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DJI is working on mirrorless camera similar to Hasselblad X1D-50c

WOW! If this is true, this would potentially disturb the camera market I think. DJI has been clearly readying itself to enter the camera market with their advancements in camera technology and all sorts of accessories for film-making. A hand-held camera in mirror-less form factor makes sense and would not be a far stretch for the company who owns a majority stake in Hasselblad. I’d be very interested in how this gets priced and whether or not it will force drastic pricing changes to the camera market.

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Photography Herman Yung Photography Herman Yung

Hasselblad 907X Special Edition commemorates the Moon landing

This is weird. The problem with Hasselblad these days is that they don’t actually make cameras worth using anymore (at least compared to other options on the market). They are 100% riding on the name brand and the fact that everybody seems to know they were the camera brought to the moon. Umm…ok. But this isn’t even a re-issue of the film camera brought to the moon. This is just…a new camera that has a moon plaque on the side of it…? There is literally nothing about this camera that relates to the moon landing. I would even argue that the Hasselblad name from the Moon landing is vastly different from the Hasselblad name now.

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