Note: I posted this deal info on Sunday but I just noticed the links were not working. So this is a repost with the correct links.
The Hasselblad HV (with Zeiss zoom lens) got a $8,000 price drop on the Hasselblad HV at BHphoto (Click here). And this makes it actually good deal! You pay exactly the same price for the current Sony A99 with the Zeiss 24-70mm lens. But the Hasselblad kit also comes with that cool High Performance Hard Case with Foam Interior (picture on top) and a second battery. Now tell me the truth…you didn’t see that coming: Hasselblad being cheaper than the Sony equivalent!
A7rII and RX camera preorder list:
In USA:
A7rII at Amazon, BHphoto, Adorama, Uniquephoto.
RX10m2 at Amazon, BHphoto, Adorama, Uniquephoto.
RX100m4 at Amazon, BHphoto, Adorama, Uniquephoto.
In Europe at:
A7rII at Sony DE, FR, IT, ES, NL, BE, CH, AT, SE, FI, NO, PT. Wex UK.
RX100m4 at DE, FR, IT, ES, NL, BE, CH, AT, SE, FI, NO, PT. Wex UK.
RX10m2 at DE, FR, IT, ES, NL, BE, CH, AT, SE, FI, NO, PT. Wex UK.
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Hasselblad HV2 is coming ~!
Guess why? Because nobody want it?
Sucks if you were the moron who paid $12000
Dammit.
I suppose you don’t pay for pretty clothes?
I mean, what is left to say about this shit?
Don’t buy it even if it is cheaper than the equivalent Sony packaging, because I guarantee the corporate bean counters who came up with this awful product will not take that into consideration when looking at the fact that you bought it, and we’ll just end up with more of these abominations. Consumer response needs to be an unequivocal, no-matter-the-price, no.
I just bought 100.
Jk.
The only way this will ever work is if the camera they are moulding it on is a current model and not an old body. At least then people will have an up to date camera with luxury materials!
The only good gear worth its price is that beautiful Zeiss 24-70 SSM f2.8 II T* coated mid-range zoom! Body is a history. A-mount is dead. A7RII is new body for all Amount lenses via LA-EA3 and upcoming LA-EA5 (for screw driven lenses). Period. All A-mount users convert or die liek Canikon dinosaurs.
Is it the mark II lens or the Mark I?
My prayers have been answered. I will cherish it, stick it under my pillow and keep it dust free for all the days of my life.
Foam?? When the lens is stored in the sealed case outgassing from the foam will cause cloudiness on the inside glass elements. Similarly, it will coat the inside of the body’s translucent mirror. Think about it.
Perhaps a discount three months before the a99II?
A man can dream.
: )
A99 II should definitely come in September or somewhere there, it will be 3 years since A99 was announced.
Still a great camera. I expect the A99 to drop to 1k or less when the A99II announced. An absolute steal for those interested in actually taking pics with it:) I hope to pick one up if the A99II is astronomically priced.
Yeah!
I’m waiting for this.
If there is no new a-mount camera maybe i buy this HV and sell my original A99 + 2470Z.
I used a lot my A99 (and still use).
Actually this is a good deal if I would not be in A7 cams I will buy this one in no time.
Absolutely – A mount is not dead. How could it ever die? It’s technically superior like Betamax to VHS or token ring to ethernet or…. oh dear…. 😉
Token Ring was never superior to Ethernet. It worked somewhat better in the eponymous topology it was designed for, but was not expandable to anything else.
good I have no money for this or I’d definitely bought it.
It’s still fugly
Almost my entire a-mount gear
Photo made with an A7II
Let me see how many I can guess from the photo.
Top row (L-r) 70-400mm, 70-200mm, 70-300mm ?, beercan, 135mm STF,
Middle row(L-R) – Zeiss 24mm f2, Zeiss 24-70mm f2.8, No idea, Minolta 28-85mm, 85mm f2.8 SAM, Not sure.
Last row (L-R), Two A99 bodies, 16mm f2.8, Minolta 50mm f1.4
Any mistakes ? And which were the two lenses I couldn’t guess ?
Excellent collection of glass BTW ! 🙂
Thanks!
Top row
You’re right
Middle row
1635Z, 2470Z, minolta 35-105, minolta 28-85, 85F28, 50F1.4
Last row
A77II, A99, 16F2.8 Fisheye + minolta 28F2.8
I have two more lenses:
1650F2.8 DT
18-250 DT
I already have an A7II + 28-70 + LAEA4
Damn I am blind, its clearly written A77 !!! 😛
Thanks for replying. 🙂
No problem!
Thaks for the feedbakc.
Sounds like a good deal but who would buy A99 at this point. If you are going to buy Sony camera in that price range now, you would go with A7 series.
True. You can however get good camera foam – high quality stuff, I think inert gas is used to make it so any nastiness as it ages is minimal. Good cases should use it, so perhaps we can assume this would as well. Frankly many cameras have it inside them to do things like act as mirror dampening etc… some of my old film cameras had it around the rear door for light seals…. I’d still only keep kit in these cases for travel though, as there’s probably a greater risk of issues with moisture damage (fungus etc) unless you keep fresh desiccated gel in the case as well.
Plot twist: A mount only lives through Hasselblad and E Mount is for Sony.
That would be really a dramatic plot twist!! :O
And people say Sony isn’t over priced, it’s more expensive than Hasselblad.
Now I have a99 insteda of a900 and sigma 35mm insted of G. Switching to A7rII 😉
Fix the display on your 9000. 😉
Any difference in the camera?