Hasselblad Event in Berlin on April 15: New medium format camera priced below the Phase One?

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Hasselblad Germany just confirmed there is an event on April 15. And in the text presentation Hasselblad says that Chief Developer Roland Lord will report about their new products. I guess we will see the new Hasselblad Medium Format Camera with 101 Megapixel Sony sensor! And rumor has it this will be a cheaper camera than the Phase One IQ3 101MP camera.

UPDATE: This should be a H6D-100 with

  • Higher frame rate > 1.5 frames a sec
  • High resolution touch display similar or better than Phase, so that focus checking can be done easily
  • USB 3.0
  • Dual memory slots (CF and SD)
  • Possibly video (720p or 1080p or 4K)

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Specs via LL.

date info via Photorumors. Price rumor part via me :)

This is a real leak and not an April fools joke: New Panasonic GX80!

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The japanese folks over at Digicameinfo do not make any April Fools Joke today! They leaked a real thing…the new Panasonic GX80!

SPECS:
– 16MP sensor
– About 10% improvement in resolving power by getting rid of the low pass filter
– New Venus engine
– 4K video, 4K Photo
– 5-axis camera shake correction (on sensor+lens)
– AF 0.07 seconds. DFD technology
– 4K post focus (focus Select)
– 2.764 million dot EVF. Magnification 1.39x (35mm equivalent 0.7-fold)
– 3.0 inches 1.04 million dot LCD monitor. Tilting. 80 degrees upward and 45 degrees tilt down
– Wi-Fi built-in
– Creative style. 22 types of filters. New Monochrome mode.

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All the fools day jokes :)

Today is April Fools Day! So let’s check some of the “amazing” and “fun” news we found:

Nikon annonce un hybride full frame: le NikoM! (Lepidi).
Worst Sony a6300 Camera Review ever by Erik Stenbakken
Nikon will soon announce a rebranded Canon EOS 80D (CanonWatch).
Exclusive: a new pro camera from Sony! (Addicted2light).
GlobalFilter – Universal Screw in filter that removes Rolling Shutter! (Blog.cvp.com).
New Olympus Dog Filter (Twitter).
Sony develops the world’s first ghost catching device – The Proton Pack™ (SonyAlphaRumors).
BREAKING NEWS :: Fujifilm X-T2, Fujifilm X-T2 PRO and Fujifilm X-MF1 officially registered in China! (Fujirumors).
Sony A6300 vs Mini A7R II (TheDigitalDigest).
Sony announce impressive new features on current cameras and new A7 cameras!!! (Philip Bloom).

New Sony FE lenses can now be preorderd in US and Europe. First GM lenses shipping.

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The newly announced Sony lenses and RX10m3 camera can be preordered here:
FE 50mm f/1.8 at BHphoto. Amazon. Adorama. FocusCamera. Calumet Germany.
FE 70-300mm at BHphoto. Amazon. Adorama. FocusCamera. Calumet Germany.
RX10m3 at BHphoto. Amazon. Adorama. FocusCamera. Calumet Germany.

The first GM lenses are shipping out too. The 24-70mm f/2.8 GM is in Stock at BHphoto (Click here).

Hasselblad will surprise us with “one wholly new model in particular, photography fans will be over the moon”

Financial times interviewed CEO Perry Oosting and there are some important news.

  1. Perry Oosting: “Without breaking the news embargo, I can say confidently that, in the case of one wholly new model in particular, photography fans will be over the moon.“
  2. The.me also says: “Hasselblad will bring everything back to Götheborg and not rebrand or badge any Sony other other camera anymore, a clear reference to Hasselblad’s previous ruinous strategy Oosting is rather critical of. No more pimped up Lunars and Stellars.“

It’s just my guess but I see a high chance Hasselblad will use the new 101 MP Sony sensor to make a mirrorless system medium format camera. That would be a unique proposition and certainly something that could bring “ photography fans over the moon“!