You might remember back in the days when Hasselblad made “luxurious” versions of Sony cameras. One of the was the Hasselblad Lunar. You can buy it now Open Box for $4,000 “only” on eBay!

Hassleblad also made their version of the Sony RX100 cameras named Hasselblad Stellar (can also be found here on eBay).

And they also made the Full Frame E-mount Hasselblad Lusso (SAR article here) and the A-mount Hasselblad HV (SAR article here). Dind’t find those on eBay tough.

New firmware update for two Sony flashes:

Sony HVL F60RM2 (firmware here) Benefits and Improvements:

• Adds support for Global Shutter Sync photography in all shutter areas: By using an HVL-F60RM2 flash with a camera equipped with a global shutter image sensor, flash photography can be synchronized with the entire range of shutter speeds available on the camera and enable more effective flash exposures than conventional High-Speed Sync photography (HSS).
• Adds Flash charge Priority setting: When CHG PRIORITY is set to STABLE on the MENU screen, although the charging time is longer compared to when it is set to NORMAL, it allows for more stable firing.

Sony HVL FF46RM (firmware here) Benefits and Improvements:

• Adds support for Global Shutter Sync photography in all shutter areas: By using an HVL-F46RM flash with a camera equipped with a global shutter image sensor, flash photography can be synchronized with the entire range of shutter speeds available on the camera and enable more effective flash exposures than conventional High-Speed Sync photography (HSS).
• Adds Flash charge Priority setting: When CHG PRIORITY is set to STABLE on the MENU screen, although the charging time is longer compared to when it is set to NORMAL, it allows for more stable firing.

Mapcamera (One of the largest store in Japan) shared the top selling cameras of December:

1st place: α7C II
2th place: Z f
3rd place: GR IIIx
4th place: Z 8
5th place: EOS R6 Mark II
6th place: Fuji X-T5
7th place: α7R V
8th place: OM-1
9th place: α7 IV
10th place: α6700

We have four cameras in the top 10.

Current Type A cards have a read speed up to 900MB/s and a write speed up to 800MB/s. The just announced new Lexar CFexpress 4.0 Type A cards uses the new PCIe Gen 4 bus and features read speeds of up to 1800 MB/s and write speeds of up to 1650 MB/s. UPDATE: Theses cards are backwards compatible but will NOT work at full speed on current Sony cameras. You need extra hardware for this. So hopefully the A7sIV, A7V and A1II will have full support for them.

The new card is not available for preorder at BHphoto or Amazon. And we have no info about the price which I guess will be NOT low!

Reminder:
You save 15% on the fast and most affordable Pergear Type A card sold by Amazon US (Click here and click on the coupon button).
You save 20% on the same card sold in Europe by Amazon DE, Amazon UK.

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via Explora