14 DAY TRIAL // Not so much time passed since Sony launched its monster 50MP CMOS sensor camera, but the Swedish photography company Hasselblad announced on Instagram today something that will certainly overshadow the former model.
Behold the new 200-megapixel H5D-200c Multi-shot DLSR which takes advantage of the same 50MP CMOS sensor. Yes, you read that right, it’s 200MP. You’re eyes are not deluding you. And to further prove this object is a real thing, we’ll share with you the pricing of this monster.
You’ll have to start saving up if you want a behemoth 200MP camera like this, because the H5D-200c Multi-shot can be yours for “just” $44,000 / €33,216 (but hey, there’s free shipping involved).
The new camera is the follower of the old CCD H5D-200MS, which was also good for spitting out 200MP files, but this is the CMOS version of the original.
The new H5D-200c is capable of taking 4 or 6 images (thanks to the proprietary Hasselblad technology) which will be combined and assembled to create a 200MP, 600MB 8-bit TIFF files at max resolution, so if you thought the Nikon D810 RAW files were huge, you were gravely mistaken.
You can check out the difference those extra shots make in the gallery below (if you want to see it in full resolution, you will have to go here).
Furthermore, the ISO can be bumped up to 6400. But who needs or could store files of such capacity (you might want to think about a small NAS – Network Attached Storage sever farm)?
Well, according to the folks over at Hasselblad, the H5D has been designed particularly for the “extremely high demands of archiving and art reproduction or for obtaining the absolutely highest resolution in highend product, architectural, still-life shooting, or for any other kind of shooting where detail or resolution are important.”
Since the camera is based on a CMOS system, photographers will be able to shoot exposures up to 12 minutes with the ISO pushed to 6400. The result? Hasselblad claims users will be bestowed with the most accurate color rendering and resolution that can be found on the market today.
As mentioned above, the camera arrives with a 50MP CMOS sensor and has a 3.0” 23-bit color LCD with 24bit color and 460 x 320 pixel resolution. It is bundled with True Focus II and Focus Confirm and offers compatibility with H-System component and the DAC Automated Lens Correction System.
