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Doom runs on a Hasselblad medium-format camera
Original: “All Doom players aspire to go medium-format eventually.” Watch classic 90s video game run on Hasselblad X2D 100C camera
The classic 1990s shooter Doom has been run on a Hasselblad X2D 100C, a high-end medium-format camera, continuing a long tradition of porting the game to unlikely hardware. Tech and photography outlets picked up the stunt, with jokes that 'all Doom players aspire to go medium-format eventually' highlighting the absurdity of playing a retro game on a professional camera body.
Why now: Doom ports to improbable devices are a perennial internet fascination, and a luxury medium-format camera is an especially unlikely host
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- “All Doom players aspire to go medium-format eventually.” Watch classic 90s video game run on Hasselblad X2D 100C camera · Digital Camera World
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