Swiss camera manufacturer ALPA is showcasing their newly redesigned custom housing for the Hasselblad H6D-100C digital medium format back. The design provides PL-Mount, lots of mounting threads, active cooling, V-Mount powering system and overall improved ergonomics for filmmakers. Watch our interview with Matthew Carmody – independent filmmaker who has been using the ALPA housing with medium format sensor. ALPA is a swiss camera manufacturer with a long history going back to 1930s. Nowadays, they do not produce their own sensors – they rather work with digital and analog backs of other medium format cameras. We met with representatives of the company already back in September at Photokina 2018 where they showcased the ALPA PLATON – the Hasselblad H6D-100C housing. The housing provides PL-Mount and it is aimed to improve workflow for filmmakers who want to get the medium format look. My colleague Bato wrote a nice post about it (including our interview from Photokina) – link HERE. Fast forward to February 2019 – ALPA seems to have a new version of the Hasselblad H6D-100C camera housing which they are showcasing at CP+ show in Japan. We didn’t get any official name of the product as it is still in the testing phase and not yet commercialy available. We are not sure if the name ALPA PLATON still remained, so for the needs of this article, I will only call it ALPA camera housing. In our interview, an independent filmmaker Matthew Carmody, who has been using the ALPA custom camera housing,...
Published By: CineD - Friday, 1 March, 2019