It’s not usually I get to make use of an ultra-rare, restricted version $14,000 digital camera. However not solely have I been capturing with the brand new Hasselblad X2D 100C Earth Explorer Restricted Version not too long ago, I’ve been capturing with quantity 0001.
That’s proper, solely 1000 of those cameras will ever be made, and in my palms is quantity 0001 – the very first mannequin within the batch.
Here is a really fast video intro to the digital camera and what it is all about – you may must forgive me for getting the title of the colour incorrect!
In case you missed the announcement, the Earth Explorer set bundles collectively an unique model of the Hasselblad XCD 100C in a singular Brown Tundra end, together with an XCD 55V lens and a slew of equipment – the thought being that this digital camera is all about exploration, journey and creating a way of discovery and inspiration.
Whereas it is a equipment extra geared in the direction of exploring nature (the Tundra Brown end is impressed by the out of doors hues of Sweden, the place Hasselblad relies), I have been utilizing it extra for city exploration – and it is a sensible equipment for that goal.
The XCD 55V is an impressed option to bundle with the digital camera. It is a 43mm equal, in full-frame phrases, so it is excellent as an all-purpose wanderlust lens that may seize the whole lot from sweeping scenes to intimate close-ups.
The f/2.5 aperture provides you that dreamy medium format depth of area if you need it, or you possibly can cease right down to make the most of all of the element that may be captured by the 100MP sensor. And for the reason that sensor is loaded with ridiculous decision, you possibly can crop into your recordsdata if you wish to zone in on a little bit of finer element.
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I’ve talked earlier than about how the X2D is a formidable avenue images and reportage digital camera, so I am actually on board with the Explorer Version’s ethos of going out and capturing moments.
It is really a celebration of what Hasselblad cameras are within the modern-day: free of the constraints of tripods and studios, and blessed with in-body picture stabilization and nice ergonomics, these are highly effective handheld cameras that liberate your creativity.
The concept of taking a Hasselblad out to shoot on the road or up a mountain actually is a little bit of a revelation – and it is nice to see the corporate give attention to this side of its cameras with the brand new bundle.
Clearly a digital camera with these specs – and a bundle with this pricetag – is not for everyone. However as somebody who adores the colours that solely Hasselblad can ship, and for anybody who needs to be really impressed by a digital camera each time they flip it on, the Earth Explorer Restricted Version actually is a slice of heaven.
I am a Hasselblad person already, however I’ve actually been motivated by this particular version to get out and shoot. Even the bespoke startup display, with the funky “Earth Explorer” emblem that pops up whenever you flip the digital camera on – it is like this machine is begging you to go exterior and take photos.
I have been visiting household and caught within the metropolis for the previous couple of weeks, however I am genuinely excited to take this equipment out and shoot some enjoyable rural pictures on my subsequent hike. Till then, I will go away you with a couple of photographs taken on my stroll across the metropolis earlier this week.
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