Swedish company Hasselblad has created a futuristic camera — The H6D-400C MS. This is a 400-megapixel Multi-Shot camera that captures 2.4GB images! It takes a 6-shot image capture for 400 megapixel images or a 4-shot multi capture/single shot to create 100 megapixel images. With Multi-Shot capture, the sensor is moved by one pixel or half a pixel per shot via a piezo unit — the … [Read more...]
Hasselblad announces new Medium Format Camera body
Hasselblad has developed a new and exclusive medium format camera body, the H5X. It is currently being showcased at Photokina 2014 in Cologne, Germany (Sptember 16-21, 2014). The versatile H5X has been developed for H1, H2, H2F and H4X photographers who seek H5 capability; and also as a back-up body for H5D users. The H5X offers the latest capture functionality and … [Read more...]
Camera that’s been to the moon to be auctioned
During NASA's Apollo 15 mission in 1971, astronaut Jim Irwin had used the Hasselblad 500 'EL DATA CAMERA HEDC' for landscape photography on the moon. He took about 300 images with this camera. During Apollos missions 11-17, this was the the only camera to be brought back to earth. The rest were left on the moon. This camera will be auctioned off by the Westlicht Gallery in … [Read more...]
Hasselblad Masters 2014
From among the 4000 entries that Hasselblad received, they selected 12 photographers as the Hasselblad Masters 2014. These are the winners: - Architecture: Martin Schubert, Denmark - Editorial: Antonio Pedrosa, Portugal - General: Roman Jehanno, France - Fashion/Beauty: Bara Prasilova, Czech Republic - Fine Art: Rafal Maleszyk, United States - … [Read more...]