I will be offline next week – a perfect time to post the 2014 worst camera of the year award (see the last year’s award). Here are the contestants in no particular order and the poll: → Hasselblad Lunar limited edition camera ($10,000). → Another Hassy entry: the “Elite” Hasselblad HV camera ($11,995.00) → JK Imaging lens camera (Sony QX10/QX100 copycat). → Vivitar IU680 […]
→ The UK price of the new Sigma 24mm f/1.4 DG HSM Art lens was announced: £799.99 → Meike announced a new MK-XT1 battery grip for the Fuji X-T1 camera. They also have a new TTL flash for Fuji cameras: MK320 F Speedlite. → Both the Olympus OM-D E-M5 Mark II camera and Canon EF 11-24mm […]
→ Adobe released Lightroom Mobile version 1.3 for iOS (direct iTunes link | Google Play). → The Hasselblad H5D-50 medium format camera is now $750 off. → Short life: the Pentax D FA 645 25mm f/4 AL (IF) SDM AW lens that was announced in 2012 is now listed as discontinued at B&H and on the Pentax official website. […]
Haselblad replaced their CEO again (the last replacement was in January, 2014) – maybe this will put an end on their strategy of rebranding Sony products:
After reducing the price of the Stellar camera by $2,300, Hasselblad is now running a promo in the US on several of their cameras through December 24, 2014: Hasselblad H5D-40 for $9,995 (reg: $18,500) Hasselblad H5D-40 with 80mm f/2.8 HC AF lens for $12,495 (reg: $21,000) Hasselblad H5D-50 for $23,500 after $4,000 instant rebate Hasselblad H5D-50 with 80mm f/2.8 HC […]
After the announcement of the new Stellar II camera the price of the previous Stellar dropped by $2,300 and is now selling for $999. The first Stellar model is based on the Sony RX100 camera that currently sells for $448.
The Hasselblad Stellar camera has been around for over a year (PhotoRumors first broke the news in July, 2013). It seems that the company still believes in this concept after closing their design center in Italy and changing their CEO – they just announced a new Stellar II camera ($2,395) based on the Sony RX 100 II model ($648):
Today several websites confirmed what I already reported back in May: the Italian design center in Treviso, that Hasselblad opened in 2012, has been closed. Hasselblad is probably/hopefully abandoning the idea of creating high-end re-batched Sony cameras like the Lunar, Stellar, Solar and HV models. There is still no official statement from the company.
Hasselblad announced a new Wi-Fi enabled H5D-50c medium format camera (price: $36,000):
Hasselblad announced the previously rumored H5X camera. Here are the technical specifications (check pricing and availability):
