Flextight X1 and Flextight X5
The Flextight X5 is the top model in the Flextight scanner series providing the best of all worlds. Ease of use, incomparable quality, unique, batch scanning facilities all packed in a classical and characteristic design.

Flextight X5

Key features:
- 8000dpi maximum resolution - Up to 300MB/min. - Optional feeders for maximum productivity - Hardware and software based dust removal facility - Simplified workflow with 3F Auto Scan button
Same, same, but different
The new generation of Hasselblad scanners, the Flextight X1 and X5, are both built around the same foundation. A vertical optical system allows the CCD to face downwards, creating a glassfree optical path between the original and the lens. The patented virtual drum solution produces optimal focusing across the entire original and the flexible holder guarantees easy mounting and safe and secure handling of your originals. The components used in both Flextight scanners are basically the same, meaning that whichever solution you choose, the quality level is virtually identical. Differences between the models are more a matter of features and capabilities, especially with regards to productivity.
Hasselblad scanners: freedom from choice
The freedom not to have to choose between digital or film, for instance. The freedom to use whatever capture medium works best for a particular shoot or situation. And whether you choose to shoot film because the elements are against you or for creative reasons, with the new generation of Hasselblad scanners you know that youll be able to get your images safely into the digital world wherever they began with every subtle detail embedded in your negs and chromes accurately reproduced.

Productivity

Naturally, the extraordinary scanning speed of the Flextight X5 plays a key part in increasing your productivity. The benefits dont stop there, however. Various feeding devices, for example, can be attached; the Batch Feeder for mixed originals and the Slide Feeder for scanning of mounted slides. Using these devices together with the 3F workflow produces a throughput that has to be seen to be believed.
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.
- 6300 maximum resolution of 6300dpi - 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!

The Flextight movie

Scanning, whether from transparencies, negatives or reflectives was once an occupation on its own. Nowadays more and more photographers are finding the need to include this activity in their workflow. Maintaining control to maintain quality is an attractive concept to many photographers wanted to deliver the optimum to their clients. Thats why Hasselblad offers professional-level scanners that are easy to use while still retaining the quality inherent in the original. On www.hasselblad.com you can watch the Flextight movie and see for yourself why the Flextight Scanners are the professionals choice.

Scanners

Flextight X1 Flextight X5

Max res

6300dpi 8000dpi

Max speed

60MB/min 300MB/min

Dust removal

Software based Hard- & software

Reflection Scan

No Yes

Active Cooling

Feeder
Technical specifications Flextight X1/Flextight X5
Optical sensor: CCD (3x8000) Original type: X1: Neg/Pos X5: Neg/Pos/Prints Color depth: 16 bit Auto frame detection: Yes Auto focus: Yes Batch scanning: Yes Batch- and slide feeder compatibility: X1: No X5: Yes Interface: Firewire Platform: PC/Mac Dmax: X1: 4,6 X5: 4,9
Film format: 100x245mm Reflection: X1: No X5: A4 Active cooling: X1: No X5: Yes Flextouch: Yes 3F scan initiated directly on scanner: Yes Light condensator: X1: No X5: Yes Dimensions: 230x390x650mm Weight: 20,5kg
Max optical resolution: 35mm 60mm X1: 6300dpi X5: 8000dpi Max file size: 35mm X1: 450MB X5: 580MB 3200dpi 3200dpi

4x5 2040dpi 2040dpi

60mm 370MB 370MB

4x5 460MB 460MB

Max scan speed: 35mm 60mm X1: 7.15 min X5: 1.55 min 6.02 min 1.10 min

4x5 5.08 min 1.23 min

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Part no.: 50200100 - 35mm Flextight Slide Mount Holder
Part No.:50200409 - 13x18 (120x172mm)
Part No.:50200414 - 4"x6" (94x147mm)
Item no. 50200409 Full width is not supported by Flextight 949 and X5. Not supported by Batch Feeder.
Item no. 50200414 Not for Progression and 2848
Item no. 50200100 Only for FT 848/949 + X1/X5
Item no. 1005377 Only for FT 848/949 + X1/X5
Item no. 50200416 Not for Progression and 2848
Part No.:50200416 - 24x36x6 (24x226mm)
Part No.:50200404 - 6x6 (57x57mm)
Part No.:50200418 - 57x88mm

Order form

Note! This order form must be sent to your local dealer, not to Hasselblad
Company name Your reference no.

US Patent No.: 6,081,352

Aperture (n)

Height

To be filled in by Hasselblad

Order no.

Drawing no.

Standard Sized Holder

Item no. Item no. Item no. Item no. Pcs. Pcs. Pcs. Pcs. Item no. Item no. Item no. Item no. Pcs. Pcs. Pcs. Pcs.

Custom Sized Holder

Flextight X5 and 949 only
Quantity of holders No. of apertures, (n) Individual aperture height (in mm) Aperture Width (max. width 95 mm) Spacing between apertures (No. of apertures - one x 8 mm) Resulting length (max. length 270 mm)

(n - 1) x 8 mm

Flextight X1, 646 and 848 Precision only
Quantity of holders No. of apertures, (n) Individual aperture height (in mm) Aperture Width (max. width 120 mm) Spacing between apertures (No. of apertures - one x 8 mm) Resulting length (max. length 270 mm)
Flextight 343 and Photo only
Quantity of holders No. of apertures, (n) Individual aperture height (in mm) Aperture Width (max. width 60 mm) Spacing between apertures (No. of apertures - one x 8 mm) Resulting length (max. length 163 mm)
03/2010 Flextight Original Holders 70030021
Flextight 2848 and Progression only
Quantity of holders No. of apertures, (n) Individual aperture height (in mm) Aperture Width (max. width 120 mm) Spacing between apertures (No. of apertures - one x 8 mm) Resulting length (max. length 190 mm)

Important! To ensure sufficient hold on the original, you must define the size of the aperture to be at least 2 mm less than the original, in length and width. All apertures must have the same size and orientation.