Leaf Aptus-II V

A customer contacted our team to request sample files. The customer requested files from the Leaf Aptus-II 6 and Leaf Aptus-II 8 – on the same Hasselblad 500 camera with the same 80mm lens. Here are the results:

Testing Notes for Leaf Aptus-II 6 V and the Leaf Aptus-II 8 V

  • Both backs were used on the same Hasselblad 500 C/m body and Carl Zeiss Planar 80mm f/2.8 lens.
  • Images were taken at ISO100 f/11 at 1/60.
  • Profoto D1 Air strobe was used with a medium Profoto softbox.
  • Capture One Pro 7.13 software was used with Capture One 7 Engine.
  • Default Noise reduction and sharpening are applied
  • Both images were taken with their default color profile
  • LCC’s were applied to both images for evenness of light, and to correct for any cast in the lens.

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Above: Leaf Aptus-II 8 V

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Above: Leaf Aptus-II 6 V

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Above: Leaf Aptus-II 8

Leaf Aptus-II Specifications Table
Leaf Aptus-II 8 LeaF Aptus-II 6
CCD Size mm  44 X 33  44 X 33
Pixels 7,312 X 5,474 6,144 X 4,622
Resolution 40 MP 28 MP
Capture Rate

(sec/frame)
0.8 1
File Size – .MOS 80 MB 53 MB
File Size – .MOS

(Lossless Compression)
 56 MB  31 MB
16-bit TIFF RGB 240 MB 159 MB
8-Bit RGB 120 MB 80 MB
8-Bit CMYK N/A 106 MB
ISO Sensitivity 80-800 50-800
Dynamic Range 12 f-stops 12 f-stops
Color Depth 16 bits

(65,536 levels per channel)
16 bits

(65,536 levels per channel)

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