The Hasselblad 907X CFV 100C is a unique medium-format camera that is as beautiful as it is expensive. It costs nearly £7,000, but it’s easy to see why. It’s based around the CFV 100C 100MP medium-format digital back, which is set up to work with both older Hasselblad cameras, and the 907X body that accepts XCD lenses. This provides a unique solution that can breathe new life into old medium-format cameras, while also allowing you to use Hasselblad’s latest mirrorless optics.
The CFV 100C back is, like the older 50MP CFV 50C, compatible with most Hasselblad V System cameras from 1957 onwards (SWC excluded). This means you can use it on 500-series bodies, with popular models including the 500C, 500C/M, and so on, up to the 503CW.
The camera back on its own is impressively small, measuring 91x92x61mm and weighing 572g with the battery installed. This is without a memory card, as there is 1TB of built-in high-speed storage. Add the 907X, allowing use with XCD lenses, and the setup remains impressively small and lightweight, at 732g. Add the grip and it weighs 963g, again without a lens.
Features
The heart of any camera is the image sensor, and inside the CFV 100C is a large 100MP back-side iilluminated (BSI) CMOS sensor measuring 43.8x32.9mm. This is noticeably larger than full frame (35x24mm), but also notably smaller than traditional medium-format film, which starts at 60x45mm (with a variety of other sizes available). The sensor size gives a 0.78x magnification factor so that, for example, a 90mm lens is equivalent to a 70mm lens on full frame.
RAW recording can be set to either 14-bit or 16-bit quality, and the sensor is said to give up to 15 stops of dynamic range. The camera also shoots at speeds up to 3.3fps when set to 14-bit. A vast array of crop modes
