Hasselblad H3DII-39MS (2008)
The H3DII-39MS is the multishot version of Hasselblad's fourth-generation H3DII high-end DSLR. It was announced for availability from January 2008 at a retail price of $43,995. The standard H3DII-39 captures a single exposure. The MS variant shifts the sensor between exposures to record full RGB data at each pixel site. That gives moiré-free files with exceptional sharpness and color fidelity, which makes it the ultimate choice for still life studio photography. It can also revert to normal single-shot mode at any time.
The sensor is a 39-megapixel CCD (36.7 x 49.0mm per Globalmediapro; B&H lists 36.8 x 49.1mm). It records 5412 x 7212-pixel images in RAW 3FR or 8-bit TIFF formats, with 48-bit RGB color depth. The body uses the H3DII's UltraFocus architecture, which gives access to the newer HCD 28mm lens, designed specifically for digital capture. The kit shipped with the H3DII-39 camera body, HVD-90X viewfinder, an 80mm f/2.8 HC autofocus lens, a 1GB CompactFlash card, and a rechargeable lithium-ion battery integrated into the grip. A 2GB CF card holds about 40 images on average. Capture rate is roughly 1.4 seconds per frame (39 captures per minute). The rear LCD is a 3-inch TFT type with 230,400 pixels.
Photography Blog (December 2007) reported the January 2008 availability and $43,995 price, when the camera was introduced as a complement to the then-recent H3DII-39. Documentation on this model is thin otherwise. No production end date, weight, or ISO/shutter specifications are recorded in the sources we have.
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