Hasselblad
Hasselblad is a Swedish manufacturer of high-quality still photography cameras based in Gothenburg, Sweden. The company was established in 1841 as a trading company. In the 1890s, Hasselblad began distributing photographical products from Eastman. The photography branch grew, and during the second world war Victor Hasselblad was commissioned to develop an aerial camera. After the war, camera production changed into civilian cameras. Introduced in 1948, the Hasselblad 1600F was a medium format SLR that became the camera of choice for many professional photographers.
The perhaps most famous use of the Hasselblad camera was during the Apollo Program missions when man first set foot on the moon. All photographs during these missions were taken with Hasselblad cameras.
The cameras are still widely used for some forms of professional photography, particularly studio work.
Hasselblad does not manufacture digital camera backs for its cameras, but many other manufacturers produce them for its cameras.
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