First Compact Medium Format Mirrorless Camera Comes From Hasselblad

Want to take your hobby to the next level? This year is the time to invest in your photography career since Hasselblad announced the launch of a world’s first – X1D, a compact medium format mirrorless camera #fotomagic

Relatively small and with an ergonomic grip, this camera won’t be a hassle to carry around. Why is it worth your time and money? Well, it features a 50MP CMOS sensor that’s capable of taking pictures with 14-stops of dynamic range (think about dynamic range as a scale between the whitest whites and blackest blacks; the more stops you have, the greater it is, capturing more detail) and 14-bit color.  It can take frames between 60 min. to 1/2000 of a second long and features an impressive ISO range of 100 to 25,600.

It can also shoot video with autofocus, at 30fps and Full HD H.264 compressed footage – not thrilling in any way, but then again, you’re not buying this camera for video.

Hasselblad X1D has a touchscreen interface on a 3-inch LCD, dual SD cards, built-in Wi-Fi and several ports: USB-Type C, HDMI and audio in/out. The body costs $8,995 or £5,990 and will work with two mount lenses, a XCD 45mm f3.5 priced at $2,295/ £1,564 and a XCD 90mm f4.0 priced at $2,695/ £1,837.

You;ll also be able to buy the body and XCD 45mm lens for $11,290 or both lenses at $13,985.