Hasselblad 3034216 Tethered to a computer

To use an Imagebank with the CFV, simply assemble it as descr ibed in its manual and

connect the two with a stand ard FireWire 800 (IEEE 1394b) cable. See the Imageba nk

manual for complete details.

To remove the Imagebank, simply dis connect the FireWire cable. e b ack will then

revert to saving and browsing images on the internal ﬂash card (if available).

Tethered to a computer

Even if you never shoot while connected, you will probably connect the camera to your

computer each time you want to download your images, though you might instead use a

compact-ﬂash card reader and/or connect your Imagebank or FireWire disk directly.

To connect to a computer, simply attach a FireWire cable from the FireWire port on your

computer to the port on the side of the CFV. e port on the CFV is protec ted behind

a sliding cover.

To remove the camera from a computer, simply disconnect the FireWire cable when all

image loading activity has ﬁnished.

When you are connected to a computer, the following rules apply:

• The destination medium and location are controlled from FlexColor.

• The screen and menu system on the CFV are disabled.

• The CFV will take power from the FireWire cable if it is available (please note that

not all computers supply power here, notably PC laptops).

When initiating a shot from FlexColor, the computer sends a signa l to the CFV, which

in turn trigg ers the shutter and ﬂash/strobe lig hts (if any). e CFV t hen sends the

image back over the FireWire connection to the computer, where it is displayed on the

computer screen and saved as a 16-bit-per-colour 3F ﬁle in the currently selected folder

of the computer hard disk.

3F is a proprietary Hasselblad format for storing raw captures. It contains the complete

raw image exactly as it was captured by the came ra, plus technical details tha t enable

FlexColor to process and displ ay the image correctly. It further more stores a complete

history of the FlexColor setti ngs that you have applied to each image and stores meta-

data such as camera settings, image name, photographer, copyright, etc. When you load

images into FlexColor from the cam era or external media, th e 3FR ﬁles are converted

into the 3F format. If you prefer not to use FlexColor, then you can ex port ﬁles directly

to DNG or other format and use Adobe Photoshop, for example.

Please refer to the FlexColor Soware Reference manual for furthe r instructions about

taking pictures using FlexColor.