
The price of the Hasselblad Stellar camera dropped by another $100 to $895 (was $999.99 before). Only the black carbon fiber version is still listed at $999.99 for some reason. I hope Hasselblad learned their lesson
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.
The Hasselblad Stellar camera based on the Sony RX100 was launched just few months ago and today the company announced three new “Stellar Special Edition” models, just in case the previous options were not fancy enough for you. Coming next is the Solar camera based on the Sony a7/a7r. Additional images and press release:
Canon announced a weird looking “mini compact personal camcorder” called VIXIA that features an ultra wide-angle lens, full HD video and Wi-Fi. The Blackmagic cinema camera price dropped by $1,000 (also EF mount). The first Hasselblad Stellar review is out: “The unavoidable question is whether all this is worth it when you are paying $2000 for a discontinued […]
Sony RX1r is currently in stock a Adorama. Sony RX100MII is in stock at Adorama and Amazon. B&H will receive their next shipment of Ricoh GR cameras on August 1st (Thursday). Check also the new Pentax Ricoh GR Brand Ambassador website. Fuji X100s: Amazon expects the camera to start shipping in 3-6 weeks. Fuji X-M1 is now in […]