For decades, Hasselblad has been a name synonymous with top-of-the-line medium format cameras. Recently, the Swedish company showed that it hasn’t lost a step in its gradual transition to the digital age. To celebrate its 75th anniversary, Hasselblad released the H6D, a high-caliber medium-format DSLR with dizzying technical prowess.
The Hasselblad H6D encompasses today’s finest photographic technology in just about every regard. Available with two different sensor sizes, 50MP and 100MP, its larger sensor size is capable of 4K video and ISO sensitivity as high as 12,800, amounting to 15 stops of dynamic range. The H6D also features dual SD card slots, a high-resolution touchscreen display and a shutter speed range from 1/2000th of a second all the way down to 60 minutes.
For more on the H6D, check out this video recently released by Hasselblad:
Calling a digital camera a “medium-format” device might seem like a misnomer, but in the digital age as in film, the term simply refers to cameras that produce images larger than 24 by 36 mm, exceeding full-frame cameras in digital, and 35mm film in the analog world, although anything larger than 4 by 5 inches technically puts one in the territory of large-format photography.
However the Hasselblad H6D is classified, it clearly isn’t marketed toward the amateur photographer, so don’t expect to find it for the same price as the old Hasselblad 500c’s you’ll find on Craigslist and Ebay however. The less expensive of the two, the 50cc H6D, is priced at 22,900 Euro (or $26,000USD). The 100cc is priced at 28,900 Euro (or $33,000USD).
Learn more about the H6D here on Hasselblad’s website.
