If you can’t afford a Ferrari, perhaps you should think about purchasing the all-new Hasselblad H4D Ferrari Limited Edition camera. On second thought, you probably won’t be able to afford that either.

Created for those looking for the ultimate image quality, there are only going to be 499 units produced. The camera is outfitted in finished in Ferrari’s “rosso fuoco” color, and comes complete with the legendary Racing Shield. Equipped with an 80mm lens, the camera goes first class all the way – right down to an exclusively designed and engineered box with a glass top. The box features dual layers that keep the camera, lens and accessories separate, and each level is lined with a soft and rich material.

No price has been released for the Hasselblad H4D Ferrari Limited Edition camera, but since the regular version is priced at just under €10,000, this new edition isn’t going to come cheap.

[Source: Engadget]

If you’ve ever wondered what it takes to get truly professional OEM high-quality automotive photography then take a gander at these photos. This massive gallery was posted on AMG’s “Private Lounge” forum, restricted to AMG owners.

Our AMG-owning friends over at Luxury4Play then provided them to us.

Several shots show an impressive rig system used to get those faked high-speed-look photos. This look was popularized in magazines like SuperStreet, although those rigs are far more rudimentary and often require significant photoshopping. The below-mount rig used for the SL65 AMG Black Series photos minimizes the need for Photoshop. It also appears to be made of carbon fiber, keeping the whole system as light as possible and allowing the camera to be mounted a good distance away from the car so that a more scenic photo can be taken.

The photographer isn’t messing around either, using what appears to be a Hasselblad camera.

A second set of shots show some impressive car-to-car action with the SL65 AMG Black Series on the Mas Du Clos circuit in France.

At the end there’s a photo of the whole crew involved in such a photo shoot, which should give you an idea at the kind of expense a company like Mercedes-Benz goes through to get perfect press photos.

We’ve included a full gallery of all the photos below.

GALLERY: SL65 AMG Black Series Photo Shoot

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