a professional level single-lens reflex camera using 6x6 cm (2 1/4 inches square) film–the large film lends itself to finely focused, or sharp, enlargements of images; the camera is also known as a 'medium format' camera

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 photographic products from Eastman.