Yes,
The Swedish era appear to be ending. Nevertheless, the design of the H1
was the product of the old firm. However, the digital evolution, speed
and need of money to survive the initial years of change brought forward
this change. Still the new H1 is a very good camera. One should remember
that the japanese camera manufactrrs have had a similar development with
a lot of assembleing in other parts of Asia. Even the old Blads - not
all stuff was made in Sweden for those - even though amount made in
house and out of their own plants was far less than its now..
Ronald
Bob Shell wrote:
On Dec 1, 2005, at 5:30 PM, Toralf Lund wrote:
P. J. Alling wrote:
Word is that the new Hassy is made by Fuji.
You mean the actual body? Surely the "digital" bits are by Imacon?
They didn't so much desert Zeiss and desert themselves...
Lenses and film magazines are from Fuji. Body is assembled by
Hasselblad from parts made by Minolta (prism, metering system,
focusing screen) and other Asian suppliers. Assembly is being moved
from Sweden to Denmark (Imacon). There are so few employees left at
the Swedish facility that each one has the square meters of a very
large house!! I suspect it won't be too long before the Swedish
operation is shut down entirely. End of an era, for sure.
Bob
