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What you see here is one of the 200 limited edition Gold-RED Hasselblad Lunar on sale on [shoplink 34239 ebay]eBay at Willoughbyscamera (Click here)[/shoplink]. When that camera has been announced a year ago Ian Rawcliffe (Hasselblad CEo) said: “We wanted to celebrate what, coincidentally, is also known as The Lunar New Year, with a unique and iconic limited edition camera which we believe will be revered as a true example of camera art by photo-connoisseurs and collectors across the world. Only two hundred have been developed in our Italy-based design centre and the exclusive red and gold colours on the grip and body underpin the traditional Chinese belief that these shades represent good fortune and joy.”
Well you can save 0ver $9,400 by simply buying the NEX-7 with kit lens for $598 at BHphoto 🙂
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such a great deal..I ordered 3 right away…
Just looked at the listing & the item specifics & info are for a Nikon Coolpix P340 – I was going to pull the trigger & buy, oh well it’s the sellers loss not mine!
This wouldn’t be the first guy that over paid for a Sony mirrorless camera. With Sony promising 14 bit color and only delivering 11+7 every person that bought a gallon of Sony color only got somewhere between a pint and quart depending on the composition.
Laugh all you want at the new Hasselblad owner but the reality is, if you bought a Sony mirrorless you’ve been ripped off too.
Even these ugly Hasselblad mods are nicer than cheap plastic Canons …
It is totally understandable that you want to kick our beloved Mr. Berlin in his ass. However, I have to disagree with you.
Some consumer Canons may be cheap plastic, thats right. But Canon has pretty good product designers. At least the higher end models (7D, 5D, 1DX) and their L lenses are very good in design AND build quality.
Sony has a long tradition in good product design too. The NEX7 is a milestone of good camera design! But what Hasselblad has done is just plain embarassing. Comparing this bullshit to any Canon Nikon or Sony design is ridiculous.
Complain here: community.sony.com
Oh I told him this about 20 times before, nothing changed. Maybe anton = Sony
You do realize that no one here has the power to change that, don’t you?
The only person being ripped-off is you when paying those $200 per hour therapists bills! “Quiver-quiver, it’s all a dastardly Sony conspiracy, but only me and the charts smart enough to see it………….” Returd you are.
And what makes this even worse, is, that he obviously refuses to take his (expensive) medicine.
First you take a Manhattan,then you take Berlin,thats how the song goes right? I think the real problem is, nobody ever told him there is medication for what he got. Or perhaps he wants only full 14bit medication not 11 pils every 7 days.
Yipee!! 11-7bit raw compression is back! I loooove you Mr. Berlin.
The gold plastic is 14 bit, does that count?
11+7 > 14 so what are you complaining about?
He’s back! The most boring poster on this site.
Really? You think he’s more boring than animalsbybarry?
I do… at least Barry varies it up a bit. This guy just drones on about the same thing over and over.
Hassy…You guys got the lock on some ugly-a**, vastly overpriced cameras.
Is this David Beckam’s personal unit 🙂
maybe the price is high because it has been handled by his wife Victoria …
I think that would qualify it as a biohazard.
He he, good one
Buy it, Quick!
Honestly – this camera looks ugly.
I like luxury things, but even if I’d have the money I wouldn’t buy it.
I would say it is absolutely worth the money it if you can get 10 ounces of gold out of it after melting it down.
WTF has this honestly go to do with Sony Alpha?
well, it’s basically just a Sony Alpha NEX 7 in a weird costume for a horrendous price!
let see who will be the dumb one? 🙂
Slow news day?
When are those things going to stop haunting us????? This should be tagged as NSFW!
This Limited Edition has been so successful that venteprivee.com, a French discount website, proposed 43 copies for €2,990 each no later than three weeks ago (and the regular Lunar was sold €1,990).
How much have they sold since then? Do you have a link to that site?
The business model of this site is flash sales only; they last around 3 to 5 days.
http://www.vente-privee.com (you need to register)
I just wanted to know, if they really sold these cameras.
Doubt it, and whatever was not sold will pop up later. I shop a lot at Venteprivee. Got a very nice set of cuisinox pans there from two sales.
I think they named it wrong by mistake, it should be Hasselblad Loser…
Free 32GB High Speed SD Memory Card!!! Can’t pass this deal, MUST buy NOW. The camera is garbage, but the 32GB memory card is priceless!
NEX-7 is not only 9 grand cheaper but also a much better looking camera. Yikes.
“Photo-conoisseurs”, geez!
And yet, some wealthy fool will buy it.
They rejected my offer of $605.00. Fools.
The really weird thing about that listing is that in the “Detailed item info” section it’s described as being a “Nikon Coolpix P340 Wi-Fi Digital Camera” with a 12 MP sensor.
And why is this Sony News????
Because this is a Sony NEX-7 wearing Hasselblad dress
Does this mean it was made by Sony and they just sticked hasselblad name on it? And what about the lens is it Sony as well?
Yes it was made by Sony and it is a NEX-7 and it takes Sony E-mount lenses , they have another RX100 copy and A99 too.
It’s a cooporation stuff between Sony and Hasselblad
Huh, I wasn’t aware of the fact that it uses E mount. Thanx.
Actually, Sony makes the components, but the body is made and assembled by Hasselblad. So it’s not like with Leica’s Panasonic compacts, which are made by Panasonic.
I’m not trying to defend Hasselblad here, because it’s still just a NEX-7 with an expensive (but ugly) makeup. I’m just saying that Sony has nothing to do with the making of the final product, they just supply the compoents.
True I didn’t get into details here , thanks
Hahahahaha :DDD
Hasselblad… How drop $10000 in WC
Incredible thieves!
Imagine there is porn and no one jerks off. This is what this Lunar business is about. Please don t post this bullshit anymore. Don t give them credit.
Reminder to self. Don’t read anything regarding a non-medium format Blad. Side effects can include chocolate milk coming out of my nose due to hysterical laughter.
It looks like, but actually worse, than those plastic casings that you can get on eBay that fit over the body of the camera. I actually think it looks gross, let alone something that costs $10,000.
Human stupidity is really like a bottomless pit.
Victor Hasselblad is spinning in his grave at 10000 rpm.