jaques Posted September 27, 2012 Share #121 Posted September 27, 2012 Advertisement (gone after registration) My Lord: that last Rolleflex set? Insane... what is that: the Wide, Standard and Tele models- all in the FX designation! what a set!!- I can just imagine it sitting on some billionaires dresser at the country villa in Crete... but do they use it? What a shame... Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Advertisement Posted September 27, 2012 Posted September 27, 2012 Hi jaques, Take a look here Hasselblad Lunar. I'm sure you'll find what you were looking for!
AlanG Posted September 27, 2012 Share #122 Posted September 27, 2012 My Lord: that last Rolleflex set? Insane... what is that: the Wide, Standard and Tele models- all in the FX designation! what a set!!- I can just imagine it sitting on some billionaires dresser at the country villa in Crete... but do they use it? What a shame... I doubt if much of this stuff gets used. (Excepting the stroller.) That is certainly something to think about regarding the Hassy Lunar. It just comes down to figuring out ways to make things "collectible" if you have a brand name that qualifies. Just adding the name "Ferrari" will qualify an average Olympus it seems. So it is funny that Hasselblad is using their own name on a Sony camera when they resorted to the Ferrari brand for their own camera. Expect to see a limited Akio Morita tribute Ferrari edition of the Hassy Lunar. I don't know why wealthy people are such suckers for this stuff but I guess they can't think of better things to do with some of their money. I guess that Rollei set is prettier on a desk than some kinds of expensive sculpture. Check out these "design exercise" bicycles. I have no idea what they cost, quantity made, or if anyone ever rides them. Or for that matter.... why they were even designed. This kind of makes the Hassy Lunar look pretty simple. BMW Bicycle Pictures | Bicycles Pictures Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
honcho Posted September 27, 2012 Share #123 Posted September 27, 2012 Leica's isn't exactly betting the house on their P smith monstrosity- nor making a laughing stock of themselves.... no they are just quietly cashing in on an extremely profitable little sideline... Meanwhile Hasselblad has received almost* universal condemnation for their efforts... *seemingly everyone except Honcho... You need to read my posts on this thread more carefully. Try #37. It might help you. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
dickgrafixstop Posted October 1, 2012 Share #124 Posted October 1, 2012 Oh, how the world is changing. Now when I think "Hasselblad" I need to think "fancy Sony from a traditional company bought by outside money and ignoring brand legacy." I certainly want to pay a premium for "Swedish quality" - like for a Saab -oh, can't get those any more - or a Volvo from China. At least there's still authentic lingonberry sauce available and it will leave a much better taste in my mouth than this Lunar lunacy. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
earleygallery Posted October 2, 2012 Share #125 Posted October 2, 2012 Most people associate 'Swedish quality' with IKEA. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
erl Posted October 2, 2012 Share #126 Posted October 2, 2012 Most people associate 'Swedish quality' with IKEA. ...... but most people are not a good barometer. Ask 'most people' what they think of Hasselblad. "What's that?" Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
IkarusJohn Posted October 2, 2012 Share #127 Posted October 2, 2012 Advertisement (gone after registration) ...... but most people are not a good barometer. Ask 'most people' what they think of Hasselblad. "What's that?" Like that famous, irrefutable piece of political logic - "Every one knows ..." Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
wattsy Posted October 2, 2012 Share #128 Posted October 2, 2012 The Bofors gun – a true Swedish design classic. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
luigi bertolotti Posted October 2, 2012 Share #129 Posted October 2, 2012 As an afterthought, the designer of the Lunar should be thanked for diverting attention away from that vomit-inducing Paul Smith X2.....thing. Or doesn't that matter? My stomach is not so delicate... but agree that P.S. X2 is well around such a mood... but, as an Italian, I find also a bit disturbing Hasselblad insistence on the Italian style of the Lunar... Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
iedei Posted October 2, 2012 Share #130 Posted October 2, 2012 I don't like the idea behind the Paul smith X2 (fashion accessory for non photographers), but idodig the colours!!! then again I also love te new anthracite finish of the M-E. the Lunar, though, looks like total crap! lol Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
jaques Posted October 2, 2012 Share #131 Posted October 2, 2012 'total crap'... succinctly put and so true. I wonder how all this is going down at Blad' HQ?... I can see some angry Euro banker types frowning sternly as they look to post photokina PR reports - and a couple of sharp but worried looking Latin types gesticulating wildly and enthusing about the luxurious beauty and mystique of Italian fashion-and how stupid camera luddites just don't understand, yet, but they will- you will see.. just give us more time (and money:cool:) as for the m-e - I hate the name... May as well have called it the 'iLeica' ... but I like the anthracite - but think the red dot clashes- should be a black dot- ash grey- or khaki... Same for the Chrome M- red dot looks no good... not even sure if black would be much better...? Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
johnnyj Posted October 13, 2012 Share #132 Posted October 13, 2012 Sad days, these are ... One of the greatest designs, and design ideas/concepts, born out of the ashes of WWII has succumbed to "quick ROI" pressure. Probably never to recover. There aren't enough business visionaries, enough Dr. Kaufmans, etc. Leica was fortunate. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Simey Posted October 4, 2013 Share #133 Posted October 4, 2013 I live in Dubai and work next to the Dubai Mall. Bling central. There's a Hasselblad Solar for sale in one of the main stores. It's prominently displayed, and I have yet to see anyone show the slightest interest. If you can't sell bling in Dubai, you probably can't sell it anywhere. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Lee Martin Posted October 4, 2013 Share #134 Posted October 4, 2013 You'd have to have been a brain donor to buy one of these, I'm all for adding syle and flair and great design is an Art Form in itself, but this is just an attempt at trying to hoodwink people buy doing no more than selling a very competent Sony with moulded auxiliary parts made from nice materials. The fact that nobody is buying them says it all. People will pay for quality but won't always fall for companies trying to pull the wool over their eyes. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
AlanG Posted October 4, 2013 Share #135 Posted October 4, 2013 If the price was just a couple hundred more it migh make sense for those who want a better grip and maybe a different look. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
nikau Posted October 5, 2013 Share #136 Posted October 5, 2013 I am proud to own several V-series Hasselblads; I hang my head in shame whenever I see a Lunar in a camera shop. How the mighty have fallen! Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
jaques Posted October 17, 2013 Share #137 Posted October 17, 2013 the new sony Leica killers seems to have similar lines on the grip to the Luna(tic) piece of crap. So at least maybe the exercise wasn't a total waste? The y probably took those lines from elswhere themselves though... all is pastiche. I will keep my 500C/M- for any cameraphile it has the feel of 'great purity'- but it is official: Hasselblad in the 21st Century is dead and gone and in a blase of ignominy. Brand finished. I hope the turds who put together that project are shunned int heir communities, and their 'work' effaced from the pages history. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Paul J Posted October 17, 2013 Share #138 Posted October 17, 2013 I am proud to own several V-series Hasselblads; I hang my head in shame whenever I see a Lunar in a camera shop. How the mighty have fallen! The V is, in my mind, the best camera design ever.. It's functional, small, light, perfectly modular and very beautiful. I at times detest my H series Blad. I can not for the life of me understand why they went that route, rather than develop for digital, what I consider the perfect solution that already existed. How the Mighty have fallen, indeed. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ecaton Posted October 18, 2013 Share #139 Posted October 18, 2013 And soon we will see Hasselblad boutiques next to ones from Leica, Hermes, Gucci, Rolex ..... Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
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