Page 3 of Hasselblad X1_X5 Scanners by Hasselblad USA

the flextight x1 model should serve most photographers needs quality is unsurpassed it is fast and it can take care of most kinds of originals and as with any other scanner in this family it is easy to use key features 6300 maximum resolution of 6300 dpi up to 60 mb/min batch scanning capabilities software based dust removal facility simplified workflow with 3f auto scan button flextight x1 sharpness and resolution even though you can find scanners with larger sensors you will not find better clarity and detail rendition when scanning photographic film that is due to the electronic handling of the sensor the mechanical precision as well as the quality of filters and the resolving power of the rodenstock lens the flextight scanners are not only a piece of art seen from the outside the entire machinery is saturated with excellent solutions keeping it cool heat reduction solutions are another example of features not found on lower range scanners by removing the power supply outside the scanner and using a cold cathode light tube which produces very little infrared waves hasselblad scanners eliminate two common sources of heat-related noise our x5 scanner even has active sensor cooling which means that an electronic cooling device is placed directly on the ccd which increases signal to noise ration by 1 to 2 bits the unique 3f workflow when selecting the 3f file format in automatic scan mode images are scanned at a specified resolution of 16 bits per color in this way the full color range of the original is extracted from the scan the 3f file is never altered but acts as a sort of preview scan when you open it later enabling you to re-do all operations or change any parameter you wish consider it like re-scanning but without the film original present furthermore ­ every time you save a file from the 3f format your action history is embedded in the 3f file which enables you to repeat these actions whenever you like the 3f workflow also allows you to produce final tiff images cropped and corrected with a single click of a button the new flextight scanners make it possible to carry out the finest quality scans with a single click of a button we have placed a control button on the scanner itself that enables one-touch scanning with all personal settings intact high quality scanning has never been easier!

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