Although this isn’t a Sony products this camera will interest many SAR readers. The Hasselblad X1D-50c the first digital mirrorless system camera and it uses the Sony 50MP sensor. And we don’t know yet but if Sony will ever make a medium format system camera they will may join the new Hasselblad medium format system too. So let’s take a look to the camera specs:

Preorders:
The Hasselblad X1D-50c at BHphoto, Adorama and Calumet.de.
Hasselblad 90mm F/3.2 XCD Lens for XD1 at BHphoto, Adorama and Calumet.de.
Hasselblad 45mm F/3.5 XCD Lens for XD1 at BHphoto, Adorama and Calumet.de.

Key Specs
50MP CMOS medium format (43.8 x 32.9mm) sensor (8272 x 6200 pixels). Pixel well of 5.3 x 5.3 μm
16-bit colour with up to 14 stops of dynamic range
ISO 100-25,600
3-inch 920K-dot touchscreen display
2.36MP XGA EVF
Dual SD slots, USB 3.0 Type-C, mini-HDMI, Audio In/Out
Wi-Fi and GPS
3200mAh battery
Hasselblad X1D body weight is 725g (including battery)

Full website presentation can be found at hasselblad.com/x1d

Sony Japan announced a new action camera.

And more importantly Sony Japan also released an official statement to warn about using the Sony hack as this is not officially supported by Sony. They don’t mention the exact hack name. But I guess they mean the hack software news we posted in April (read here) and the new STGuploader. If something goes wrong because of those kind of hacks Sony will not cover it with their warranty!

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Thanks Al

Sony RX10 III Digitally Digested Review

PlayMemories Camera Apps – “Cinematic Photo” | Sony Youtube
2016 Roundup: $1200-2000 part 2: Full-Frame Interchangeable Lens Cameras (Dpreview).
Zeiss Batis 18mm f/2.8 Review: Sample image gallery (WhatDigitalCamera).
My Reasons to Switch to Capture One (Alexander Svet).
PlayMemories Camera Apps – “Direct Upload” | Sony Youtube.
Sony epxlains on video how to clean E-mount sensor cameras or A-mount sensor cameras.

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Preorders:
The Hasselblad X1D-50c at BHphoto, Adorama and Calumet.de.
Hasselblad 90mm F/3.2 XCD Lens for XD1 at BHphoto, Adorama and Calumet.de.
Hasselblad 45mm F/3.5 XCD Lens for XD1 at BHphoto, Adorama and Calumet.de.

At 14:00 Stockholm time Hasselblad will announce their new mirrorlesss system camera with Sony 50MP sensor. Click play on the video above to watch the live video stream!

Meyer Optik launched a Titanium version of their 100mm E-mount lens. It comes in both Silver and Gold color option. Below you can read the full press text:

Sigma MC-11 super test! 24 Canon fit lenses tested

2016 Roundup: $1200-2000 Crop-Sensor Interchangeable Lens Cameras (Dpreview).
How to use the Godox Witstro AD360 HSS (SonyAlphaForum)
A Look at the New Sigma MC-11 Lens Adapter (Lensrentals).
RX100m4 review by SonyAlphaLab.
Review: the sigma mc-11 mount converter for sony full frame e-mount cameras (Resourcemag)
Brian Matiash travelled to Cuba with three of our ZEISS Loxia and Batis lenses (Zeiss Blog).

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Shafiur: “I thought you might be interested to know that in a recent sensitive project in northern Kenya for a Danish media organisation, I, as the photojournalist and documentary maker, was instructed to bring only “tourist type and small” cameras. This was arising out of concerns of being stopped at the airport and because the pastoralist peoples we were going to be speaking to were not comfortable with cameras at all. And so, believe it or not, my main stills camera was the Sony RX100 iv. The 40 page report has just come out slating the development project’s legality and impact on the local people. I thought your readers might want to see a few photos taken with this amazing pocket camera. http://srdocs.net/portfolio/lake-turkana-wind-power“

Sony FE 70-300mm f/4.5-5.6 G OSS Lens Review

Podcast: If You Could Only Use One Camera, Which Would It Be? (Explora).
Is retouching acceptable? (David Kilpatrick).
Fun with the 21/2.8 Loxia (Dear Susans).
Review in Dutch of the A6300 at Pixelmania.
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Flo: “Godox released their Sony version of the V860 I saw on your blog.
Actually I have been shooting with the version I since a while now and wrote up a little summary of my experience.
http://www.flodahm.com/blog/2016/6/5/shooting-with-the-godox-v850860
No in depth-review with technical stuff – just feedback on the flash/brand during real-life situation on the job. The brand was at least in my network completely unheard off and most people don’t trust it. If the V860II is as good as the 860c, Sony shooters shouldn’t hesitate!“