Category Archives: Hasselblad

New Hasselblad XV lens adapter announced

Hasselblad announced a new XV lens adapter priced at $249: The XV Lens Adapter is used to mount a V system lens onto an X System camera. The XV lens adapter widens your X system lens choices to include C, CB, CF, CFI, CFE, F and FE Lenses and Accessories. The electronic shutter must be […]

Posted in Hasselblad | Leave a comment

Huge price drop for the Hasselblad X1D medium format mirrorless camera in Europe

The European price of the Hasselblad X1D medium format mirrorless camera dropped significantly to €4,999 from €9,559. The price in the US already dropped by $2,500 a while back ($3,500 for the black version). The current US price of $6,495 is the same as the Fuji GFX 50S and Nikon D5. Maybe Hasselblad is planning the […]

Also posted in Deals | Tagged | Leave a comment

Here is what 400MP photos from the new Hasselblad H6D-400C MS camera look like

Hasselblad has a new H6D-400C MS medium format camera (MS stands for Multi-Shot) and today they released a few 400MP sample photos: Raw image (6-shot) of the box is available here All jpgs can be downloaded in high-res here The RAW file is 755MB while the JPG pictures are sized around 150-200MB (23200 × 17400): Multi-Shot explanation […]

Posted in Hasselblad | Tagged | Leave a comment

Hasselblad XCD 21mm f/4 medium format mirrorless lens officially announced

As I already reported earlier, today Hasselblad officially announced their new XCD 21mm f/4 medium format mirrorless lens – the company’s widest lens ever. The US price of the lens is $3,750. Here is the updated Hasselblad XCD lens roadmap for 2018: Technical specifications, lens design, MTF charts and additional information can be found here and […]

Posted in Hasselblad | Tagged , , | Leave a comment

New Hasselblad XCD 21mm f/4 lens to be announced on May 7th

As previously guessed Hasselblad will announce a new XCD 21mm f/4 medium format lens on May 7th. The US price will be $3750. Shipping will start in a few weeks. The lens profile was already included in the latest Adobe Lightroom update together with three other XCD lenses. Hasselblad currently has four XCD lenses available for sale.

Posted in Hasselblad | Tagged , , | Leave a comment

Update on the Hasselblad XCD medium format mirrorless lenses

The last Adobe Lightroom update introduced new lens profiles for the following not-yet-officially-released Hasselblad XCD lenses (the four new lenses were announced last year): Hasselblad XCD 4/21mm Hasselblad XCD 3,5-4,5/35-75mm Hasselblad XCD 2,8/65mm Hasselblad XCD 2,8/135mm Based on this, I believe the above lenses will be released soon. Currently, only 4 Hasselblad XCD lenses are available for sale:

Posted in Hasselblad | Tagged , , , | Leave a comment

Novoflex announced new adapters for using Nikon, Canon and Zeiss lenses on the Hasselblad X1D camera

Novoflex announced a new line of adapters for using Nikon, Canon and Zeiss lenses on the Hasselblad X1D medium format mirrorless camera (see the full press release at the bottom of this post). Several new X1D adapters were also on display at the 2018 CP+ show:

Also posted in Novoflex | Tagged | Leave a comment

The new Hasselblad H6D-400c medium format camera can create 400MP multi-shot images with sensor-shift tech

Hasselblad announced a new H6D-400c medium format camera that can create 400MP multi-shot images when using the sensor-shift feature. The price of the camera is $47,995. Additional information and full press release:

Posted in Hasselblad | Tagged , | 8 Comments

Hasselblad announced XPan compact adapter for the X1D camera system

Hasselblad announced a new XPan compact adapter for the X1D camera system that allows XPan lenses to be used with the medium format mirrorless camera. The XPan lenses are already discontinued, but they can still be found on eBay (30mm f/5.6, 45mm f/4 and 90mm f/4). The adapter adds 21.4 mm to the length of the […]

Posted in Hasselblad | Tagged , , | 1 Comment

Hasselblad XCD 80mm and 135mm lenses officially announced

Hasselblad officially announced two new XCD lenses: 80mm (aperture unknown) and 135mm f/2.8. Pricing and other details will be released later. Hasselblad currently has four XCD lenses listed for sale at B&H. Press release:

Posted in Hasselblad | Tagged , , , | 1 Comment