Hasselblad CF22 CF39 Tethered to a com puter

To use an Imagebank with a CF digital back, simply assemble it as described in its manual

and connect the two with a standard FireWire 800 (IEEE 1394b) cable. See the Imagebank

manual for complete details.

To remove the Imagebank, simply d isconnect the FireWire cable . e back will the n

revert to saving and browsing images on the internal ash ca rd (if available).

Tethered to a com puter

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-ash 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 a CF d igital back. e por t on a CF digital back is

protected behind a sliding cover.

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

image loading activity has n ished.

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 a CF digital back are disabled.

• A CF digital back 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 signal to a CF digital back,

which in turn triggers the shutter and ash/strobe lights (if any). A CF digital back then

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 le 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 th e camera, plus technical detai ls that enable

FlexColor to process and d isplay the image correctly. It furthe rmore stores a complete

history of the FlexColor se ttings that you have applied to each image a nd stores meta-

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

images into FlexColor from the camera or external medi a, the 3FR les are converted

into the 3F format. If you prefer not to use FlexC olor, then you can export les directly

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

Please refer to the FlexColor Soware Reference manual for fur ther instructions about

taking pictures using FlexColor.