User Manual

OTF
Off The Film - the original literal description of the light measurement
mechanics regarding flash exposure measurement that now
applies to digital sensors too.
Profile
You can allow the H3D II to be set according to ‘profiles’. These
profiles are combinations of modes, methods and settings (custom
or default) that suit specific photographic situations. By using
a personal profile - which you can create, name and save - the
camera is immediately configured for a specific purpose without
any need to check through the menus. This is a very rapid and
secure way of working when repeatedly confronted with similar
photographic situations.
As an example you might regularly take outdoor portraits of
wedding couples with a long lens. You want a specific aperture to
restrict depth-of-field and a fairly fast shutter speed to freeze any
movement. You are concerned about the couple blinking during the
exposure and so want to take several shots in succession, possibly
with slight variations in exposure settings for safety’s sake so you
might choose the bracketing option too. All these parameters can
be preset and stored as a profile that is rapidly accessible.
Quick save
When altering settings, a half-press of the shutter release button
will cause a return to the main screen and save the new setting at
the same time.
Standard exposure
A ‘standard exposure’ in the manual refers to the concept of
technically correct in accordance with internationally accepted
photographic measurement standards (see section on Mid-grey /
18% grey). This does not imply, however, that it would automatically
be the preferred choice or be ‘correct’ according to the desired
result. See section on Bracketing.
Main screen
To simplify the descriptions, reference is often made to a ‘main’
screen regarding the menu. Apart from default settings, there is no
standard setting in the normal sense and therefore you create your
own ‘standard’, which of course can be changed at any time.
The ‘main’ screen is therefore the one you have currently created
and is the one visible on the display when photographing (except
where a particular mode is in actual operation, such as self-timer,
for example).
TTL
Through The Lens - a literal description of the light measurement
mechanics. The advantage is that only the essential parts of the
subject in front of the camera are included. Accessories such as
filters, bellows, close-up rings, converters, etc that could affect
exposure are also taken into account automatically with exposure
evaluation (for general purposes).
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Tethered / Untethered
When the H3D II saves digital files directly to a computer - it is
described as tethered..
When files are saved to an internal CF card or an ImageBank II,
it is described as untethered.
Time out
This is the time interval that a temporary setting is maintained
for before it automatically returns to the original setting (default
or custom).
Zone (system)
The Zone System is a method of combined exposure calculation/
film development providing a great deal of tonal control. It was
originally devised by Ansel Adams - the classic landscape photographer
and Hasselblad user - and now exists in various forms
for both black & white and colour photography.
Naturally in the case of the H3D II or any other digital camera,
the film development part of the method can not apply. However,
some photographers are used to its philosophy and are familiar
with its terminology and might like to still refer to it.
An integral part of the method includes the classification and
grouping of any given scene into a range of nine (or ten) so-called
zones, hence the name. Concerning the H3D II, the word zone
refers to the grouping and classification of various tones, where
Zone V is the equivalent (whether in black & white or colour) to
18% mid-grey on a scale of Zone I (black) through Zone IX (white).
See specific literature for a complete description of this method.
3F / 3FR
The H3D II produces Hasselblad 3FR files after capture. These
RAW format files are automatically converted into 3F files when
imported to a computer using Phocus or FlexColor.