Hasselblad sold more X1D cameras in 10 days, than they expected to sell in a year!

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Image above on courtesy of ePhotozine

ePhotozine interviewed Hasselblad CEO Perry Oosting and here are few of the key info:

1) Hasselblad sold more X1D cameras in 10 days, than they expected to sell in a year.

2) Hasselblad has a roadmap of 5 additional XCD lenses for the X1D

3) About the GFX he says there is a size benefit to the X1D, as the lenses have the shutter built-in to them, rather than having the shutter in the camera. And he expects the price of the Fujifilm to be similar.

Actually Fuji stated the price will be lower. Under $10,000 with lens while the X1D body only costs $8,999 at BHphoto and Adorama. The lowest priced XCD 45mm lens costs $2,295. Total of camera+lens is $11,295.

Nikon manager says that FF mirrorless is “something we are considering”

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Just a FF Nikon camera concept

In an interview with CameraJabber Jordi Brinkman, Nikon’s European Product Group Manager revealed a couple of interesting things:

  1. The Nikon 1 system isn’t dead! The lack of new products is only caused by the longer product life cycles than before
  2. When asked about the possibility of a Nikon FF mirrorless he says: “I’m not saying we’re announcing a full-frame mirrorless camera, but it’s definitely something we’re analysing a lot, looking at the market very closely; it’s on our radar.”

Rico Pfirstinger tells you quite a few things you didn’t know about the new Fuji GFX…

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Yesterday we wondered how “different” the Fuji 50MP sensor could be when compared to the Pentax and Hasselblad version. Well we got the answer today via Fuji Guru Rico Pfirstinger. And he also shared a lot more untold news about the new Fuji medium format system:

  • the sensor is similar to the one of the Hasselblad X1D (made by Sony), but Fuji tweaked it in order to improve it
  • the final version will very likely have also electronic shutter
  • Full-HD with 30 fps
  • Contrast Detection AF algorythm is already surprisingly snappy. Best with lenses with Linear Motor
  • Bad News: only the GF32-64mmF4 R LM WR zoom lens has the linera motor (for faster AF)
  • shooting intervals of 700 ms
  • EVF:  3.69 megadots with a magnification of 0.85x (X-T1/2: 0.77x) with frame rate of around 60 fps
  • support for tethering with various RAW converters
  • RGB color histograms in the live view.
  • There will be a range of adapters to connect third-party lenses to the GFX 50S, including leaf shutter lenses for studio and flash work.

via Fujirumors

Interesting: Fuji claims the GFX uses a newly designed sensor which is different from the Hasselblad X1D

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I read this a couple of times today and didn’t believe it at first. But now even Dpreview reports this:

Despite the obvious similarities to the imaging chips used in the Pentax 645Z and other cameras, Fujifilm is insisting that this is a new, Fujifilm-developed sensor.

I don’t know if that’s just the marketing hyping some very minor Fuji tweaks on the sensor…it sounds economically not feasible to make a sensor that is in the core different from the “classic” 50MP Sony sensor which is used also by the Hasselblad X1D.

The official GFX page from Fujifilm.
The hands-on report by Riflessifotografici.
GFX challenges with Hiroshi Nonami / FUJIFILM
The shocking reaction from the Digitalrev guys after seeing the GFX.
The official GFX press release.

And pelase do join our Fuji GFX facebook group to get all news about that camera!