Like your Ferrari camera

Well I guess it could have been a worse tie up.  I am wondering who they are pitching it to.  Is it for Ferrari owners to match their car or for rich photographers who don't have given up waiting for Ferrari to launch a car with a big enough boot(trunk) to carry their lighting kit.


http://www.hasselbladusa.com/news/hasselblad-meets-ferrari.aspx

"Two worldwide renowned companies born from the passion of two men now collaborate in the creation of the H4D Ferrari, a limited edition of Hasselblad’s latest flagship camera. "

Um... I don't think that's what they wanted to say there.

Have to agree lost. Not sure who the camera is for. "I'm not getting enough attention with my hasslblad, better get a bright red one!"

(Edited on 2010-11-22 08:11:04 by TexPhoto)

Passionate encounter

Ewwww. It looks even more horrid in red

Makes sense to me as that is exactly the same sort of camera you see all the photographers using when they're photographing Ferraris at speed around F1 circuits. And making it red and adding the prancing horse will make it even better for doing that.

(Edited on 2010-11-22 08:03:24 by kelvinjay)

I couldn't give a Monkeys what colour a Blad is, it's a Blad! and your just jellious!

(Edited on 2010-11-22 09:33:21 by malamus-UK)

Not for everyone, but all these high end limited edition cameras sell to collectors who may never use them, just the investment.  I agree, it won't work any better then the "cheap" Blads.

wow, that camera must be fast!!!

Saw it about a week ago and I just noticed that Mamiya already did that about five years ago with their special coloured limited edition of Pro TL:


http://www.mamiya.cz/press/Color version ProTL.pdf


Todays blad doesn't even look like the classical ones, unless it offers the classical mechanical design with the waist level finder and all I still think I much prefer Mamiya.

(Edited on 2010-11-26 07:05:37 by Top-Cat)

Found this huge 1000MP+ photo linked to from that Blad page.

This is every bit as pointless as the Leica M9 Neiman Marcus Edition.

Yeah but that Hasselblad is a thousand times uglier.


I think if you're gonne produce these stupid designer limited editions, they should at least look good.


 

Yup, that Leica is a pretty camera.

Those H-Hassies sure are ugly, unlike 99% of Enzo's work.

Maybe the days of the Hasselblad / Kiss camera aren't so far away?

http://tinyurl.com/2c23fnq

What are you talking about? That red paint gives you at least another 5 fps and makes the servo focus better than a 1D

Wasn't that long ago that Hasselblad offered some 503 versions in a variety of colors -- red included.  I thought those looked cool.  And, if money had permitted, I'd loved to have bought one for my brother-in-law who is both a firefighter and an accomplished photographer. 


But, this version starts out being a bit unattractive; and, that isn't helped by color.

The fine little gears and cogs inside this camera is made by Ferrari, as is the fine Prontor shutterblades inside the optics, its also engineered for environmental friendly fuel, the digital back, that is.

Older Red One At The Bottom Of The Page
How about the older red one with gold trim?

What sort of MPG do you get?