I have mine along with the 80 1.9 and the 21 4.0 for 2 months and absolutely fell in love with it. The images look a lot different compared to my Leica Q2 and Eos R. The rendition has much more depth and information, looks more life-like and clean.
I am shooting landscapes, portraits, macro with an adapted lens and taking it on mountaineering trips. I had the Mark I and was so happy with the image quality that I just had to upgrade to the faster Mark II. It is an inspiring camera to shoot with, and I like to be slowed down a bit to think more about what and how I am shooting. Best camera by far I have ever had.
Hey guys, you can move the auto focus point with your thumb on the touch-screen while looking through the EVF. I choose the top right hand quadrant of the touch-screen to be active when used that way, and it works just like the "joystick" on a Sony A7R series camera. What it doesn't do is track moving objects. It's a perfect camera for anything that doesn't move fast.
Something no one seem to talk about with the x1d ii - over heating. Working in spring and summer of the southeast, the Hassy is not the camera for outdoor shooting in direct sun. Additionally, the camera seems to overheat if you use the bracketing feature for say 5-7 bracketed shots fairly quick. Within about 15-20 minutes of quick shooting the camera overheats from processing all those 50mp raws. You have to slow down to let the camera cool down. At the end of the day… the images are worth it. Simply stunning.
Reviewing a super high resolution camera, and the thumbnail looks like something that was captured on a potato! All jokes aside, great content as always! Keep up the great work!
If you can live the slow Mk 1, then image quality is the same. I have been really happy with my Hasselblad X1D Mk 1. If you are using LR - try Hasselblad own raw converter Phocus - it must better than LR. If you ever get the chance try the 90mm portrait lens, it is simply great...
Hello The Slanted Lens, I'm in the position to the purchase a used XID 50 C at considerable discount, I was wondering if you could recommend one lens to go with my purchase, since my budget could not allow multiple Hassie lenses. Thanks, this video was most helpful!
The Sigma DP Quattro is the closest look to film, in good light. The Hassleblad DOF and high Iso are great though but the overall tonal look looks very close to all cmos sensors.
What do you mean by "separation in the colors" ? Can you give an example ? Separated in what way? Spacially so that they don't bleed into each other? Could you give an example of good and bad separation where it becomes obvious?
Leaf shutter and X-sync. As the shutter's X-sync goes all the way to 1/2000 sec, there is a challenge here: flash duration. Slow strobes (typically cheap Chinese brands and Profoto) may take 1/200 sec to flash. broncolor typically is fast. The Westcott lists flash duration (source B&H) as 1/19,000 sec. If that relates to full power, then this is an ideal match for the Hasselblad. The 1/19,000 easily fits in the 1/2000. The other way around, a slow strobe would have its flash cut off by the fast exposure and you can not use its full potential. In brightly lit (decent proportional modeling lights) or overpowering the sun, the Hasselblad-Westcott combination are ideally positioned. Now take the Fujifilm small "medium format" with its 1/125 X-sync and nothing flash/strobes works fine anymore
Only problem of digital medium format cameras : the price. Also autofocus and lenses tend to not be that great... Can't wait for Canon to release a medium format though
Old argument. This camera is only $1k more than a Sony a9 and the Fuji GFX 50 and 50S are cheaper than the a9 and in the same price range as the a7RIV and Nikon Z7.
FYI: The sensor is the same Sony sensor in the GFX 50, and it is 14bit data coming off the sensor. Writing a 16bit raw file from 14 bits of data is, well, a very effective bit of marketing misdirection....
Nice review. Note that 70% larger is nice marketing talk, but has no merit. Resolution as perceived by humans relates linearly to size and then the best we can use as a basis for comparison is the image diagonal. The Hasselblad sensor is 30% larger linearly. As this also relates to pixels, relative to a Leica M10, it has 44% more pixels where a Nikon Z 7 would have 38% more pixels. As to the term "medium format", I'm inclined to still call this Hasselblad "small format" as per old definitions - this is a format that back in the day would be put on127, not 120 film - so definitely small format. Note that marketers are inclined to compare area numbers (not linear), so all differences at the area level need to have their square root taken to be meaningful. What does this mean for pixels: 100 megapixel has 2x the detail resolution potential compared to 25 megapixel.
I wish it did have a joy stick. I shoot raw and so the color balance is not an issue for me. The reason I love this camera is that it gives you a fabulous image and I can shutter sync my strobes up to 1/2000 of a second.
The Slanted Lens I shoot raw too but I don’t like to stick with auto whitebalance everytime when I shoot. Especially indoor. For me HSS is good enough.
No, you proved that, one cannot over expose in Digital. Film, as I remember from the tutorial, you can bring back highlights with film. But shadows are easily brought up in digital, not so much in film.
Yes its true that with negative film you can over expose it and its great but with digital you are better to under expose the image. All our camera tests show this. You can underexpose a digital image on most cameras 2 or 3 stops and still get a good image.
There was clearly visible noise at ISO 800. I'm watching your review on a 5K screened and at 1600 it was unmistakable. And at 25,000 ISO in your side by side comparison, there was noticeably more "pink" in the red neon signage above the marquee. Although not a Medium format sensor, one's money would be better spent buying a full frame like the Canon 1dx mklll, which also shoots in 4K at 10bit and a 4:2:2 color space and noticeably far less noise at much higher ISO's shooting stills.
Very interesting observation. I think a better Canon choice would be the R5. Unless they reveal something we don't know I think is should be an amazing camera.
I like that it has GPS built in. I do a lot of farm landscape and I always want to be able to reference where the shot was taken. I'm sing a Solmeta GPS on my Nikon but have to make sure it's fully charged to last the day.
BEST FEATURE OF THIS CAMERA LEAF SHUTTER !!!!! remind me me a lot of my 503 for group photos or any portrait on location with flash nothing compare to this camera (only Leica S3 has the same feature of a leaf shutter) But weight and 35 ergonomic and quality file on this camera are amazing for that price nothing compare ( I do rent mine I can't afford it ) I like to share my knowledge do not use any flash with default 1/200 second you need to have a T1 preferable of at list 1/1100 sec or 1/1600 of sec to get great results. I get excellent result with Profoto Compact old model 1/900 sec with Pocket wizard 3 you can not use the regular pocket wizard they will not allow you to sync to an elevate T1 their is special setting for that feature on the PW3 . With Paul c Buff Digibee using their own transmitter I was able to sync up to 1/2000 of sec no problem even their t1 is 1/975 of sec. Example your 400 J the T1 is 1/280 of sec at full power the lowest power is 1/3000 sec Is still to slow you can reduce the power but then your flash distance will suffer. You guys be safe great post as usual.
You are a true professional, I did test with this camera the first one was really terrible the second one is a huge improvement !!! I really love this camera as an additional tool, now with that new 45 it as become very affordable. I think when you do your clients group shots with strobe this will be one of the greatest tool like the old days :) last I had more failure then victory ( so I don't know about hire me !!! )
"Unique look compared to full frame" LOL? Please give this guy a full frame and compare this 45mm f4.0 to its full frame equivalent 35mm f/3.2. Its gonna be 1:1 the same look.
@@TheSlantedLens We have to agree to disagree there. Megapixels don't give you a certain look. Unless you print them in poster size, then you get a finer resolution, but still no different look.
Only if you are standing up-wind and are not shedding virus yourself. Your ABSOLUTE certainty is amazing. It is all about probabilities and minimizing risk. Is the probability of transmission reduced by standing outside? Of course. Is it ABSOLUTELY zero risk? Medical professionals seem to disagree with you, but hey, Democracy is the freedom to believe the Earth is flat if you want that. Let's all be honest here.....
@@DigitalGrease fast forward one year annnndddd we all realize the experts change changed their views quite a few times. I guess wearing 30 face condoms is the way to go from what I read yesterday
@@AllCarsUnited You do understand that as we learn more about things, we change our approach to them. This is how science and sane people operate. The nut jobs just believe what they want to believe and think that they are being strong.
The Slanted Lens Mate, you took what I said completely out of context. I’m not comparing an iPhone with a bespoke, pretentious camera that most of us can’t afford. I’m saying your images that you took with the Hasselblad look like they are from an iPhone. Ie, in your brilliant video you’re really not showing off it’s capabilities. 😕
Hi TSL fam! Boy this was a fun one to make!
This camera is incredible, but I want to hear what YOU think! Leave me a comment. Let's chat. :)
Hope you enjoy the video!
I have mine along with the 80 1.9 and the 21 4.0 for 2 months and absolutely fell in love with it. The images look a lot different compared to my Leica Q2 and Eos R. The rendition has much more depth and information, looks more life-like and clean.
Yes, we had the same experience. Beautiful color!!!
Iam about to get a Leica q2 for my everyday camera but now I want the x1D ii...
I am shooting landscapes, portraits, macro with an adapted lens and taking it on mountaineering trips. I had the Mark I and was so happy with the image quality that I just had to upgrade to the faster Mark II. It is an inspiring camera to shoot with, and I like to be slowed down a bit to think more about what and how I am shooting. Best camera by far I have ever had.
That is awesome. I bet your images are stunning. Thanks for sharing!
Hey guys, you can move the auto focus point with your thumb on the touch-screen while looking through the EVF. I choose the top right hand quadrant of the touch-screen to be active when used that way, and it works just like the "joystick" on a Sony A7R series camera. What it doesn't do is track moving objects. It's a perfect camera for anything that doesn't move fast.
Great points. Thanks for sharing your insight!
Something no one seem to talk about with the x1d ii - over heating. Working in spring and summer of the southeast, the Hassy is not the camera for outdoor shooting in direct sun. Additionally, the camera seems to overheat if you use the bracketing feature for say 5-7 bracketed shots fairly quick. Within about 15-20 minutes of quick shooting the camera overheats from processing all those 50mp raws. You have to slow down to let the camera cool down.
At the end of the day… the images are worth it. Simply stunning.
Thanks for sharing your experience with the Hasselblad in the sun. Good to know!
Reviewing a super high resolution camera, and the thumbnail looks like something that was captured on a potato!
All jokes aside, great content as always! Keep up the great work!
Jacob Ma I’m from Idaho. Potatoes are my favorite cameras.
Next to the Hasselblad the potato cam is our next best camera. Doesn't take such a great image but tastes great when it's fried.
If you can live the slow Mk 1, then image quality is the same. I have been really happy with my Hasselblad X1D Mk 1.
If you are using LR - try Hasselblad own raw converter Phocus - it must better than LR.
If you ever get the chance try the 90mm portrait lens, it is simply great...
Thanks for the pointers. And glad you are loving the Mk 1. I would love to use the portrait lens. Soon!
Great review guys and gorgeous Hassy
We agree! Thanks for watching!
Hello The Slanted Lens, I'm in the position to the purchase a used XID 50 C at considerable discount, I was wondering if you could recommend one lens to go with my purchase, since my budget could not allow multiple Hassie lenses. Thanks, this video was most helpful!
The Sigma DP Quattro is the closest look to film, in good light. The Hassleblad DOF and high Iso are great though but the overall tonal look looks very close to all cmos sensors.
The tonality is amazing with this camera.
Love the ISO looks. Have a 500 CM and looking to go digital.
You will love the picture on the Hasselblad. The color science is amazing!
Great Video as always , I really appreciate the information . Question which flash trigger do you use for the X1d system ??
You can use pocket wizards. I have also used the Westcott FJ400 trigger.
What do you mean by "separation in the colors" ? Can you give an example ? Separated in what way? Spacially so that they don't bleed into each other? Could you give an example of good and bad separation where it becomes obvious?
Give me a time stamp of what you are referring to and I will be happy to answer your question!
@@TheSlantedLens 9:14
Leaf shutter and X-sync. As the shutter's X-sync goes all the way to 1/2000 sec, there is a challenge here: flash duration. Slow strobes (typically cheap Chinese brands and Profoto) may take 1/200 sec to flash. broncolor typically is fast. The Westcott lists flash duration (source B&H) as 1/19,000 sec. If that relates to full power, then this is an ideal match for the Hasselblad. The 1/19,000 easily fits in the 1/2000. The other way around, a slow strobe would have its flash cut off by the fast exposure and you can not use its full potential. In brightly lit (decent proportional modeling lights) or overpowering the sun, the Hasselblad-Westcott combination are ideally positioned. Now take the Fujifilm small "medium format" with its 1/125 X-sync and nothing flash/strobes works fine anymore
The Westcott is a great match to the Hasselblad. You have to go to high speed sync with the Fuji. That Westcott FJ400 is an incredible head.
Only problem of digital medium format cameras : the price. Also autofocus and lenses tend to not be that great... Can't wait for Canon to release a medium format though
Maxim Neumann oooo yes a Canon medium format will be huge!
Old argument. This camera is only $1k more than a Sony a9 and the Fuji GFX 50 and 50S are cheaper than the a9 and in the same price range as the a7RIV and Nikon Z7.
FYI: The sensor is the same Sony sensor in the GFX 50, and it is 14bit data coming off the sensor. Writing a 16bit raw file from 14 bits of data is, well, a very effective bit of marketing misdirection....
DigitalGrease whoa we had no idea. That’s very good to know...
That is very interesting. Sony does create a lot of sensors. Thanks for the info!
No it's not. They aren't even the same size lol. Sony does make the sensor in the Hasselblad but its not the same one in the GFX 50.
Nice setup, but kinda too expensive for me. I'm still using my trusty old Pentax 645d and an EOS 5D Classic.
Fair enough! Camera gear is a pricey investment!
Stunning image quality.
Wondering how it compares with a Pentax 645D which I have lusted after for a long while.
We have not tested that one. Sounds like a good comparison to do.
@@TheSlantedLens it would be interesting to see how far MF has come since the Pentax.
The 645D is very affordable now, too.
@@TheSlantedLens does the high iso performance improve with smaller image sizes?
Do you think this would be a good option for food photography?
Absolutely!.That is a great application for the Hasselblad!
Nice review. Note that 70% larger is nice marketing talk, but has no merit. Resolution as perceived by humans relates linearly to size and then the best we can use as a basis for comparison is the image diagonal. The Hasselblad sensor is 30% larger linearly. As this also relates to pixels, relative to a Leica M10, it has 44% more pixels where a Nikon Z 7 would have 38% more pixels.
As to the term "medium format", I'm inclined to still call this Hasselblad "small format" as per old definitions - this is a format that back in the day would be put on127, not 120 film - so definitely small format.
Note that marketers are inclined to compare area numbers (not linear), so all differences at the area level need to have their square root taken to be meaningful. What does this mean for pixels: 100 megapixel has 2x the detail resolution potential compared to 25 megapixel.
Wow you really use your left side of the brain. Thanks for all those details!
@@TheSlantedLens - I can only use what's left ;) and march on with that: left-right, left-right
I wish for a Hasselblad X2D with 100Mp or more...
That sounds really nice! Have a great day!
Ok then what is the best camera for short film shooting.
Fujifilm XT4 and Canon R5 are great options.
Lack of joystick is big problem, no manuel white balance shift and autofocus is still slow compared to GFX50R.
I wish it did have a joy stick. I shoot raw and so the color balance is not an issue for me. The reason I love this camera is that it gives you a fabulous image and I can shutter sync my strobes up to 1/2000 of a second.
The Slanted Lens I shoot raw too but I don’t like to stick with auto whitebalance everytime when I shoot. Especially indoor. For me HSS is good enough.
I'd love to shoot with one of those. Just let me win the lottery over here and ....
LOL. Good luck with that. Keep on clickin!
No, you proved that, one cannot over expose in Digital. Film, as I remember from the tutorial, you can bring back highlights with film. But shadows are easily brought up in digital, not so much in film.
I should say; you can’t over expose too much.
Yes its true that with negative film you can over expose it and its great but with digital you are better to under expose the image. All our camera tests show this. You can underexpose a digital image on most cameras 2 or 3 stops and still get a good image.
If u overexp it take most of the noise away. correct in post
That can help to a certain extent. Thanks for watching!
There was clearly visible noise at ISO 800. I'm watching your review on a 5K screened and at 1600 it was unmistakable. And at 25,000 ISO in your side by side comparison, there was noticeably more "pink" in the red neon signage above the marquee. Although not a Medium format sensor, one's money would be better spent buying a full frame like the Canon 1dx mklll, which also shoots in 4K at 10bit and a 4:2:2 color space and noticeably far less noise at much higher ISO's shooting stills.
Very interesting observation. I think a better Canon choice would be the R5. Unless they reveal something we don't know I think is should be an amazing camera.
I like that it has GPS built in. I do a lot of farm landscape and I always want to be able to reference where the shot was taken. I'm sing a Solmeta GPS on my Nikon but have to make sure it's fully charged to last the day.
That is a great feature for most types of work. I bet your images are stunning. Don't step in anything while you're out there.
Why are Hasselblad cameras so expensive? As I see it, their quality is no different from other professional cameras.
The images are absolutely stunning. The glass is sharp and the color science is amazing. They have always been a premium camera brand.
what about VIDEO?
As of now it does not shoot video but they are planning a firmware update that allow shooting video.
BEST FEATURE OF THIS CAMERA LEAF SHUTTER !!!!! remind me me a lot of my 503 for group photos or any portrait on location with flash nothing compare to this camera (only Leica S3 has the same feature of a leaf shutter) But weight and 35 ergonomic and quality file on this camera are amazing for that price nothing compare ( I do rent mine I can't afford it )
I like to share my knowledge do not use any flash with default 1/200 second you need to have a T1 preferable of at list 1/1100 sec or 1/1600 of sec to get great results.
I get excellent result with Profoto Compact old model 1/900 sec with Pocket wizard 3 you can not use the regular pocket wizard they will not allow you to sync to an elevate T1 their is special setting for that feature on the PW3 . With Paul c Buff Digibee using their own transmitter I was able to sync up to 1/2000 of sec no problem even their t1 is 1/975 of sec. Example your 400 J the T1 is 1/280 of sec at full power the lowest power is 1/3000 sec Is still to slow you can reduce the power but then your flash distance will suffer. You guys be safe great post as usual.
Thanks for all the info. We need to hire you.
You are a true professional, I did test with this camera the first one was really terrible the second one is a huge improvement !!! I really love this camera as an additional tool, now with that new 45 it as become very affordable. I think when you do your clients group shots with strobe this will be one of the greatest tool like the old days :) last I had more failure then victory ( so I don't know about hire me !!! )
Leica Q2 vs Hassy ?
Love that idea. I will look into it. Thanks for the suggestion.,
What to get 907 or X1 Dii
Decisions, decisions. Let us know what you decide.
@@TheSlantedLens wait le me decide 😁
The Sony held its own in image quality compared to this medium format, impressed. 👌🏾
Most cameras out there will give you great images these days. It just depends on the final use.
"Unique look compared to full frame" LOL? Please give this guy a full frame and compare this 45mm f4.0 to its full frame equivalent 35mm f/3.2.
Its gonna be 1:1 the same look.
It really depends on the megapixel size.
@@TheSlantedLens We have to agree to disagree there. Megapixels don't give you a certain look. Unless you print them in poster size, then you get a finer resolution, but still no different look.
Mmmfffppf hmmmfpppt mmmfffppf, ooops sorry, I'll take my mask off next time lol 😋
LOL. Keep on clickin!
Merci
You got it! :)
11 seconds in and it's already apparent you and tom cotton there aren't 6 feet apart.
Close enough. We're still healthy!
Who gives a sht
Ok can we all be honest here ? THERE IS ABSOLUTELY NO NEED TO BE WEARING A MASK BEING OUTSIDE
Only if you are standing up-wind and are not shedding virus yourself. Your ABSOLUTE certainty is amazing. It is all about probabilities and minimizing risk. Is the probability of transmission reduced by standing outside? Of course. Is it ABSOLUTELY zero risk? Medical professionals seem to disagree with you, but hey, Democracy is the freedom to believe the Earth is flat if you want that. Let's all be honest here.....
We can all do our part.
@@DigitalGrease fast forward one year annnndddd we all realize the experts change changed their views quite a few times. I guess wearing 30 face condoms is the way to go from what I read yesterday
@@AllCarsUnited You do understand that as we learn more about things, we change our approach to them. This is how science and sane people operate. The nut jobs just believe what they want to believe and think that they are being strong.
Those images look like they could of been shot with an iPhone. Underwhelming
Wow Daniel you have one amazing iPhone if it looks as good as the Hasselblad. Can I buy your iPhone?
The Slanted Lens Mate, you took what I said completely out of context. I’m not comparing an iPhone with a bespoke, pretentious camera that most of us can’t afford. I’m saying your images that you took with the Hasselblad look like they are from an iPhone. Ie, in your brilliant video you’re really not showing off it’s capabilities. 😕
the street photos during night are just awful examples....
Thanks for watching and keep on clickin!