Hasselblad 3034216 manual

U ser Manual English, version 3.0[...]

2 C O N T E N T S G e n e r a l I n t r o d u c t i o n 5 C o m p u t e r s y s t e m r e q u i r e m e n t s 5 W a r n i n g s a n d r e s t r i c t i o n s 5 B e f o r e y o u s t a r t 6 G e n e r a l o v e r v i e w 7 P a r t s , c o m p o n e n t s & c o n t r o l p a n e l b u t t o n s 9 S h o o t i n g / i m a g e s t o r a g e m o d e [...]

3 C o n gr a tu l ati o ns on y o ur ne w Ha ss el bl a d C FV! The 1 6 Mpix bas ed dig it al back is cu st om bui lt to fit th e de si gn and fun ctio nal ity of Has sel bla d came ras f rom the V-s erie s wi th its rang e o f h igh pe r form ance, le af-shu tte r based l enses . How eve r , it c an als o fit ont o vie w c amer as us ing t he V-[...]

4 Hasselbl ad 3 F RA W files: Hass elblad 3F image r aw files c arr y full sets of metadat a, including cap ture con diti ons , key word s a nd copy rig ht, faci litat ing wor k w ith ima ge asse t man age - ment solutions. The fi les also define the colours in the Hasselblad RGB colour space, removing the need for experimenting with di fferen[...]

5 G e n e r a l I n t r o d u c t i o n Comp ute r sys tem req uir eme nt s Dig ita l fi les nat ura l ly end up on a c om puter for proce ssing. Ima ge-storage a nd c orrect ion requ ire s a ce rt ai n m in imu m st and ard re gard i ng computer c apabi lit ies . La rge i mage s w il l requ ire a h ig h-perfor mance comp uter w it h plenty of mem[...]

6 Exposure Cable EL Focusing screen 3 6 x 36 CF-F lash card ( 1 GB) Flas h sync output cable Flas h sync input cable Adapt er EL Exposure Cable 50 3 Protection cover CFV Fire Wire cable E-wipes Gre y Card Nylon Case Be fo re you s ta rt L eave prote ct ive covers on a s much a s po ssible . e CFV , i n l i ne w it h a l l Ha sse lblad produc ts,[...]

7 G e n e r a l o ve r v i e w The 1 6 million pi xel digital b ack c an prod uc e 1 6 bit r aw file s at 3 3 Mb ytes each at a ra te of 3 5 fr ames per mi nut e. Fle xCol or the n pro cesses the se f ile s to pro duce th e qua li t y expe cte d fr om Ha ss elb lad. In very s imple ter ms, the CFV digit al back hold s a ligh t sen sit ive sen sor [...]

8 The CFV is an electroni c devic e and con sequen tly atten tion to power ac ces s is vit al. Wh en w orkin g unt eth ere d it i s ther efore import ant to pl an ei th er batt ery loadin g or batt er y repl ac emen t to e ns ur e c ont inued w orkflow . Lik ewis e, im age s tor age is l imi ted , p artic ula rly when usi ng fla sh car ds and app[...]

9 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 1 0 1 6 1 7 1 8 1 9 20 2 1 22 23 2 4 1 1 1 2 1 3 1 4 1 5 Di gi t al ba ck r et ai ni ng c at ch lo ck 1 Ens ures that th e digital ba ck i s no t unin te n tio nally re mo ve d. ON /OF F bu tt on 2 P ow ers the di git al ba ck. OL ED pr ev ie w s cr ee n 3 Dis pl ays pr ev i ew imag es a n d the men u sy ste m eve n in bri ght l[...]

1 0 Re ad y l ig h t i nd ic at or 6 Fla shes yel low to ind icate t hat t he d igit a l back is perfor mi ng an operat ion ( such a s sav ing a new c aptu re ) a nd is not ava ila ble f or new comma nds. Fla shes green when t he back is ready . Di gi t al ba ck r et ai ni ng ho ok sl ot s 7 A cce pts digi tal ba ck/ mag azine re taining ho oks on [...]

1 1 As with a ll digital pro ducts, it is essential that yo u maintain a constant check o n batter y conditi on an d p refe rably ha ve a ful ly -c harg ed r eser ve bat te r y wi th yo u a t a ll t imes wh en n ot tethe red to a computer .  CAUTI ON If you remove the digital back , be ver y car eful not to touch or scr atch the C CD/filter sur[...]

1 2 Sho ot ing /i mag e st orag e mo des e CFV can store capt ured images in three ways : 1 . Untethered / Compact flash car d mode In t his mode t he C FV ac ts i ndependently of ot her c onnect ions. I mages a re s tor ed on t he inter nal, removable compact- fla sh card . • The m ain ad vantage wit h this m ode is the fre edom o f cable s[...]

1 3 Us ing c omp ac t fla sh m emo r y ca rds Whe n shoot ing to a compac t- fla sh c ard , t he CF V is c ompletely sel f -c on ta ine d. No add itiona l wi res or con nectors nee d to be at- tache d. e CF V is sh ip ped wit h a 1 GB compac t -fla sh ca rd, wh ich i s able to hold over 45 sho t s. L ossles s compression is app l ied to t he [...]

1 4 T o u se a n Ima geban k w ith the CF V , simply as semble it as descr ibed in its manua l a nd conne ct t he t wo wit h a s ta ndard Fi re Wire 8 0 0 (IEE E 13 94b) cable . See t he I mageba nk ma n ua l for complete deta il s. T o re move t he Im ageba n k, si mply d is conne ct th e Fire Wi re ca ble. e back wi l l t hen rever t to sav in[...]

1 5 General Using the menu on the CFV i s very similar to using a menu on a cell p hone or sim ilar . When you enter the menu (by pres sing the MENU / button) you will be see an initial list: ISO White B al. Medi a Browse Storage Set tings The first fo ur items are imm ediatel y accessible fo r chang es, i ndicated by the ap pearance o f a pl us a[...]

1 6 Th e m enu is str uc ture d i n a ma nne r si mil ar to cell ph one s and similar elec tr onic device s. Var io us bra n ch es w it hi n t he t re e s ys te m a re a cce ss ed by pr ess in g th e na vig at io n bu t to n un til y ou r ea ch t he p oi nt where a choice has to be made. Th e OK (A pp rove ) bu tt on or S ELEC T IO N (Zoo m- i n/ Z[...]

1 7 1 2 3 4 5 6 e follow ing shor tcut s are availa ble : • T o set the br owse filter Pres s and hold un til your preferr ed filter i s indicat ed. • See also Using Inst ant Approval Architec ture . • To d e le te i m ag e s Sele c t the targ et im a ge an d th en pre ss a nd ho ld  u ntil th e d ele te d ial og op en s. • See also[...]

1 8 General Wit h a new CF c ard (or a newly fo r matte d CF ca rd) ins er ted or w ith an I mageba n k, a new folder (ca l led a batch) is created a utomatica l ly a er t he fi rst im age ha s b een c apture d. More batche s ca n be create d whene ver you cho ose a nd na med for e asie r sor ti ng. Y ou should na me t hem st rai ght away t hou[...]

1 9 The BA TC H li st. The blue fr ame a rou nd t he m iddl e fol der t ells you t hat i t i s th e Current Batch . Y ou w ork your wa y deepe r in to the men u br anch ing o ff t he s elect ed i te m (fr amed in bl ue) each ti me y ou pr es s th e ‘ + ’ butto n t o vie w med ia, ba t ch, thu mbn ail v iew e tc . C on ve rsel y , you wor k y o[...]

20 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 1 0 T o sel ec t the c ur ren t med ium a nd bat ch u si ng the b rows e con - trol s : 1 . Pres s the zoom- out ( )but ton repeatedly unt il you are all the way at the top zoom level. If you start with the single- image preview view , then you pass through the following views to ge t there: • Single-image preview • Four - [...]

2 1 Us ing I ns tan t Ap proval Arc hit ec tur e e I nsta nt Appro va l A rchitec tu re sy stem helps you to c lassi f y your images as qu ick ly as you ta ke t hem. It works by supply ing i mmed iate aud io feedbac k, wh ich tel ls you in sta ntly whe ther each new pic tu re is ex pose d cor rec t ly or l ik ely to b e over- or u nderex po sed [...]

22  Note that some shots m ay trigger the warning even though they a r e ex pos ed ac cord- ing to your inten tions. Y ou should c onsider these warnings only as a guideline. 3. If no problem is detected, then the image is saved with g r een st atus.  If you set Ap proval to ‘ A uto’, a ll i mag es wi ll be store d as Gre en i f j udg ed [...]

23 t hen ch an ge a n i mage t o yel low st atu s, t hat i mage wi l l not be show n a ga in u nt il you cha nge the bro wse fi lter . ere are many ways to ma ke use of t his feat ure. For ex ample : • Set the filter to show only y ell ow image s. Then st ep through e ach imag e and decide whether any of them should be promoted to green or d[...]

24 Ba sic ima ge b rows ing e l arge, fu l l-colour OLED display enables yo u to i nspec t your shots w hi le you a re st il l on-l oc ation. e d isplay offers f ul l-scree n pre view s, h igh-mag ni ficat io n z oom, t wo levels of thumbna il s and ana lysi s tools includi ng a f ul l hi stogr am a nd ca mera set t ings. When you fi rst t[...]

25 3 or or 4 1 2 1 . Browse to the image you wish to zoo m into with the navigation b utton. 2. Pres s the zoom-in ( ) button to zoom in one step. T he screen updates to show both a zoomed image and a thumbnail image that includes a red b ox outlining the por tion of the images currently shown. 3. Y ou can now do the following as neede d: • Use t[...]

26 Y ou c an cyc le th rou gh al l th e av ailabl e pr evi ew mode s b y pr es sin g th e View-Mode butt on. Prev iew M ode s Choo sing the Prev iew mode Y ou ca n use the v iew- mode button to c ycle t hroug h the ava ila bl e prev iew modes. e previe w screen works in se veral d ifferent modes : • Standard preview: shows a prev iew image su[...]

27 A B C D The stan dard prev iew display e s ta nda rd pre vie w d ispl ay is t he one shown when you firs t t ur n on t he c a mera . It featu res a pr ev iew o f your most r ec en t s ho t a nd basic informat ion about t he d igita l back set t ings and t he image itsel f. Usin g th e h istog ram e h istog ra m prov ides a g raph t hat in[...]

28 There is also a one-but ton short- cut for to ggling the overe xpo - sure m arker on and off . To us e i t , p re s s a nd ho l d  unti l the ind icato r is worki ng as yo u woul d like (enab led or disabled).  Over exposure indic ator shortc ut ! Battery-saver mode In th is mode, the dig ita l back is f ul ly r esp onsive, s o you ca n t[...]

29 There is also a one-but ton short- cut for d eleting singl e images. T o use it, select a t arget im age and then pr ess and h old the  until the confirm-dele t e dialog opens.  Delete shortc ut ! De le ti ng i mag es − gen era l e CFV enables you to delete i mages usi ng any o f t he follow ing tech niques : • Del ete the currentl[...]

30 Entry name (in white) and current setting in yello w Selected entry . The + and - signs indicate that you ca n use the (+) and (-) buttons to change the value Sub-menus show a right pointing arrow , press the right- arrow on the na vigator button to open the sub-menu (or , in some cases, a dialogue window) -button label (Here shown as EXIT ) -bu[...]

3 1 Menu st ructu re En trie s of t he mai n men u[...]

32 1 2 3 4 5 6 Langu age 1 . Pres s the MENU button to open the menu. 2. Use  and  to selec t the SE T TINGS sub -menu. 3. Pres s  to open the SET TI NGS menu. 4. Pres s  to select the USER INTER F ACE sub- menu. 5. Pres s either the or button to choose a new language (in this case Japanese). 6. Pres s the MENU/ EXIT button again to clo[...]

33 1 2 3 Whit e balanc e Use th is entr y to se t the w hite ba la nce saved w ith t he ima ge and applied to the prev iew . T o se lec t a pre set white ba lanc e: 1 . Select the MAIN MENU > White Bal entry . The current setting i s dis played her e. (See also Navigating the Menu System for d et ails abo ut how to find this setting.) 2. Use th[...]

34 1 2 3  There is also a one-but ton short- cut f or ch an gin g the b row se filter . T o use it, press and hold (do not click!) t he Instan t Approval but- ton unt il the app roval stat us colou r app ears . Browsing will the n on ly d ispla y th e im ages with t hat clas sificat ion.  Brow se s hortc ut ! Brow se e brow se fi lte r [...]

35 Nav iga tin g t he ST ORAG E s etting s S T O R AG E This sec tion describes fil e stor age , fi le tr ansferen c e , storage organization, file classification and related su bje cts.[...]

36 1 2 4   There is also a one-but ton short- cut for d eleting singl e images. T o use it, select a t arget im age and then pr ess and h old the  until the confirm-dele t e dialog opens.  Delete shortc ut ! 3  5 6 MAI N M E NU > STOR A G E e Storage m enu provide s entr ies for work ing w ith stora g e me- d ia. Here , you ca[...]

37 Menu s for d elet ing se ve r al im ages fro m a ba tc h.    1 2 3 Deleting sev eral images from a batch T o de lete se veral im ages f rom a sele cte d bat ch : 1 . St ar tin g at the single- image preview display, Select MAIN MEN U > STORAGE > Delete . (See also Navigating the Menu S ystem for details about how to find thi s se[...]

38 5 6 4 Menu s for d elet ing se ve r al im ages fro m all bat ch es fr om a se lecte d st orag e medi um. 4. Pres s O K to confirm the delete. T o e xit without delete, pres s EXIT . 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 ( EXIT ) button to exit the menu system.[...]

39 1  2 4  3 5 6 7 8   Deleting sev eral images from a selected medium T o de lete se veral im ages at onc e : 1 . St ar tin g at the single- image preview display, press the button thr ee times to go to the list of me dia. 2. Use  and  to selec t the medium from which you wis h to delete. Y o u will be deleting from all batches s[...]

40 2  3  4  1 FOR MA T e dig ita l back is only able to read and wr ite to m ed ia th at have been format ted. However , new ca rds or d isk s somet ime s ar rive w it hout any for- mat ti ng, or you mig ht wa n t to c on ver t med ia t hat a re cu rrent ly usi ng a format t hat t he camer a can not read .  Each time you get a new co[...]

4 1 1  2  5 4 3  COP Y Usua lly , yo u w i ll copy i mage s f rom a ca rd by con nect ing t he ca m- era to a compu ter a nd using Flex Color . How ever , you mig h t a lso wa nt to load images f ro m a ca rd to a p orta ble Fi re Wi re ha rd d isk or Imageba n k, a llow ing you to era se t he card a nd keep shoot ing even when you do not [...]

42 1  2  6 3  4  BA T CH Batches help you to organ iz e your work. ey a re v er y sim il ar to folders on a computer hard di sk. Use t he Batch comma nd o f t he STORAGE menu each t ime you want to create a new batch. For more information about batches, please see Working with Medi a and Batches . T o c reate a new batc h : 1 . Pres [...]

43 1  2  3  6 DEF AUL T AP PR. LEVEL e I ns ta nt Approv a l A rchi tec tu re sy stem helps you to e va lu- ate a nd ma rk each ima ge bas ed on how wel l it has come out. By defau lt, t he s ystem assig ns a n i nit ia l approva l st atus f or e ach new shot ba sed on a n a na lysis of t he d ist ribution of ex posure level s. I n t he[...]

44 S E T T I NG S Th ere a re a nu mb er o f set ti ngs g rou pe d und er the gen er al ‘Setti ng s’ he adi ng w hic h ar e : • U se r In t erfac e • C ame r a • Mi sc ell aneo us • Def aul t Nav iga tin g t he US ER INT ERF A CE sett ing s (1 - 99, Never)[...]

45 MAI N M E NU > SET T IN GS > U ser In ter fa ce By a lteri ng t he User Interface set t ings, yo u c an control t he w ay t he d igit al back interact s to suit you a nd your preferred way of work ing. It a lso includes d ate a nd t ime set ti ngs. Ent ries of t he USER INT ERF ACE Menu e user interf ace menu inc l udes bot h entr ies a[...]

46 Setting the option s under the User Interfac e men u Ea ch of t he ab ove entr ies c a n be s et by si m il ar me n u nav igat ion. La ng uage, Power Do w n and Ma rk Overex ca n be se t immed iately by t he or but tons wh i le Sou nd, D ate & Ti me and Displ ay requi re anot her move to sub men u for fi nal choice. Proc eed a s follows : 1[...]

47 M A I N M E N U > S E TT I N G S > C a m e r a A ll Has selblad V -s ystem ca mera s ca n com m un icate w ith t he CF V wit hou t t he need for ex tr a c able connec tions exce pt: • Unmodified 200 series models using CF le n ses in C - mode • Ar cBody • F l exBody View ca meras ( w ith t he approp r iate adapter and cables) ca n a[...]

48 • T he Exp osure Cable EL ( suppl ied) shoul d be connected . • Only the singl e shot f unction (A or AS mo de cam era set tings) shoul d be set on the camera . Rapi d sequence shot s are not possibl e. • Use the Adapt er EL (supp lied ) to provide the neces ssa ry e xtension beyond the motor hous- ing of the EL models for battery attachme[...]

49 50 0 For use w ith 5 0 0C /CM , 501 C /CM a nd 503 C X /CX i /CW mod - els . • Mak e a 500 se tting. Shutter Delay ere c an be d i fferences i n t he a mo u n t of t ime requ ired i n prepar a- tion ( ra isi ng t he m ir ror , open ing / closi ng t he shutter etc) for d igita l capt ure b et ween va r io us ca mera mode ls.  is cor rec [...]

50 C o n n e c t i v i t y d i a g r a m 555 ELD 500 EL/ELM 500/553 ELX 503 CW + Winder CW 500 C/CM 501 C/CM 503 CX/CXi/CW 2000 FC / FCM 2003 FCW 201 F / 203 FE 205 TC C / FCC With C type lenses SWC / SWC/M 903 SWC 905 SWC 202F A/203 FE / 205 TC C / 205 FCC With F type lenses and CF type lenses set to F (Requires minor camera modification) Any vie[...]

5 1 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 Setting CAPTURE SEQUENCE Proc eed a s follows : 1 . Pres s the menu ( M ENU ) but ton to op en the menu. 2. Use  and  to selec t the SE T TINGS sub -menu. 3. Pres s  to open the SET TI NGS menu. 4. Use  and  to selec t CA MER A . 5. Pres s  to open the CA MER A menu. 6. Pres s either the or button to select P[...]

52 1 1 1 2 1 3 1 4 1 5 16 1 9 1 8 1 7 1 1 . Press either the or button to mak e an INI TIAL DEL A Y setting. This set ting contr ols t he am ount of t ime t hat e lapse s bef ore t he fir st e xposu re i n the seque nce. 1 2. Press  to select D ELA Y . 1 3. Press either or t o make a DE LA Y setting. This set ting contr ols t he am ount of t im[...]

53 Nav iga tin g t he MIS CEL L ANE OUS setti ng s 1  2   3 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 conta ins t wo set ti ngs: Selectin g an interfac e e i nterfac e set t ing c o ntrols t he way t he c amera wi ll appea r to you compu ter when you connec t it. Y ou ha ve the follow i[...]

54 3 2  1    The About box Occ asiona lly , Hasselblad ma y relea se upd ates to t he i n ter nal so - wa re of t he d ig ital back (thi s i s c al led “ fi rmwa re”). ese updates may fi x sma ll e rrors a nd/or add new feat ures . Y ou w il l probably recei ve addit ional assi sta nce f rom Hass elblad te chn ica l suppor t[...]

55 1    2 M A I N M E N U > S E TT I N G S > D e f a u l t e DE F AUL T set t ing w i ll r es et a l l cu stom s et ti ngs you have made back to the orig in al defau lt / fac tory se tt ings . T o res et all se tt ings : 1 . Select the MAIN MENU > SE T TINGS > DEFA UL T entry. 2. Pres s the OK but ton and then the EXIT to re[...]

56 Mos t fl ash unit s are suita ble fo r use with the CF V . Ho weve r , fo r t he sake of sa fet y, ca re shou ld be taken when us ing studio fla sh units ( strobe) and t ethered to a sta tionar y c omputer . Port able units Att ach t he fla sh s ync c able to t he lens (or ca mera body i n t he ca se of a Ha sselbl ad 20 0 ser ies model) a nd[...]

57 2 6 Cleani ng the C CD Infrared Fil ter If you s ee d ark or colou red spot s or l ines in your i mages, then you may need t o clea n t he outer sur face of dig ita l back ’ s in fr ared (IR) fi lter . In most ca ses , the ca ref ul us e o f com - presse d ai r wi l l be adequate, but somet imes sma l l par t icles wi l l get stuc k to the su[...]

58 an alternative you can spray the fluid onto the tissue first, a nd then app ly it to the filter as you wipe it. 2. Fold the tissue sever al times to matc h the width of the IR filter —you migh t us e t wo or three tissues at a time if nec essary (to give you a better grip). Be sure t o fold the paper so that the coated glossy side fac es o[...]

59 EQU IPM ENT C ARE • Keep all equi pment and acc essories out of the reach of small children. • D o not place heav y obje cts on the equipment. • D o not us e the batteri es except as specifi ed. • Use only the bat teries specified for use with the CFV . • R emove the bat teri es w hen clea ning the came ra or if yo u in tend to le av[...]

60 30 342 00 1 6 million pixels 36. 7 x 36.7 m m 1 .5 single shot not avail able 45 images Lossless compressed Hasselblad 3F RA W format (3F R) or 3F 35 frames per minute • CF card t ype II • 1 00 0 GB portable Imagebank • computer disk with tethered shooting mode FlexColor (included) 3 FR to Adobe DNG con ver ter utility 1 6 bi t 1 2 f-stop [...]

6 1 Th e in for mat ion in th is m anu al i s fu rni shed for inf orm ati ona l us e on ly, is s ub je ct to c han ge wi tho ut not ice , a nd s ho uld no t b e co n - stru ed as a commitm ent by Vict or Hassel blad AB & Hasse lbla d A/S . Vi ct or Has sel bl ad AB & Ha sse lb lad A /S ass ume s n o re sp ons ib ili t y or l ia bi li ty f o[...]

62 Vic tor Hassel blad AB Box 220, SE - 40 1 23 Götebo rg, Sweden Hasse lblad A/ S Hejrevej 30, DK - 2400 Cope nhagen, Denm ark Prod uct numb er: 3034 200[...]