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Hasselblad drops H6D-50c price again, now $11,000 off original price

12 Sep

This past June, Hasselblad dropped the price of the 50MP medium format H6D-50c by a whopping 30% from an original price of $ 25,995 to just $ 17,995. But if that’s not enough, Hasselblad told us this morning that they’re dropping the price even further, from the current $ 17,995 all the way to $ 14,995 (€11,900 // £10,800 )—that’s $ 11,000 off the original retail price.

This new price isn’t being reflected through online retailers yet—Hasselblad still has the model listed at June’s $ 17,995 on Amazon, for example—but the official announcement went live this morning so we’ll expect to see that change take effect soon.

As with the last price drop, there’s no indication of whether or not this ‘special promotion’ is temporary, but if you’ve been looking to make the jump into medium format, now is as affordable a time as ever.

Articles: Digital Photography Review (dpreview.com)

 
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$11,000 Leica Noctilux lens shattered, or: Why you never check camera gear when flying

19 Aug
RIP Leica 50mm f/0.95 Noctilux. Photo credit: Leica Store Manchester

They say a picture is worth a thousand words. Well, here’s your 1,000 words about why you should never check in your camera gear when flying. This $ 11,000 Leica 50mm f/0.95 Noctilux ASPH lens and the $ 7,000 Leica M10 it was attached to are both broken, possibly beyond repair, after the owner checked them into the hold on a flight instead of carrying them onto the plane.

The lens showed up like this at the Leica Store Manchester, who posted this photo to their Instagram and Facebook pages as a warning for other photographers who have considered checking their camera gear. It might be easier, but you never know what kind of treatment your bag is going to get.

Case in point: the murdered Noctilux above arrived at its destination with two front lens elements shattered… through a filter. What’s left of the poor filter is stuck in the lens’ filter threads. The owner has sent the lens and and camera to a Leica service center, but while the camera might be fixable, we doubt there’s anything to be done about the lens.

Shall we consider this lesson learned?

Photo by Leica Store Manchester and used with permission.

Articles: Digital Photography Review (dpreview.com)

 
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