Not surprisingly, it just won as the best concept camera.
Exclusivity as a concept. Camera with the mirrorless system camera Lunar with 20.2 megapixel APS-C sensor, integrated GPS and Wi-Fi, especially with highly refined processing and finishing, ranging from exotic woods to the gold coating addressed Hasselblad exclusive new target groups for which "the price / pixel ratio plays a minor role, "said Roland francs in its reasoning.
For those fluent in German, the original is:
Exklusivität als Konzept. Mit der spiegellosen Systemkamera Lunar Kamera mit 20,2 Megapixel APS-C-Sensor, integriertem GPS und WLAN, vor allem aber mit hochedler Verarbeitung und Finishing, das von Edelhölzern bis zur Goldbeschichtung reicht, adressiert Hasselblad neue exklusive Zielgruppen, für die „die Preis/Pixel-Relation eine untergeordnete Rolle spielt“, so Roland Franken in seiner Begründung.
At Photokina, I asked two Hasselblad guys at the booth how they were holding up, how they were doing, what with the shitstorm and all. They replied they hadn't even noticed, but they didn't lie very convincingly at all. The booth was full of people scratching their collective heads, and the mockups in all their cobbled-together-looking glory were displayed like jewelery.
I said that I do have a 500 C/M and an XPan, and that I don't buy Hasselblad to get a Sony. They then said that if you handle the camera, you wouldn't want to let it go, it was so well built. I replied I had just visited Fujifilm and Leica, and that there was a camera that handled well. They then said that retro design was overrated and that the trend is back to a fresh, modern design. I had to laugh at that and excused myself by saying that though design has always been a strong point in Hasselblad, I valued it for the function, and that they obviously weren't addressing me with their new camera, sorry, but good luck.
I didn't come to the booth to argue, but two overweight middle-aged guys chatting with each other while the booth was swarming with wide-eyed, head-shaking customers was just too much.
Yakim Peled wrote:
Not surprisingly, it just won as the best concept camera.
Exclusivity as a concept. Camera with the mirrorless system camera Lunar with 20.2 megapixel APS-C sensor, integrated GPS and Wi-Fi, especially with highly refined processing and finishing, ranging from exotic woods to the gold coating addressed Hasselblad exclusive new target groups for which "the price / pixel ratio plays a minor role, "said Roland francs in its reasoning.
For those fluent in German, the original is:
Exklusivität als Konzept. Mit der spiegellosen Systemkamera Lunar Kamera mit 20,2 Megapixel APS-C-Sensor, integriertem GPS und WLAN, vor allem aber mit hochedler Verarbeitung und Finishing, das von Edelhölzern bis zur Goldbeschichtung reicht, adressiert Hasselblad neue exklusive Zielgruppen, für die „die Preis/Pixel-Relation eine untergeordnete Rolle spielt“, so Roland Franken in seiner Begründung.
Antje wrote:
At Photokina, I asked two Hasselblad guys at the booth how they were holding up, how they were doing, what with the shitstorm and all. They replied they hadn't even noticed, but they didn't lie very convincingly at all. The booth was full of people scratching their collective heads, and the mockups in all their cobbled-together-looking glory were displayed like jewelery.
I said that I do have a 500 C/M and an XPan, and that I don't buy Hasselblad to get a Sony. They then said that if you handle the camera, you wouldn't want to let it go, it was so well built. I replied I had just visited Fujifilm and Leica, and that there was a camera that handled well. They then said that retro design was overrated and that the trend is back to a fresh, modern design. I had to laugh at that and excused myself by saying that though design has always been a strong point in Hasselblad, I valued it for the function, and that they obviously weren't addressing me with their new camera, sorry, but good luck.
I didn't come to the booth to argue, but two overweight middle-aged guys chatting with each other while the booth was swarming with wide-eyed, head-shaking customers was just too much.
I find this very sad. I had a 500C with 80/2.8, and later had a 2000FC/M and then a 203FE with 110/2, 50/2.8 and 250/4, and I loved those cameras. I have now sold the FE lenses, and am selling the 203FE, but will keep the 2000FC/M with an 80/2.8, for nostalgic reasons. Very neat cameras. I also own an X-Pan with 45 and 90 lenses, and love that too, although the transition to brown is not to my taste. I find the H*D series competent but soulless, and the NEXblad is just below taste. I hate to see the classic companies of old slide so steadily towards obscurity.
Yakim Peled wrote:
It's a pity that they didn't make a digital X-pan instead.
Happy shooting,
Yakim.
Well. That was Fuji all along anyway. I visited the Fuji booth before I went to see Hasselblad, and I believe more than ever that Fuji is Hasselblad's rightful heir. *sigh*
It kind of makes me wonder if there isn't something horribly wrong with the H5. Like they knew it would be terribly picked over, so they came up with the Lunar as a distraction.
Anyway, I'll put this out there. For $1500, I will hand-carve you a wooden shell for your NEX 7 out of fine Brazilian walnut. For an extra $1500, I will do it with my teeth. For another $2000, I will carve it with my teeth in your home.
freaklikeme wrote:
It kind of makes me wonder if there isn't something horribly wrong with the H5. Like they knew it would be terribly picked over, so they came up with the Lunar as a distraction.
Anyway, I'll put this out there. For $1500, I will hand-carve you a wooden shell for your NEX 7 out of fine Brazilian walnut. For an extra $1500, I will do it with my teeth. For another $2000, I will carve it with my teeth in your home.
What are you gonna be wearing? Can my mom watch, too? If it's a mankini, sign me up.
It’s a camera of such disgusting, aristocratic indulgence that it makes Liberace’s Christmas costume look like a poncho doused in the salty tears of dying pandas.
I was hesitant to say this when I first started writing this review, but at the behest of fellow DCI writer Chris Snow, here it is: You’re a fool if you buy this camera. If you really want a “luxury” NEX-7, go down to your local camera retailer, buy one, take it to a custom wood decorator and have them build a shell around it. You can even infuse it with luscious waves of chocolatey amber, or whatever. To be honest, though, if my closest friend did that to my already-awesome NEX-7, I would probably never speak to him again.
