Based on the Sony RX100m2 Hasselblad just announced the Stellar II. It costs $2,395 and you can choose between the carbon fibre, olive wood, padouk and walnut editions.
This is their fourth Sony based luxury edition cameras after the [shoplink 22672 ebay]Hasselblad Lunar (here on eBay)[/shoplink], [shoplink 22673 ebay]Stellar (here one Bay)[/shoplink] and the Hasselblad HV (here at BHphoto).
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I thought they had shut down their factories in Italy? So some inexplicable prick keeps on producing these in his free time to keep annoying other people. Every time I see this decadent shit I get pissed off. Blöde Arschlöcher! Vafanculos. May they vanish and be forgotten for a thousand exposure years.
Let the sarcasm begin!
“A great new entry for Hasselbladt line of daily accessoires.” = [ I thought they had shut down their factories in Italy? So some inexplicable pr§ck keeps on producing these in his free time to keep annoying other people. Every time I see this decadent sh%t I get pissed off. Blöde Arschl8cher! Vafanculo$. May they vanish and be forgotten for a thousand exposures.]
Only $2,395…hmm I should probably get all 5 of them.
Of all the dumb things I have seen in photography, this is a class by its own.
A company which sent its cameras to the moon would lend its name to this crap is beyond belief.
That sums it up pretty well!
I just voted up all the sarcasm
Nice, but the undisputed leader of the pack of whores is still Sony. Uhm, I meant Kim Kardashian.
don’t approve this, I’ve re commented…
The HV is to this day the most perplexing camera ever made. We’re supposed to pay HOW MUCH for a fresh coat of paint on a now outdated body?!
“Crafted for the Connoisseur”
The Connoisseur should know that Sony crafted this marvellous little camera… but it doesn’t matter since Hassebled achieved something much more exciting and incredible ! They’ve somehow, mysteriously, managed the impossible and crafted the most expensive little piece of wood sh%t grip of the universe… Wooow that’s amazing !!!!
they just cant leave quietly….
desperately waiting for
Ridiculousness at its best .
… and I thought it was over…
They just wasting theirs resources, they should work on a MILC own production, and not about rebranding Sony products. It’s better to sold 50.000 MILC’s produced by Hasselblad then, 10.000 Sony rebranded P&S cams. If they could really achive this lower value ever. How many people would buy FF Hasselblad MILC with retro style like great 503 series? There’s no any this kind of camera on the market now, this should be theirs niche, i mean real niche with Hasselblad unique style. Many old Hasselblad user would be happy to use old lenses with new digital MILC cam.
Hasselblad for a long time already is ruled by MBAs, not by photographers, making a good product is not what important to them.
Would there be a Stellar III? If so, I would very much like Hasselblad to include a an EVF. 😉
Also, a bit of genuine Italian leather please.
They are a beacon of creativity in the camera industry! 🙂
besides the price and the design. any image quality improvments?
It’s not even funny anymore.
Btw I like how you have written the article without any judgement, as if you don’t care anymore. Exactly how I feel.:-) Keep up the good work, Andrea! 🙂
To think they would choose the second version… It’s the worst of the three. They must have contracted with Sony just before the III was released. I really can’t fathom that this is the same company that made all those wonderful 6×6 beauties that I still lust after every time I go to the used camera store.
Why do you think it is the worst of the three? It is the one I want!
How is it the worst? It has the same sensor as the 3, has wifi/NFC (unlike the first) and is the only one with the hot shoe.
I replaced the first gen one with this one so my wife can use my flashes on it (f20, hasn’t tried an f60 yet) and for wifi. The EVF on the newest one is cool but it wasn’t compelling enough to upgrade again, maybe the next one will do it…
I guess I should have expected some disagreement. And I don’t speak with any particular authority since I haven’t owned any of these cameras. But just from general market consensus, it seems like the II has been the least successful. The improvements apparently weren’t big enough to lure many people to upgrade. The III, on the other hand has been seen as a major step forward and well worth the extra money. The fact that Sony kept the original model in production even after the II was released seems to indicate some ambivalence on their part toward the II. The fact that it is still on the market along with the II and now the III just shows what a classic it is; and at current prices, what a bargain it is as well.
But once again, this is just stuff I hear from store owners, read in mags, and stuff like that so I’m not really in any position to debate the topic. But I bet you anything Hassy is wishing they had waited just a bit longer and gotten their hands on the III.
I guess I’m not a connoisseur.
Does it have a ruby record button?
Is this a joke post?
Looks like you’ve just joined the SAR community 🙂
No, Hasselblad has been making crap like this for a few years now:
The HV aka premium bodied A99 ($12,000+)
The Lunar aka premium bodied NEX7 ($7,000+)
The Stellar aka premium bodied RX100 ($2,000+)
“based on the RX100 II (!!!)”. Indeed, it’s for the connoisseur 🙂
Still waiting to craft my own Hasselblad Galactic (RX1R).
That’s a very expensive wooden handle. That’s $600 for the RX100II and $1,800 for the accessory handle. How many people will be convinced to buy this?
Just thinking … if someone gave it to me for free, offering the choice between the Hasselblad and a plain Sony RX100II, I’d go for the Sony. Just on looks and aesthetics alone, the wooden handle looks gross. It’s like something of the Flintstones.
Probably you could sell Stellar on ebay for higher price than plain Sony costs, no?
It’s for people who can’t tell the difference between $600 and $2395…
Comes with handy brochure:
“How to get your A$$ kicked at the next Photo Club meeting”.
This is probably the most expensive grip for a compact camera I heard of.
Although… When I think about it… Maybe Hasselblad made a deal with Sony, to get their hands on Sonys brilliant medium format sensor…
Maybe to make Sony Cameras look reasonably priced, even in Europe…
Hasselblad I’ll buy the woodgrip for 20 euro 😉
People keep implying that this is simply an overpriced grip, that people are paying $1800 for a wooden handle. I think they fail to see that there’s also a big H in the upper right corner. It’s worlds apart! 😉
like!
it’s obvious Hasselblad’s got some serious wood for wood. Unfortunately this means I’ll have to launch a Kick-starter campaign to fund the White Rhino skinned RX100II on my own, since Hasselblad obviously has no intention of developing it anytime soon.
Hasslebarf.
HK is seriously in the running with their new Model:
HK is in the running with their new Model:
B&H has a deal now on original stellar for 999. I’m getting 2.
I saw Matthew McConaughey between two Hasselblad Stellar.
this is SWEEEEEDEN!
Finally!