Hasselblad H6D-400c MS vs. Sony Alpha7 IV ILCE-7M4

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In depth comparison and review of Hasselblad H6D-400c MS and Sony Alpha7 IV ILCE-7M4. Compare design, sensors, proximity features, memory capacities and other important specifications and features to easily choose the right camera for you. Our goal is to help you uncover differences between the products and find the digital camera that will best fit your needs.

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Hasselblad H6D-400c MS vs. Sony Alpha7 IV ILCE-7M4 Comparison Chart
DESIGN AND DIMENSIONS Hasselblad H6D-400c MS Sony Alpha7 IV ILCE-7M4
Product Type Digital camera - 4K - SLR with Live View mode, movie recording Digital camera - 4K - mirrorless system
Lens Included Body only Body only
Height 13.1 cm 9.64 cm
Width 15.3 cm 13.13 cm
Depth 20.5 cm 7.98 cm
Weight 2.18 kg 658 g
Weight Details Camera with battery, memory card and HC80 lens: 2.18 kg Camera with battery and memory card: 658 g
Body Material - Magnesium alloy
Protection - Dust-resistant, moisture-resistant
Digital Zoom - 4x
SENSOR Hasselblad H6D-400c MS Sony Alpha7 IV ILCE-7M4
Sensor Resolution 100 Megapixel / 400 Megapixel (interpolated) 33.0 Megapixel
Optical Sensor Type CMOS Exmor R CMOS
Total Pixels - 34,100,000 pixels
Effective Sensor Resolution - 33,000,000 pixels
Optical Sensor Size Medium Format (53.4 x 40.0 mm) Full Frame (35.9 x 23.9 mm)
Frame Rate (Max Resolution) 25 fps 60 fps
Sensor Dust Reduction - Yes
Sensor Features - Dust Reduction (image sensor vibration), Anti-Dust coating
Image Stabiliser - Optical (Steady Shot with 5-axis Intelligent Active Mode)
Built-in Optical Image Stabiliser - Yes
Sensors - Digital level metre
PROCESSOR Hasselblad H6D-400c MS Sony Alpha7 IV ILCE-7M4
Image Processor - BIONZ XR
LENS Hasselblad H6D-400c MS Sony Alpha7 IV ILCE-7M4
Lens Mounting Type Hasselblad H system Sony E-mount
FOCUSING Hasselblad H6D-400c MS Sony Alpha7 IV ILCE-7M4
Auto Focus Passive TTL contrast and phase detection
Auto Focus Points (Zones) Qty - 759
Auto Focus Features - Focus Peaking function, Predictive Focus Control
AE/AF Control - Face-priority AF, Subject-tracking AF, Touch Area AF, Zone AF, Real-time Eye AF, Real-time Tracking AF, Wide-area AF, Expanded area AF, animal eye detection, bird eye detection, right/left eye select
Face Detection - Eye Detect AF, face-priority AF function
VIEWFINDER Hasselblad H6D-400c MS Sony Alpha7 IV ILCE-7M4
Viewfinder Type Optical - 90° reflex Electronic - OLED
Viewfinder Colour Support - Colour
Viewfinder Diagonal Size - 0.5"
Viewfinder Resolution - 3,686,400 pixels
Optical Viewfinder Field Coverage - 100%
Optical Viewfinder Magnification 2.7x 0.78x
Optical Viewfinder Dioptric Correction Range -4 to +2.5 -4 to +3
Interchangeable Yes -
EXPOSURE & WHITE BALANCE Hasselblad H6D-400c MS Sony Alpha7 IV ILCE-7M4
ISO (Max) 12800 204800
Native ISO 64-12800 100-51200
Extended ISO (Max) - 204800
Extended ISO (Min) - 50
Light Sensitivity ISO 100, ISO 800, ISO 400, ISO 200, ISO 64, ISO 1600, ISO 6400, ISO 3200, ISO 12800 ISO 50, ISO auto, ISO 204800, ISO 100-51200
Exposure Metering Centre-weighted, spot, centre spot Multi-segment, centre-weighted, average, highlight spot
Exposure Metering Zones - 1200
Exposure Modes Manual Automatic, manual, aperture-priority, shutter-priority
Bracketing Modes - Dynamic Range Bracketing, white balance bracketing
Special Effects - Soft Skin, Creative Look presets
White Balance - Custom, automatic, presets
White Balance Presets - Incandescent, fluorescent, cloudy, Flash, daylight, shade, Underwater, 2500K - 9900K
Shutter Type Mechanical Mechanical electronically-controlled
Max Shutter Speed 1/2000 sec 1/8000 sec
Min Shutter Speed 3600 sec 30 sec
Exposure Compensation - ±5 EV range, in 1/2 or 1/3 EV steps
Auto Exposure Bracketing - 3, 5 or 9 steps
X-sync Speed - 1/250sec
Exposure Range EV 1-21 (ISO 100) EV -3-20 (ISO 100)
DISPLAY Hasselblad H6D-400c MS Sony Alpha7 IV ILCE-7M4
Type 3" LCD display 3" LCD display
Touch Screen Yes Yes
Display Format 920,000 pixels 1,036,000 pixels
Display Form Factor Built-in Folding
Display Features - Display brightness control
FLASH Hasselblad H6D-400c MS Sony Alpha7 IV ILCE-7M4
Camera Flash Pop-up flash -
Guide Number (m / ISO 100) 12 -
Features Flash +/- compensation -
VIDEOGRAPHY / CAMCORDER Hasselblad H6D-400c MS Sony Alpha7 IV ILCE-7M4
Digital Video Format H.264, RAW MPEG-4, H.264, XAVC S, H.265, XAVC HS
Image Recording Format JPEG, TIFF, 3FR (RAW) JPEG, RAW, RAW + JPEG, HEIF, RAW + HEIF
Max Video Resolution 3840 x 2160 3840 x 2160
Audio Signal Format - Linear PCM, AAC
Microphone Operation Mode - Stereo
Microphone Features - Wind noise reduction
MEMORY Hasselblad H6D-400c MS Sony Alpha7 IV ILCE-7M4
Memory Card Slot SD card, CFast 2.0 SD card, CFexpress / SD card
Supported Memory Cards SD Memory Card, SDHC Memory Card, SDHC UHS-I Memory Card, CFast 2.0 SD Memory Card, SDXC Memory Card, SDHC Memory Card, SDHC UHS-I Memory Card, SDXC UHS-I Memory Card, SDHC UHS-II Memory Card, SDXC UHS-II Memory Card, CFexpress
Memory Card Included No -
Image Storage 3FR (RAW) 11600 x 8700 - 100 Megapixels - 211 MB
TIFF 11600 x 8700 - 100 Megapixels - 300 MB
3FR (RAW) 11600 x 8700 - 4-shot (100 Megapixels) - 650 MB
TIFF 11600 x 8700 - 4-shot (100 Megapixels) - 300 MB
3FR (RAW) 23200 x 17400 - 6-shot (400 Megapixels) - 925 MB
TIFF 23200 x 17400 - 6-shot (400 Megapixels) - 1.2 GB
TIFF 16 bit 23200 x 17400 - 6-shot (400 Megapixels) - 2.4 GB
7008 x 4672
4608 x 3072
3504 x 2336
4608 x 3072 - APS-C mode
3504 x 2336 - APS-C mode
6224 x 4672
4096 x 3072
3120 x 2336
4096 x 3072 - APS-C mode
3120 x 2336 - APS-C mode
7008 x 3944
4608 x 2592
3504 x 1968
4608 x 2592 - APS-C mode
3504 x 1968 - APS-C mode
4672 x 4672
3072 x 3072
2336 x 2336
3072 x 3072 - APS-C mode
2336 x 2336 - APS-C mode
Video Capture RAW - 3840 x 2160 p - 25 fps
H.264 - 1920 x 1080 p - 25 fps
XAVC HS - 3840 x 2160 p - 60 fps
XAVC HS - 3840 x 2160 p - 24 fps
XAVC HS - 3840 x 2160 p - 50 fps
XAVC S - 3840 x 2160 p - 60 fps
XAVC S - 3840 x 2160 p - 30 fps
XAVC S - 3840 x 2160 p - 24 fps
XAVC S - 3840 x 2160 p - 50 fps
XAVC S - 3840 x 2160 p - 25 fps
XAVC S - 1920 x 1080 p - 60 fps
XAVC S - 1920 x 1080 p - 30 fps
XAVC S - 1920 x 1080 p - 24 fps
XAVC S - 1920 x 1080 p - 50 fps
XAVC S - 1920 x 1080 p - 25 fps
BATTERY AND CHARGING Hasselblad H6D-400c MS Sony Alpha7 IV ILCE-7M4
Battery Type Lithium Ion - manufacturer-specific Sony NP-FZ100 Lithium Ion
Details Li-ion rechargeable battery (included) Sony NP-FZ100 Li-ion rechargeable battery - 2280 mAh (included)
Battery Life - Photo shooting - 520 shots (EVF on)
Photo shooting - 580 shots (LCD Monitor on)
Video recording - 100 minutes (EVF on)
Video recording - 110 minutes (LCD Monitor on)
CONNECTIONS Hasselblad H6D-400c MS Sony Alpha7 IV ILCE-7M4
Interface HDMI, USB 3.0, Wireless LAN USB 2.0, USB-C, IEEE 802.11a/b/g/n/ac, Bluetooth 4.1
Connectivity Features Remote live view, remote control via iOS devices Remote control via mobile devices, remote live view, Wireless Image Transfer, wireless video upload to FTP server, PC Remote functions via Wi-Fi
Print Standard - Exif Print support, PRINT Image Matching
Computer Connectivity Mac, Windows -
Flash Terminal Hot shoe Hot shoe
Connector Type USB 3.0
HDMI output (19 pin mini HDMI Type C)
Audio input / output
USB 2.0 (5 pin Micro-USB Type B)
USB 3.2 Gen 1 (USB Type-C)
Microphone (mini-phone stereo 3.5 mm)
Headphones (mini-phone stereo 3.5 mm)
FEATURES Hasselblad H6D-400c MS Sony Alpha7 IV ILCE-7M4
Self-Timer Delay - 10 sec, 2sec, 5 sec
Continuous Shooting Speed - 8 frames per second, 3 frames per second, 10 frames per second, 6 frames per second
Additional Features Histogram display, Multi-Shot technology Built-in speaker, camera orientation detection, histogram display, shadow point display, highlight point display, Dynamic Range Optimizer, USB charging, Intelligent AUTO (iAUTO), fast motion recording, noise reduction over long exposures, high ISO speed noise reduction, silent shooting, BRAVIA Sync function, distortion correction function, S-Log2 gamma setting, slow motion recording, peripheral shading correction, chromatic aberration correction, anti-flicker, Hybrid Log-Gamma (HLG) recording, S-Log3 gamma setting, 4:2:2 10-bit internal rercording, simultaneous streaming & recording mode, focus breathing compensation, USB streaming, 14-bit RAW
OTHERS Hasselblad H6D-400c MS Sony Alpha7 IV ILCE-7M4
Included Accessories - Eyepiece cover, body cap, shoulder strap, AC power adaptor, shoe cap, USB-C to USB-A cable
Software Hasselblad Phocus, Adobe Photoshop Lightroom -
Max Operating Temperature 45 °C 40 °C
Min Operating Temperature -10 °C 0 °C
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