24 THE HASSELBLAD MANUAL
at all, as other digital cameras. Your computer is more likely outdated before your Hasselblad
camera. And when the time for a change or update eventually arrives, you may only need to
replace the back and not the entire camera and lens system or Hasselblad may be able to
upgrade your camera or sensor unit.
Figure 3-2 V system digital image. A beautiful digital creation made visually effective by the two
completely different patterns — the sharp outlines in the electrical component box and the
free fl owing bright red graffi ti. Photographed with Hasselblad CFV 16Mp digital back with
36.7 36.7 sensor at ISO 50 on a V system camera with Sonnar 250 mm lens. (Photo by Bob
Gallagher.)
PHOTOGRAPHY’S TWO-STAGE PROCESS
Film photography has always been considered a two-stage process with stage one recording
the image in the camera and stage two involving the development of the black and white or
color fi lm and printing the image from the negative, if such fi lm was used in the camera. Most
Fine Art black and white photographers still work like this, developing the fi lm themselves
and making their own prints. Most other fi lm photographers, even professionals in fi elds like
portrait and wedding photography limit their own involvement to taking the picture and then
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