Hasselblad

The first Chinese Hasselblad X1D clone is coming – and it’s coming from DJI

Aug 5, 2019
John Aldred

Gizmodo Japan has spotted a design patent filed by DJI for a camera that looks remarkably similar to the Hasselblad X1D 50c. Of course, DJI…

Modern cameras: how they make it harder to take a bad photo

Jul 25, 2019
Blair Bunting

Twenty years, they have gone by fast. I can remember the first time I saw a camera with a screen on the back of it…

Hasselblad is celebrating the 50th anniversary of the moon landing with a 907X Special Edition camera

Jul 18, 2019
John Aldred

You didn’t think that just re-releasing an old press release was all Hasselblad had in store to celebrate the 50th anniversary of the moon landings,…

Hasselblad’s new X1D Mark II is… also 50 megapixels

Jun 19, 2019
John Aldred

Hasselblad has today announced the new X1D II 50C, the next generation in its compact form factor medium format digital cameras. As the name suggests,…

A countdown timer showed up on the Hasselblad website – Is the X1D Mark II (X2D?) on the way?

Jun 17, 2019
John Aldred

I’m seeing a little bit of speculation on social media after a new countdown timer has just appeared on the Hasselblad website. So soon after…

Does size really matter? Why some pros switched from DSLRs to medium format

Nov 11, 2018
Matthew Parks

Digital medium format cameras hit the market in 1992, with Leaf’s release of the DCB. At the time, this 4mp back launched what would be…

Yes, sensor size matters, but not as much as you think

Oct 19, 2018
Dunja Djudjic

Should you switch from APS-C to full-frame? Or perhaps shoot large format? Does it matter? What will it change? Ah, so many questions. In this…

Why you’ll never find a camera that’s been to the Moon on eBay

Oct 12, 2018
Allen Murabayashi

NASA’s Apollo Program was an audacious mission to send astronauts to the moon – a national goal set by President John F. Kennedy’s in a…

Hasselblad announces three new XCD lenses, including their fastest ever 80mm f/1.9

Sep 26, 2018
Dunja Djudjic

Hasselblad has expanded their XCD lens system for three new lenses and a teleconverter ahead of Photokina 2018. The latest additions to the X-system are…

This Lego Hasselblad hopes to become a real camera kit you can build yourself

Jun 13, 2018
John Aldred

This is going to be a winning combination for many photographers. Cameras and Lego (not Legos). This “Hasselblad 503CX Film Camera“, it may not surprise you…