Hasselblad... Raw 4k and HD video in medium format camera...

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At the cameras heart lies our 53.4 x 40mm 100MP CMOS sensor, with its wide ISO range, 16-bit colour data and 15 stops dynamic range, it is capable of delivering stunning images even when conditions are not ideal.

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When you simply need the highest quality, the H6D-400c MS can also capture UHD (4K) video in Hasselblad’s proprietary RAW video format.

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I wonder if those 16bit color 15 DR is carried over to the video raw as well... that would make extremely pretty pictures out of this camera :eek:
 
RAW 4k VIDEO
Now we're talking!!!

(maybe it uses a lower-bit-depth ADC pipeline for the video mode, so yes, we're going to have to wait and see some results, but if it's just the same 16-bits RAW that Hasselblad uses for stills, those images will be LOVELY)
 
My guess is that, if they don't do lower-bit-rate ADC, they must be storing 10-bit log RAW or something like that (basically applying a gamma curve transformation to the original 16-bit linear data to store it in a much more efficient log format) and then applying some form of by-channel compression to each component of the Bayer image (maybe even averaging the two green ones and treating the un-debayered image as if it was an RGB image and storing it as jpg, which is a simple solution in the sense that they could use their usual jpg engine).

Also: I just checked and it's exactly one year since DJI took over Hasselblad, which means there's a fair chance some features in this camera were pushed by the new management.
 
No idea yet. In any case it's too expensive for me: what makes me excited about this is that it proves that internal RAW 4k video can be done in relatively small bodies, if management decides to push for it. The GH5s doesn't have it and I don't think the a7S III will have it, but maybe the next generation will. I've played with Canon ML RAW video and it'a a joy to color grade, I can't wait to have something like that in more modern cameras (and with more DR and resolution!).

Edit: OK, Blackmagic already proved RAW video was possible on small bodies (the Pocket!!)

Edit2: the sensor is 11600 x 8700, so, if it's not doing a crop and it's skipping rows (what the 5D2 did), then it's skipping two thirds of the rows (which I think is exactly what the 5D2 did).
 
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Samuel H said:
No idea yet. In any case it's too expensive for me: what makes me excited about this is that it proves that internal RAW 4k video can be done in relatively small bodies, if management decides to push for it. The GH5s doesn't have it and I don't think the a7S III will have it, but maybe the next generation will. I've played with Canon ML RAW video and it'a a joy to color grade, I can't wait to have something like that in more modern cameras (and with more DR and resolution!).

Edit: OK, Blackmagic already proved RAW video was possible on small bodies (the Pocket!!)

Edit2: the sensor is 11600 x 8700, so, if it's not doing a crop and it's skipping rows (what the 5D2 did), then it's skipping two thirds of the rows (which I think is exactly what the 5D2 did).
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Well, Red's been doing raw on small bodies for years, and you already caught on to Black Magic. My Red isn't much bigger than a fat dSLR (at least not until I stuck a module with XLRs + 3 SDI + USB etc ports on it), and it can record print-quality raw internally at the same resolution as my Sony A7R... but the color is nicer, and there's more flexibility for grading. Which you'd expect given that it's almost as expensive as the new Hasselblad. :)

It's going to be interesting to see what the video from this beast looks like, but most people buying it will be using it mainly for stills, since in that arena it has only one direct competitor presently... which costs just as much.
 
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