Hasselblad has released an update to its medium format post-production program. Focus version 3.4 adds improvements across the board, including improved shadow and highlight tools, new adjustment layer tools, expanded live view options, new lens profile, and more.The enhanced Shadow Fill and Highlight Recovery tools have been 'significantly enhanced.' Hasselblad says the updated algorithm 'enables photographers to fully utilize the dynamic range available in their images,' although exactly how it's changed remains a mystery. In the event the updated methodology isn't what a user wants, or the a user is working with previously-corrected images, Hasselblad has also included the old algorithm under a selectable version option.Hasselblad has added Shadow Fill and Clarity options to the adjustment layer tools so they can now be used as local adjustments with the brush tool and linear and radial gradients.
Phocus 3.0 Can work for you With the recent release of the new Hasselblad H6 came a new, upgraded version of Phocus. Is a software used to process image files and it’s had an overhaul and loads of updates to make it easier to use and more accessible. 16 videos Play all Hasselblad Phocus Tutorials Hasselblad Sony Full Frame Lenses BUYING GUIDE - Sony a7 III a7RIII a7RII a7SII a9 - Duration: 17:03. Jason Vong 300,905 views.
A new Detail tool has also been added under the exposure toolset. This new tool is used alongside the Clarity tool to fine-tune the local contrast in an image.Focus 3.4 also includes a new Live View Aperture option that lets users 'to automatically open to the widest aperture possible or to use the selected aperture instead when activating live view.'
Also new is an updated Noise Filter tool and additional lens profiles for the following lenses:. XCD 2,8/65. XCD 1,9/80. XCD 2,8/135 with X Converter 1.7To download Hasselblad Phocus 3.4, head over to Hasselblad's. Kb2zuz:I've never seen a version of Phocus 3.X for Windows that extracted raw files other than Hasselblad raws.And every version of Phocus 3.X (Win) that I've tried has/had terrible noise reduction and control.
It was so bad that I finally removed the software from my Win7 computer. Phocus 3.X also wouldn't allow one to simply extract files one had moved from an SD card, or the interwebs, to one's hard drive(s). To extract the files to say tiff, one had to explicitly 'import' them with Phocus even if the files were already on a hard drive, and NOT in the camera.I found it easier and better to covert all of the Hasselblad raws to DNGs and extract with ACR 9.1 running in Photoshop CS6.(Yes, I went to the trouble to find my Hasselblad pass word and download this latest Phocus 3, may test it, in 2019.). The Noise reduction in the program is made for RAW not for TIFF/JPG. So since you say Win version doesn't read non-hasselblad RAW, it's really not going to work well on anything other than Hasselblad (and at it's alright but not killer, but that's not really a priority, because you don't use medium format for high ISO).All that said, on Mac, it does read RAW files. And it's certainly not as powerful as Capture One or even ACR.
But it's a hell of a lot cheaper (it's free). So for those with a mac, it's an option for people to play with who don't want to pay. Kb2zuz:That's right, and the NR for raw extraction is garbage with the Windows version of Phocus 3.X.Nowhere above did I say, or imply, that I was applying Phocus NR to tiffs or jpegs.' So since you say Win version doesn't read non-hasselblad RAW, it's really not going to work well on anything other than Hasselblad (and at it's alright but not killer, 'Duh. Why waste characters posting that obvious point?' .that's not really a priority, because you don't use medium format for high ISO).' I have no idea why one wouldn't expect to shoot a medium format CMOS sensored body at say ISO 6400.
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Your general pronouncement is simply ignorant. (Though it may be a rule you follow for yourself.)'But it's Phocus a hell of a lot cheaper (it's free). So for those with a mac, it's an option for people to play with who don't want to pay.' Both Darktable and RawTherapee are free too, for Mac/Windows/Linux.
And RawTherapee is quite good at extracting say Fuji XTrans RAFs. I have been a long time professional user of Capture one with my phase and canon systems. Still use the Capture one latest software with my Canons now, But switched out to Hasselblad H5D50C wifi a few years ago and never looked back. The Phocus software is very straight forward program to use, The ability to use the wifi is night and day on a mobile device compared to Capture Pilot. Phocus never fails and connects on all devices with out issues ever! I do use photoshop when it comes to my final tweaks so all the styles really do not matter to me. But using both systems on daily basis professionally in front of my clients, Phocus is a excellent platform, Sure Capture one has more bells and whistle, but as a pure raw file processor for Hasselblad users, Phocus is excellent and produces stunning files, and considering its free hard to knock.
If Phocus had a paid pro version it would be on par with anything out there. And the support has been excellent too date from Hasselblad. Dbateman:I don't know if the Windows version of Phocus 3 will work with DNG files.As I said, I found the software so useless (though not unstable) that I removed it from my Windows 7 computer. This is a very, very, unusual course of action for me, if software is simply taking up space and not causing any trouble.Again, perhaps come 2019, I'll get around to installing Phocus 3.4, then I'll be able to test the DNG thing.
(You can get Phocus, you'll need to set up an Hasselblad account to do the download.)With Windows 7 (NOT Windows 10) every version of RawTherapee 5 after the first stable release is effectively UNUSABLE, since RawTherapee 5.000.X combines the non-reading of the Windows Pictures Folder-an old problem-with NOT being able to find files so as to open them. Yes, I've confirmed this with RawTherapee 5.4 (March 2018 released). Ubuntu 1604 (my 'Linux' OS only had approved RawTherapee 4.2 last I checked.Don't know anything about RawTherapee on a Mac.
Hey there, yes i use a mac book pro and a 2011 imac 27 inch with firewire port or usb dongle, they are both seamless. I all so shoot with two fire wires through a repeater box with the Hasselblad if i need the length, this repeater is not requiring power but has the option. This allows me for extra lenght in the studio. Less then a second for a capture to load.
Nice thing about the Hasselblad is you can run for ever on one battery tethered. I run both Phocus and Capture on both machines and jump camera's depending on the clients needs. Regarding the iso. I shoot from 100 -800.
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A Hasselblad file is Cinematic and more like film then any file i have ever come across, This was one of the main reasons among many I choose the H5C over the new phaseone. My Macbook pro is a 2012 zero issues with file transfers and speed. HowaboutRAW: We have H5D, H6D, and Phase One CMOS backs in the studio. However if we every need to use 6400 ISO, we're breaking out a 5D Mk IV, Nikon D5, or Sony A7/A9, because not only is the high ISO performance as good or better, you can have wider aperture lenses that give you an advantage. When you have these cameras you use it not because it's the only camera that you have, you use it when it's the right tool for the job.99.something% of what we shoot is at base ISO. We shoot, over 10,000 objects a year, in the past 3 years maybe there was one thing where we had to shoot at 800 ISO. Anything higher, we go to 135 format DSLRs that have better high ISO, wider apertures, and better AF than any medium format system (because it's probably moving or we cannot use tripods).
Kb2zuz:Okay, I've never tried Phocus, any version, on a Mac. So I can't comment on its NR capacity.A big reason people would purchase the CMOS sensored Hasselblad X1D, the Leica S2, the Fuji GFX-50S/R, and the Pentax 645Z, would be to shoot higher ISOs while carrying around a medium format body. So non-studio work.Right, I realize that Phase and Hasselblad also ship other CMOS sensored medium format bodies, and you mention them. But they are mostly studio cameras.Nowhere above did I imply that the 50MP medium format sensor in the X1D and the Fuji and the Pentax is the strongest higher ISO sensor.
Clearly there are several full framed sensors that are better. Its always interesting to hear peoples thoughts on gear. My use for sure with the blad is in studio, portraits, product, food, the tilt shift etc. I do love it for any portraits, but a lot of the time reach for the Canon pro body for a majority of fast blast work and when megapixel is not a must. But the one reason i bought the H5 was I love hand holding it for portraits and was an improvement from my Contax 645 with the phaseone. And I prefer a optical view finder for my style of lighting and work just amazing to look through.
Next addition will be the new 1dx 111 to replace my aging 1ds Mark 111, that has been a tank and delivered years of images.