Friday, November 16, 2007

The CFV Digital Back


After my less-than-optimal experience with the V96C, Hasselblad announced the product they should have created initially--the CFV. The photo shown at the left was taken with the CFV on a cold December night. The device is exclusively made to fit the older, original cameras--the 500 and 200 series models. There is also a newer series of models called the H-series which I don't plan to cover in this blog. The CFV has many desirable features. There is no imagebank so that the battery attaches to bottom of the back and images are stored on Compact Flash memory cards. Just what one would expect! However, the most notable feature could only be appreciated by the few owners of 203FE cameras. Hasselblad developed a special system board for the 203FE that allowed the CFV to be fired directly from the electronics of the camera--no one-shot cable release (see earlier posting)! Unfortunately, this required sending my camera to Sweden twice and considerable help from support people in Seattle. I now have the perfect medium format digital system and could very well be unique!

1 comment:

hikerhikes said...

hi there, recently i bought a 203FE set along with 110/2 lens. i would like to know about the special help you mentioned in this blog when you mount the cfv digital back on 203fe. what was that exactly? thanks.