MatrixContent..... Upping The Standard of Still Photography
 

MatrixContent has purchased two Hasselblad H1D SLR Digital Cameras. I mean this camera is SERIOUSLY one bad ass machine. It shoots 120+ Mb images.

We will no longer be shooting on film as we have for the past 6 years. Its time for a change, and I personally couldn't have found a better way to do it, than getting these seriosuly ridiculous cameras!!


Check out some of these specs!!

http://www.matrixcontent.com/asher/101204hasselblad.jpg



Technical Information for Hasselblad H1D
DIGITAL FEATURES:

Sensor size: 22 Mpixels

Sensor dimensions: 36.7 x 49.0 mm

Image size: 66 MByte 8 bit RGB / 132 MByte 16 bit RGB

Shooting mode: Single shot

16 bit colour

ISO speed range: ISO 50 - 400

Longest shutter speed: 32 seconds

Image storage: Image Bank external hard drive

Storage capacity: 850 full resolution images

Battery type: SONY InfoLithium NP-F series (not included)

Capture rate:: 2 seconds/image including preview

Color display

Histogram feedback on camera LCD and rear LCD

Acoustic feedback

Software: FlexColor

Platform support: Mac OSX, Win98, ME, NT, 2000, XP

Host connection type: Firewire (IEEE1394)

CAMERA FEATURES:

Camera type: Interchangeable viewfinder and lenses.

Lenses: Hasselblad HC lenses with integral shutter. All lenses from the V system with optional lens adapter

Shutter speed range: Digital: 1/800 s to 32 seconds. Analog: 1/800s to 18 hours

Viewfinder: 90° reflex viewfinder w. diopter adjustment (-4 to +2.5D). Image magnification 2.7X. Integral fill-flash (G.No. 12 @ ISO100). Hot shoe for SCA3002-system flashes from Metz?.

Focusing: Automatic and manual focusing. Instant manual focus override. AF metering with passive central cross-type sensor. Metering range EV 1 to 19 2 ISO100.

Flash control: Automatic TTL centre weighted system. Uses built-in flash or flases compatible with SCA3002 (Metz?). Output can be adjusted from -3 to +3EV. For manual flashes a buitl-in metering susystem is available.

Exposure metering: Metering options: Spot, Centre weighted and Average. Metering range Spot: EV2 to 21, Centre weighted: EV1 to 21, Average: EV1 to 21

Power supply: Cassette for 3 CR-123 Lithium batteries. Optional rechargeable Li-ion battery available.

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Wow, am I reading this right? They sell for about $17,000 each?

holy shit

good stuff Asher! :thumbsup

A present from Acacia?

Awesome stuff Asher.... glad to see ya posting more on the boards.

I couldn't imagine that pictures shot from that camera will look any better than
pics shot from a 35mm DSLR camera....especially for internet use.

One can up the standard of their still photography just by working hard and
striving for quality and excellence in their work. A 22 MegaPixel Hassy does
not guarantee great photography :winkwink:

Probably more of a result in creating Quality productions and top notch content along with a long standing ethical business practice.

why spend the money for that expensive camera when you photoshop the pics to death anyways... :2 cents:

Very fuckin nice

If you're doing print work, it's ideal!!!

Thats the idea, glad someone got that :thumbsup

No more film? All digital?

Uh oh.

i gotta agree with dean. wtf does a 22mp camera have to do with my 72dpi monitor?

if you were having a gallery show maybe, but for web content, it's overkill. do you guys know the processing time for 120mb files in PS? lol

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Why is the shutter and ISO ranges seemingly so constrained?

Just because it is only for model shoots, etc?

Fuck your camera. Adress the fact that all of our names ended up in Acacias hands due to your company.

Sweet camera

Matrix The Content Or Matrix The Drama?

Which will you buy?

Yes I think they probably do and if you knew what Matrix does you would realize they provide photos for most adult magazines in PRINT!

:321GFY the haters! :1orglaugh

I'll take Matrix the Content for 600 Alex...

http://www.topiclink.com/gameshows/i...alextrebek.jpg

I know someone who has that camera, they do the most amazing posters and Pictures.
Good Buy. When can we expect our content with the new Camera?

Still content is dead. Glad I made my bucks in the good ole days.

Badass camera and I would say that there is still plenty of market left for stills. Of course you already know this though.

You can expect the new content provided through the hassleblad within the next week, starting next week it will be all we shoot on. This is very exciting, I can't wait to see how these next few sets come out, the first model to be shot on it, will probably be Kaiya Lynn for next week......

More important in my opinion, which one is going to make you the MONEY, the drama or the content. The content speaks/sells for itself.....

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You're dropping MOVIES and going for STILLS? Kinda sucks... people are looking for movies and shooting for magazines suck donkey cock too.

No, not at all. We are also shooting our own video content through both of our Sony High Definition 1080i HDR-FX1 Cameras :thumbsup

One hell of a camera :thumbsup

Great camera! I'm sure the stills will be great.

Now all ya gotta do is get someone behid a video camera that will at least try to aim at the girls in your solo videos. :)

for the web its a waste ,for most the part its a waste unless your shooting for huge gallery prints. Considering most on still on dial up huge files lose customers not gain them. All that said congrats on your purchase :)

No argument, there were a few of them where someone else was shooting the videos, they weren't up to the norm, have you checked out our hardcore videos? They were shot by Bentley, much higher quality! :thumbsup

true. that setup is better for catalog work, still lifes, or product photography.

sure the pix will look nice, but the truth is there is MUCH less lens selection in MF hardware, and for internet these digital back cameras are less capable than full frame canon bodies (Canon EOS-1Ds Mark II, etc.)

you really need zooms when shooting smut and working fast. hassy has very limited zoom selection, and the ones they have are slow compared to newest generation 35mm based gear.

nowadays jap lenses are the sharpest in the world, and canon is on top right now.

(former LF and MF shooter).

Cant go wrong with Hasselblad! :thumbsup

And here I was happy that I got a new fuju finepix camera hot off of one of my models since my old Sony Mavica was broken.