I just bought a used H3DII-39 outfit for less than half normal retail price. Got it home to find the data cable is a firewire and the Phocus 2 software prefers 64 bit machines. Neither of my PC's have a firewire port so it looks like a new PC is needed. What do most of you use - PC or iMac aand what operating system? What sort of PC specs are required?
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What computer do you use for Hasselblad H3DII's ?
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Ashley Morrison Photography
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Standard Mac Pro and MacBook Pro.
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A firewire PCI card is not expensive to add to a PC desktop.
Btw, the lastest camera raw reads H3D39 files and so afaik H3DII files.
I have a quadcore, 8GB and the files open very quickly.
Andrew
Btw, the lastest camera raw reads H3D39 files and so afaik H3DII files.
I have a quadcore, 8GB and the files open very quickly.
Andrew
You can likely buy and install a firewire (Sometimes called 1394 or 1394b to avoid copyright on the term Firewire) card for your PC for pretty cheap.
If you plan on using Phocus 2, I'd look to have at least 4GB of RAM (the more the better), an ok processor, and a good to very good video card. Phocus 2 pushes a bit of the processing power onto the graphics card so having a better card can speed the program significantly. Also when using an earlier version of Phocus with an older video card (Nvidia 7300GT, maybe?) Phocus had a few glitches (all the images would go blank, live view would freeze up) at the recommendation of Hasselblad we upgraded to a better video card and haven experienced problems since. Hasselblad has been really good on their release notes for software on their website. The release notes say exactly what is needed (including the issue with the video card that we had.) Other than that just make sure you have a huge honkin' hard drive to store your files.
If running windows, try to make sure you have a 64bit version of windows running (if your hardware supports it.) It's not required but Phocus will make better use of what you have under a 64bit OS.
If going to Mac, the low end MacBooks and MacBook Air do not have firewire so you'd have to go to the MacBook Pro, iMac, or MacPro tower. I'm pretty sure even a Mac Mini would work but it may not be the fastest think in the world
Enjoy the new camera, happy shooting!
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If you plan on using Phocus 2, I'd look to have at least 4GB of RAM (the more the better), an ok processor, and a good to very good video card. Phocus 2 pushes a bit of the processing power onto the graphics card so having a better card can speed the program significantly. Also when using an earlier version of Phocus with an older video card (Nvidia 7300GT, maybe?) Phocus had a few glitches (all the images would go blank, live view would freeze up) at the recommendation of Hasselblad we upgraded to a better video card and haven experienced problems since. Hasselblad has been really good on their release notes for software on their website. The release notes say exactly what is needed (including the issue with the video card that we had.) Other than that just make sure you have a huge honkin' hard drive to store your files.
If running windows, try to make sure you have a 64bit version of windows running (if your hardware supports it.) It's not required but Phocus will make better use of what you have under a 64bit OS.
If going to Mac, the low end MacBooks and MacBook Air do not have firewire so you'd have to go to the MacBook Pro, iMac, or MacPro tower. I'm pretty sure even a Mac Mini would work but it may not be the fastest think in the world
Enjoy the new camera, happy shooting!
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Joergen Geerds
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http://www.newegg.com/Product/ProductList.aspx?Submit=ENE&N=2010010073%201187912456&name=2x%201394%20Ports
under $20 gives your (ancient) PC firewire capabilities.
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under $20 gives your (ancient) PC firewire capabilities.
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You can get a PCMCIA Firewire card for about $35 and a PCIExpress Card for about $80 (recommended). Don't even think about using FW800 with a PC. Thanks to SP3, it runs slower than FW400, if you can make it run at all. Instead, use an IEE1394 card with an FW800 to FW400 adapter cable. (Not all FW800 connectors will fit inside the pocket which conceals the Hasselblad FW800 port. Use the one which comes with the camera, or bring the camera to the computer store.)
You need at least 256MB of video memory to use Hasselblad Phocus. Less won't work at all and more is better.
You need at least 256MB of video memory to use Hasselblad Phocus. Less won't work at all and more is better.
Michael Kormos
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Out-of-the-box FW800 performance. No uninstalling of any trial software, no days wasted trying to get a PCI FW800 card working. If you're a working professional, time is money. Mac Pro has become the workhorse for many photographers.
jdphotocny
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I've got the same problem, new camera, old computer. My Mac G5 isn't Intel so no Phocus software? My PC has firewire 1394 port but the camera cable doesn't fit. Is there an adapter for this?
It works superbly fast even when working on 112Mb tiff files from the H3DII-39! All the rendering happens virtually in 'real-time'.
The specs are:
CPU: Intel Core i7 960 Nehalem CPU 3.20 Ghz 4 Cores 8 Hyperthread QuickPath Interface LGA1366
Motherboard: Gigabyte GA-X58A-UD7 i7 MB LGA1366 X58 6.4 DDR3 Triple Extreme2 AKA GA-EX58-Extreme2
Memory: 6Gb Triple DDR3 1600 Memory Corsair CMX6GX3M3A1600C for i7 Triple Kit 1.65V 9-9-9-24 (12 or 18Gb total - not sure)
Hard drives (3):
System & software: 600Gb VelociRaptor WD6000HLHX 10000RPM SATA3 Fastest HDD Western Digital 32M Hard Drive
Data: (2of) 1Tb WD1002FAEX WD SATA3 HDD 64Mb 7200RPM Caviar Black 6 Gb/s Hard Drive 1000Gb
Graphics card: Leadtek Quadro FX 580 PCI-E 512Mb 16X PCI-E
Optical Drive: Asus SATA 24X DRW-24B1ST SATA DVDRW Dual Layer DVD RAM +- Nero 8 Black
Case: CoolerMaster Sileo 500 RC-500 Soundproofed Super Silent Case ATX Front LED CM RC500 No PS
Power Supply: Corsair 750W HX-750 ATX Power Supply - 120mm Fan, Dual PCI-E Modular 80Plus
Network Adapter: Asus PCE-N13 Wireless 11n WiFi PCI-E PCIE 300Mbps Xlink Kai Network Adapter
Keyboard & Optical Mouse: Microsoft Wireless Optical DT Keyboard & Optical Mouse Desktop 700 Bundle
Operating System: MS Windows 7 PRO 64-bit DVD OEM W7PRO64 Win7 WITH SYSTEM ONLY
I also bought the Eizo CG245W monitor to go with it
The specs are:
CPU: Intel Core i7 960 Nehalem CPU 3.20 Ghz 4 Cores 8 Hyperthread QuickPath Interface LGA1366
Motherboard: Gigabyte GA-X58A-UD7 i7 MB LGA1366 X58 6.4 DDR3 Triple Extreme2 AKA GA-EX58-Extreme2
Memory: 6Gb Triple DDR3 1600 Memory Corsair CMX6GX3M3A1600C for i7 Triple Kit 1.65V 9-9-9-24 (12 or 18Gb total - not sure)
Hard drives (3):
System & software: 600Gb VelociRaptor WD6000HLHX 10000RPM SATA3 Fastest HDD Western Digital 32M Hard Drive
Data: (2of) 1Tb WD1002FAEX WD SATA3 HDD 64Mb 7200RPM Caviar Black 6 Gb/s Hard Drive 1000Gb
Graphics card: Leadtek Quadro FX 580 PCI-E 512Mb 16X PCI-E
Optical Drive: Asus SATA 24X DRW-24B1ST SATA DVDRW Dual Layer DVD RAM +- Nero 8 Black
Case: CoolerMaster Sileo 500 RC-500 Soundproofed Super Silent Case ATX Front LED CM RC500 No PS
Power Supply: Corsair 750W HX-750 ATX Power Supply - 120mm Fan, Dual PCI-E Modular 80Plus
Network Adapter: Asus PCE-N13 Wireless 11n WiFi PCI-E PCIE 300Mbps Xlink Kai Network Adapter
Keyboard & Optical Mouse: Microsoft Wireless Optical DT Keyboard & Optical Mouse Desktop 700 Bundle
Operating System: MS Windows 7 PRO 64-bit DVD OEM W7PRO64 Win7 WITH SYSTEM ONLY
I also bought the Eizo CG245W monitor to go with it
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