Capture One finally adds native Hasselblad RAW support — and it’s about time

If there is one feature request that has echoed around Capture One’s forums for as long as we can remember, it is native Hasselblad support. As of today, that wait is over. Hasselblad and Capture One have announced a partnership that brings native support for Hasselblad’s medium format RAW files (.3FR) to Capture One, meaning photographers can now import, organise and develop their Hasselblad images directly in the software, with the full toolset of layers, masks, colour editing and precision adjustments at their disposal. Capture One will also be offering a free 7-day trial for users. In the studio we use several rather ancient Hasselblad 500C’s with digital backs alongside Capture One, a system that we’ve had in place for well over 10 years and for us it’s worked personally. However, those 500C’s have seen decades of service and an upgrade with this new workflow could finally be the key to us...