Hasselblad just made a very exciting announcement for very rich , very enthusiastic photography nerds . And I have to intromit , that even a not - so - wealthy nerd like me is hurt at the site of the young X1D mirrorless camera . The selling point ( if something this expensive can be said to have selling point ) is that it ’s got swelled medium format camera guts in a lightweight mirrorless body .
Haunt a picture taking forum or two and you ’ll see the Hasselblad make being treated with the variety of reverence most people save for saints or major political figures they look up to . Hasselblad is n’t just another photography company . Its average - format camera are an diligence standard and used by thousands of photographer bet to take image thatmore naturally replicate the world as our eyes see it .
A Hasselblad metier format photographic camera also costs about the same as the GDP of some littler area . All that “ mantrap ” and “ sinful interpreting of images ” be a fuckton of money .
Ok let ’s face it , the X1D is absurd , but for that money , you ’re at least buying into some creation . It ’s the first mirrorless medium format camera in existence ! For that $ 9000 ( plus a minimum $ 2000 for lenses ) you may get 50 - megapixel image as potentially rich and gorgeous as those from Hasselblad ’s $ 30,000 rigs .
But , you know , not really . It ’s still a mirrorless digital camera and genuine photography aficionados love that digital , and peculiarly a 1.5 lbf. mirrorless digital tv camera can not compare to the rich and detailed good of an image shot on pic with a television camera . I think what is this Hasselblad ? Amateur hour ? !
If you ’re concerned in substitute yourswell $ 500 mirrorless cameradon’t be . The Hasselblad X1D should be great for quick medium data format picture taking on the go , but it ca n’t even shoot 4 kB picture , and I ca n’t use my 4/3 lenses ! Instead I have to pass actual money on the only two lens system being released alongside the X1D ( for $ 2400 and $ 2700 apiece ) or go and invest in one of the tops pricy Hasselblad H System lenses .
Is this thing telling ? For sure . Worth it ? That bet how many zeros you have in your bank building account .
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