The Hasselblad H3DII-39 digital back is just awesome!!!!  and this back can be used on other large format cameras with proper adapter and firewire power supply.

Someone from slrclub.com was wondering if H3D digital back can be fitted on H2 body and that made me wonder… what if I supply power via Firewire onto the back, it should work!!!  So I put that into the test.

H3DII39onH2

So this is the setup – H3DII-39 digital back on H2(H1 upgrade) body!  I powered the back with Firewire800 and turn the power on the H2 Body:

H3DII39onH2 – message on the back

H3DII39onH2 – message on the body

H3DII39onH2 – power via Firewire800

The outcome prove that my guess was wrong….  Either H1/H2 body is saying “I am H1/H2” to the back or the back is somehow figuring out that it is attached to H1/H2…

So the last test was to see if the H3DII-39 digital back can operate by itself:

H3DII39onH2 – Back itself

Yeah, it works by itself so if it is attached to large format camera with an adapter and the sync cord, it will operate just fine.

Update 2013/02/04
I was told that actually this can do done if I cover the contacts on the back(or on the body) and use the sync cord and setting the digital back as the “view camera mode”.  I should try this out when I get a chance…