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Comparing sensor sizes from Medium Format to Micro Four Thirds – Can you tell the difference?

May 22, 2020
John Aldred

The title of this post is a somewhat rhetorical question, because whether or not you’ll be able to tell the difference largely depends on what…

Hasselblad’s new 45mm f/4 “P” lens is the ideal street photography lens for their X mirrorless system

Jan 15, 2020
John Aldred

Hasselblad has today announced the new XCD 45P; a 45mm f/4 lens for the Hasselblad X medium format mirrorless system. Officially, the “P” stands for…

The first Chinese Hasselblad X1D clone is coming – and it’s coming from DJI

Aug 5, 2019
John Aldred

Gizmodo Japan has spotted a design patent filed by DJI for a camera that looks remarkably similar to the Hasselblad X1D 50c. Of course, DJI…

Modern cameras: how they make it harder to take a bad photo

Jul 25, 2019
Blair Bunting

Twenty years, they have gone by fast. I can remember the first time I saw a camera with a screen on the back of it…

Hasselblad is celebrating the 50th anniversary of the moon landing with a 907X Special Edition camera

Jul 18, 2019
John Aldred

You didn’t think that just re-releasing an old press release was all Hasselblad had in store to celebrate the 50th anniversary of the moon landings,…

Hasselblad’s new X1D Mark II is… also 50 megapixels

Jun 19, 2019
John Aldred

Hasselblad has today announced the new X1D II 50C, the next generation in its compact form factor medium format digital cameras. As the name suggests,…

A countdown timer showed up on the Hasselblad website – Is the X1D Mark II (X2D?) on the way?

Jun 17, 2019
John Aldred

I’m seeing a little bit of speculation on social media after a new countdown timer has just appeared on the Hasselblad website. So soon after…

Does size really matter? Why some pros switched from DSLRs to medium format

Nov 11, 2018
Matthew Parks

Digital medium format cameras hit the market in 1992, with Leaf’s release of the DCB. At the time, this 4mp back launched what would be…

Yes, sensor size matters, but not as much as you think

Oct 19, 2018
Dunja Djudjic

Should you switch from APS-C to full-frame? Or perhaps shoot large format? Does it matter? What will it change? Ah, so many questions. In this…

Why you’ll never find a camera that’s been to the Moon on eBay

Oct 12, 2018
Allen Murabayashi

NASA’s Apollo Program was an audacious mission to send astronauts to the moon – a national goal set by President John F. Kennedy’s in a…