Hasselblad Lunar : A legend from another legend

The Swedish legendry camera makers-Hasselblad launched their new legend Hasselblad Lunar. It’s Hasselblad’s first consumer snapper that comes as a compact system camera.

Hasselblad is known for its cameras that were used by NASA for their space programmes. 

One of the Hasselblad cameras were used in the Apollo 11 lunar mission, but there is one thing that they occupy a space still on the lunar surface. Hasselblad also has a very good history among professional photographers and is a brand that everyone trusts.
 
Hasselblad's CSC sports a 24.3MP APS-C format CMOS sensor and is bundled with a standard 18-55mm zoom lens.

The camera was first introduced in the Photokina tech show in 2012. The new camera which is based on the Sony NEX-7 hardware uses the same range of lenses as Sony’s NEX range of compound cameras. Although the Sony’s techniques are used the price shows the Hasselblad’s real trademark and it costs around 5,000 Euros.

Size and Build

With a dimension of 142 mm × 82 mm × 70 mm, the lunar cannot be said a compact, when compared to other compound system cameras. This gives the Lunar a professional SLR looks like the Nikon 1 V2.

The Lunar looks so cute and it also have a look that of old style cameras. The camera is available in Brown Tuscan Leather edition and black leather, which have a carbon fire mahogany wooden finish. The Brown Tuscan Leather edition refers to the handgrip and matching strap.

The retro styling top quality snapper makes the Lunar very handsome. The power switch and the video recording buttons are made beautiful by embedding pink-red jewels. And there is no surety about the jewels on the original model.

Controls

The Hasselblad Lunar have controls that’s similar to Sony NEX-7. One of the special uses of some new controls of the Lunar is; they are unmarked and can be used for adjusting various settings depending on the shooting mode. Some of the unmarked dials and buttons make the device more beautiful.

Along with two dials and an unmarked button (plus the power switch and shutter release button) on the top of the camera body, you'll also find a pop-up flash and a hot-shoe adaptor.

A click wheel plus control for playback and flash are fitted on the back panel. A video recording button is also placed on the back panel. On the left edge there is the mini USB and mini HDMI ports.

Screen

The Hasselblad Lunar comes with a 3-inch LCD screen packed with a 920k-dot resolution which can be titled. The screen can be pulled up to 90 degrees upwards and 45 degree downward from the chassis and it makes make a fell like a camcorder.

Not only the opening screen is the amaze, you can also find an electronic viewfinder on the left corner. This is much better and faster than others on rivals. It fires up automatically to a motion sensor.

After Words

Only the sample model of the Hasselblad Lunar is taken for review, but we are not sure that all the features in the sample may not be it the standard ones. We can say that the model is very similar to one of the most excellent compact system camera Sony NEX-7.

The price 5000 Euros may be very high for some but if you need the best compact system camera and if you are ready to spend money for that Hasselblad Lunar will not be a mistake and it promises value for money you have spend.  

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