Press Releases 2008

08/11/2008

Honours including the European and international Sappi Printer of the Year Award 2007 as well as the BCP Award 2008 have already demonstrated that VICTOR by Hasselblad may justifiably be described as one of the most prestigious and interesting photography magazines in the world. Read more...

24/09/08

Hasselblad today offers new image processing capabilities to its Mac users with the launch of Phocus 1.1 for Mac and brings the world’s most powerful image processing software to its growing numbers of Windows users with the launch of Phocus 1.0 for Windows. Read more...

24/09/2008

Following the overwhelmingly positive response from the professional photographic market, Hasselblad has extended the tilt and shift capabilities of its lenses by developing its ingenious HTS 1.5 tilt and shift adapter, originally designed for its HCD28mm, HC35mm, HC50mm and HC80mm lenses, to work with both its HC 2.2/100mm lens and its set of 13mm, 26mm and 52mm HE extension rings for macro photography. Read more...

24/09/2008

Specifically aimed at those high-end 35mm DSLR users who are increasingly looking to buy in to the superior quality offered by a Hasselblad H3DII DSLR - now available at a far more attractive price point - Hasselblad today launches its HCD 4-5.6/35-90mm Aspherical zoom lens. Complementing Hasselblad’s existing HC 3.5-4.5/50-110mm zoom lens, the new HCD 35-90mm lens offers a wider angle of view to provide new Hasselblad users with a range corresponding to a 25-70mm zoom on a 35mm DSLR. Read more...

24/09/2008

At photokina 2008, Hasselblad is introducing a new pricing strategy and exhibiting a range of new high-end products, including a new flagship camera, the H3DII-50, a versatile zoom lens in the HCD 4.0-5.6/35-90mm, and the HTS 1.5 Tilt and Shift adapter. Read more...

11/09/2008

Hasselblad will launch its eagerly awaited Hasselblad Masters book at photokina 2008 in Cologne, Germany (23 – 28 September 2008). Read more...

28/07/2008

In recognition of its overall quality, Hasselblad’s outstanding magazine for professional photographers, VICTOR by Hasselblad, has been awarded a gold medal in the B2C trade category of the Best of Corporate Publishing Awards 2008, Europe’s largest competition for corporate publications and generally considered to be the Oscars of corporate publishing. Read more...

08/07/2008

The new powerful, portable, HTS 1.5 adapter, which is patent pending, adds tilt, shift and rotation to the Hasselblad HCD28mm, HC35mm, HC50mm and HC80mm lenses. It delivers corrective and creative image control to the H3DII series of cameras and opens entire new segments of photography to this exciting form of photographic expression. Read more...

08/07/2008

High-End Digital Camera Manufacturer Announces The Launch Of Two New Products That Fully Utilize The Latest Developments In Sensor Technology. Read more...

08/07/2008

Optimized production techniques and increased purchasing power enable more affordable entry point into the Hasselblad system. Read more...

24/06/2008

Together, the Hasselblad Phocus software and Hasselblad H3DII provide the world’s most powerful image processing system from lens to laptop. Read more...

06/06/2008

Following the success of the 2008 Hasselblad Masters Awards, which featured a new format and attracted a record number of entries, Hasselblad is now accepting submissions for the 2009 awards at www.hasselblad.com/masters. Given in recognition of a photographer’s contribution to the art of photography, the prestigious Masters Awards are judged on photographic ability, encompassing creativity, composition, conceptual strength and technical skill. Read more...

06/05/2008

VICTOR by Hasselblad, the exciting and visually stimulating magazine in a large, professional  format, has proved a huge success amongst top class photographers since its launch in the  autumn of 2006. In order to allow a wider audience to enjoy this exclusive publication in future, Hasselblad is pleased to announce that VICTOR is today being launched in an online version –  providing all the content and all the quality of the paper version, plus the advantages of an online publication. Read more...

27/03/2008

With the update of Apple’s Leopard operating system to OS X 10.5.2, Apple now includes official support for the Hasselblad raw files (3FR, FFF and DNG) that are produced from a range of the Hasselblad digital camera solutions. The new Aperture 2 release also includes support for these Hasselblad raw file formats. Read more...

18/01/2008

Hasselblad today announces the ten winners of its Hasselblad Master Award for 2008. Whereas  in previous years Hasselblad has awarded 12 separate Master Awards for overall photographic ability, the 2008 Hasselblad Master Awards are presented across ten separate categories of photography and the winners are as follow: Read more...