sett ing s 7[...]

45 MAI N M E NU > S ET TIN GS > Use r Inte r fac e By a lter i ng t he User Inter face s et t ings , you c a n c ontrol t he way t he d ig ita l back inter act s to suit you a nd y our preferred way o f wor k i ng. I t al so includes date a nd ti me set t ings . Ent ries of the USER INTERF AC E Menu e user interf ace men u includes both en[...]

46 Setting the option s under the User Interfac e menu Ea ch of t he above e ntr ie s c a n be s et by si mi lar menu nav igat ion . La ng u age, Pow er Down a nd Ma rk Overex c a n be set i m medi ately by t he o r bu t tons w hi le Sou nd , Date & Ti me a nd Di splay requi re anot her mov e to sub menu for n a l choi ce. Proc ee d as fol l[...]

47 M A I N M E N U > S E TT I N G S > C a m e r a The camera choices that app ear on the me nu are automatically restricted to the a dapter you have tted . So, if you have have tted an ada pter specicall y intende d for Hasselbl ad mod els, then only Hasselb lad m ode ls wil l ap pea r . The foll owing is a d escripti on o f set tin [...]

48 • Only th e si ngle shot func tion (A or AS mode camera se tt ings ) should be se t on the came ra. Rapi d seque nce shots are not possibl e. • Us e th e Ad a pt er EL ( su ppl ied ) t o pr ovi de th e ne ces ss a ry ext ensi o n b ey on d th e mo t or ho us in g o f th e E L mo de ls f or ba tt ery a tta ch men t. I t is att ac hed to a C F[...]

49 Cap ture sequen ce  is fe at ure f u nc t ions i n t he sa me ma n ner a s a n i nte r va l t i mer a nd on l y work s i n c onjun c t ion w it h a mo tor or w i nde r d r i ven ca mera model except in t he case of the Pin hole set t i ng where it is t he on ly way of control l i ng suc h ex p osu res ( s ee l ater s ec t ion for f u l l deta[...]

50 C o n n e c t i v i t y d i a g r a m FlexBody ArcBody SWC / SWC/M 903 SWC 905 SWC 2000 FC / FCM 2003 FCW 201 F / 203 FE 205 TCC / FCC With C-type lens 503 CW + Winder CW 500 EL/ELM 500/553 ELX 555 ELD Flash sync input cable 500 C/CM 501 C/CM 503 CX/CXi/CW Exposure cable ELX Exposure cable 503 CW H1, H2 Single shot mode only Hasselblad H adapter[...]

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53 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 Setting EXPOSU RE TIME and CAPTURE SEQUENC E Proc ee d as fol lows : 1 . Pres s the menu ( MEN U ) but ton to open the menu. 2. Use  and  to select the SE T TING S sub -menu. 3. Pres s  to op en the SET TI NGS menu. 4. Use  and  to select CA MER A . 5. Pres s  to op en the CAM ER A menu. 6. Pres s either the o[...]

54 1 1 1 2 1 3 1 4 1 5 16 1 9 1 8 1 7 1 1. P ress either the or button to make a n IN ITIAL D EL A Y setting. This set ti ng co ntrol s th e am ount of time tha t el apse s befo re t he  rst ex pos ure in the seque nce. 1 2. Press  to selec t DEL A Y . 1 3. Press either or to make a DEL A Y setting. This set ti ng co ntrol s th e am ount of t[...]

55 1    2 3 Nav iga ti ng t he MIS CEL LANEO U S se tting s M A I N M E N U > S E TT I N G S > M i s c e l l a n e o u s e MISCELL ANEOUS men u contai ns t wo set t ings: Selectin g an interfac e e i nter face set t i ng control s t he way t he c a mera wi l l appea r to your compu ter when you connec t it. Y ou have t he f oll[...]

56 3 2     1 The About box Occ asiona l ly , Has selblad releas es updates to t he inter na l so wa re of the d ig ita l back ( t his i s ca l led “r mware”). ese upd ates may  x sm a l l er rors a nd / or add new featu res . Y ou w i l l probably receive add it iona l as si st a nce f rom Ha sse lbla d te ch nic a l sup[...]

57    2 1 M A I N M E N U > S E TT I N G S > D e f a u l t e D EF A UL T set t ing w i l l res et a ll custom s et t ings y ou have made back to the orig i na l defau lt / fac tor y set t ings . T o rese t all set t ings : 1 . Select the MAI N M ENU > S ET TIN GS > DE F AUL T e ntry. 2. Pres s the OK button and then the E XI[...]

58 Witha Multishot back, there are two ex tra modes available other than single shot; namely Multi -shot an d M icro-step. These vir tually el iminate u nwant ed moire and artef acts in s tud io type s ets up s . Multi-sho t e tec hnolog y behi nd t h is mod e is h ig h preci sion piezo control led movements of t he sen sor i n pi xel si z ed i [...]

59 4UBUJPOBS Z DPNQVUFS 4UVEJP GM BTITUSPC F Mo st a s h u nit s a re s ui t able for u se wit h a C F d igi t al bac k. Ho wev er , f or saf ety re as ons, c ar e s hou ld be t ak en w hen u sing stu dio a sh uni ts ( st ro be ) and t eth- er ed t o a st atio nary c ompu t er . Port able units Att ach t he a sh s y nc c able to t[...]

60 Clean ing the CCD Infrar ed Filt er If you s ee da rk or coloured spots or l i nes in your i mages , t hen yo u m ay need to clea n the outer sur face of dig ita l bac k ’ s in fr a red (IR) lter . In most ca ses , t he ca ref u l use of com- presse d ai r w i l l be adequate , but someti mes sma l l pa r t icles w i l l get stuc k to the s[...]

6 1 2. Fold the tissue several times to match the width of the IR lter — you might use two or three tissues at a time if necessary (t o gi ve you a bet ter grip) . Be sure to fold the paper so that the coated glossy side faces out ward s—do not use the other side, as it can do more harm than good! 3. Gently place the folded tiss ue onto the [...]

62 EQU IPM E NT CA RE • Keep all equip ment and accessories out of the r each of small children . • D o not place heav y objec ts on the equipme nt. • D o not use the bat ter y except as specied . • Use only the bat ter y t ype specie d for use with the CF digital back. • R em ove the b at te r y w he n c le ani ng th e b ac k o r i[...]

63 T echn ic al spe cifi ca ti on s — CF Sens or size Sens or dimen sions Image size (8/1 6 b it RGB ) Shootin g mode 1 6 bit colou r ISO speed ra nge Longest s hut ter speed Image stor age Storage cap acit y Batte ry t y pe IAA - Ins tant Appr oval Arch itec ture . H2 recognit ion . Acoustic f eed back . Metadat a class icati on Captu re rat[...]

64 Th e i nfo rm at io n i n th is ma nua l i s f ur nis he d f or inf or ma ti on al use on l y, is su b je c t t o c ha n ge wi th o ut no ti ce , a nd sh o ul d n o t b e c on - stru ed as a commi tmen t by Vict or Hasse lbl ad AB & Hasse lbl ad A/ S. N ot a l l t h e i ma g e s i n t hi s m a nu a l w e re t a ke n w i th a H as se l b l ad[...]

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