Hasselblad X1D price drops down to 4999 Euro. Is the X1D-100c coming soon?

In a very short time the price of the X1D-50c dropped from 8500 down to 4999 Euro (Kamera Express). The price drop is so big that I really think the X1D-100c announcement is coming very soon. The Hasselblad now costs 2000 Euro less than the Fuji too.

Keep in mind that the X1D was announced three months ahead of the Fuji GFX. So it might be that Hasselblad will announce the new X1D-100c at Photokina and Fuji will announce their GFX-100 in early 2019.

These should be the Hasselblad X1D-100c specs:

New 44x33mm 100MP Backilluminated Sony sensor
On sensor phase detection pixels for faster autofocus
ISO range 50-6400
Dynamic range 83dB
4K video at 30fps
The sensor can also record video at 8K at 18fps but I doubt Hasselblad will enable this
Price $899 or 8500 Euro.

The Fuji will have same or very similar specs but probably be a tiny bit cheaper.

New rumors: Fuji XF10 coming soon and Sony is working on two 500mm and 600mm f/4.0 FE lenses

Fujirumors reports that as next we will get a new XF10 camera:

Well, according to our sources, the Fujifilm XF10 will lack of core features of the Fujifilm X70 such as the X-Trans sensor and… the selfie screen!!!

A brand new Sony patent discloses the design of the new 500mm and 600mm f/4.0 FE lenses (more at SonyAlphaRumors).

And today Panasonic issue a new GH5-GH5s-G9 firmware update (more at 43rumors).

Nikon mirrorless recap: No Z-mount, 2 cameras and focus on…autofocus :)

One of the many Nikon FF renderings…

Photokina is getting closer and Nikon may announce their first Full Frame mirrorless camera at Photokina. But so far we have no reliable rumors on the web. All we can do is recap what has been reported at Nikoneye.com:

  • There will be two cameras at launch
  • The first cameras will ship during the first half of 2019
  • The new mount is NOT name Z-mount as rumored on other sites
  • The sensor is not the same of the D850 but a new sensor optimized for autofocus speed. Megapixels will be less than the 46MP from the D850
  • The design is somewhere in between the modern Sony A7 and the more classic Fuji X cameras.
  • The viewfinder is in the middle just like the Sony A7 series.

Just adding my two cent: I think Nikon’s goal is to stop current Nikon owners to switch over to Sony. And the goal will be NOT to win over Sony E-mount owners. That’s because Sony has a clear advantage in terms of native lens range options. Nikon will focus on the needs of current DSLR owners that would like to have a mirrorless camera too. That means Nikon will offer a cheap and high quality autofocus F-mount adapter. And 2-3 kind of lenses that will suite the basic needs of their classic DSLR customers. I do not think Nikon iw making a Sony-killer camera. And I think Canon will have the same strategy.