Hasselblad continues to develop its line of Multi-Shot cameras and has now introduced the medium format H6D-400c. Novelty has a 100-megapixel sensor measuring 53.4 × 40 mm, which is capable of taking six photos and combining them into one large photo with a total resolution of 23200 × 17400. That is, the photo has a size of about 400 Mpix. One such picture is saved in TIFF 16 bit format and weighs about 2.4 GB.
Hasselblad H6D-400c MS
The photographer can choose in which mode he will take a photo: a single-shot, or in Multi-Shot mode. A choice of 4 or 6 photos in last mode. Multi-Shot mode will require a constant connection to your computer via USB 3.0 Type-C.
When selecting a quatro shot, the camera takes each of the frames with a one-pixel clockwise shift: the second frame to the right of the first, the third lower relative to the second, the fourth to the left of the third and lower in relation to the first. The output will be a 100-Mpix, 16-bit TIFF image. Its volume will be 579 MB.
Because of the nature of the sensor and memory, the Hasselblad H6D-400c MS is designed more for studio photography: combining images is expected to take a long time, which means that the subjects must be static. In addition to still images, Hasselblad H6D-400c MS shoots UHD video at 25 fps. Pictures and video are recorded on CFast card 2.0, as well as SD UHS-I.
The Hasselblad H6D-400c MS will be available in March for €47,999.
Are these 400-megapixel photos the result of stitching multiple images together or is it a single shot?