Hasselblad makes world's first mirrorless medium-format camera
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Here's something you don't see every day. TR photo enthusiasts will be plenty familiar with the concept of the mirrorless camera by now. These next-gen shooters do away with the bulky mirror box and prism assembly of the good old DSLR for an electronic viewfinder and on-sensor autofocus. Those improvements usually lead to wafer-thin bodies like those of Sony's Alpha lineup, or smaller camera systems in general, as one might get with a Micro Four Thirds body from Panasonic or Olympus. Fabled camera maker Hasselblad is taking the opposite approach today with its X1D system. It put a huge sensor in a tiny body to create what may be the world's first medium-format mirrorless camera.
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