The medium medium Hasselblad camera is cheaper than you think.

We spent most of the year talking about the tools More expensive. Thanks to the customs tariff, Prices rise Every few monthsAnd even small Promotions It came with high prices. So I was surprised by pleasure when I discovered that the new Hasselblad X2D 100c II would be cheaper than her predecessor, reaching $ 7400 for the body.

Do not understand me wrong. It is far from cheap. But Hasselblad is trying to get this camera in the hands of a wider audience. I have been looking at my account balance since I started this review, trying to see if I could justify one purchase for myself. Perhaps I cannot – but not because I don’t want it.

Here is what you need to know about digital medium coordination cameras like X2D. It is larger and slower than full frame cameras or crop sensors. They take longer to process images and usually have a slower automatic concentration. And yes, it costs a lot of money. But you get almost perfect pictures in detail and incredible sincerity, contrary to what you can get with any other camera. The images I got from X2D II are some of the best pictures you took ever. The question is whether they deserve to sacrifice speed, size and money.

Three years have passed at the end of X2D, and the new version comes with some exciting updates: it uses Lidar to help automatically adjust the image, it’s the first medium -coordination camera capable of taking HDR images, and has 10 installation in the body. It also has one new button and the control process! This may seem simple, but it made the handling of this camera a lot faster and let me rely less on touch screen orders, which I was never fond of. Medium coordination cameras are lethargy, so anything helps!

But in many other ways, the new method is similar to its predecessor. The body has the same mobile shape, and still takes 100 megapixels, and provides a similar dynamic range (15.3 versus 15 stations). Want to shoot the video? In 2025, you may expect this option from a medium coordination camera, as you do in the Fujifilm or Leica S3 line. But we have to wait another a few years for that. This camera is completely photographer – fortunately, it’s very good.

Last year, DJI released a product called Dji Focus Pro LidarWhich combines a Lidar sensor with a mechanism attached to the camera and allows you to use automatic focus with manual concentration lenses. I didn’t use one, but it is popular with some content creators. Lidar has made its way to the cameras as part of the standard car control system, which is also the first real sign of the DJI influence on Hasselblad since the acquisition in 2017.

The Lidar unit on this camera is much smaller than those in the Focus Pro unit, and works alongside with the discovery of the current phase and automatic discovery on the contrast.

So, is it good? It is good. Is it impressive? This is not bad. Is it not flawed? not quite. In the few weeks I had with X2D II, I found Lidar to connect it, a point flour, and only Sufficiently enough as you feel almost like a modern camera without a mirror. Thoral like Fuji more than Sony: Slow down a little but still good.

But sometimes I felt that Lidar was wondering about himself. It often focuses behind a topic, then works on its way forward, especially when using the continuous automatic focus. The same applies to the discovery of the topic and the focus of the eye: if the topic does not look directly to the camera, the system often decides to focus on the topic as a whole, not the eye. This happened with animals more than people (sorry, most of my four -legged friends) and sometimes make me miss the possible pictures. On the other hand, he was also able to pick up topics from afar; I have worked well in the dark and least light.

The concentration performance was automatically better with the lens launched by Hasselblad alongside this camera-XCD 35-100 mm, which will cost $ 4,599. In her press statement, Hasselblad described this “Compaact”, but it is not close. It is a very large lens. In fact, it is extremely important that Hasselblad must launch UV and ND filters for the 86 mm diameter. At least it is not very heavy for its size, at 1.97 lbs.

Hasselblad X2D II comes with SSD 1 TB, making processing these 100m photos somewhat quickly (I consider a curve here). There is still some delay before you can review your image on the screen, especially in the rush mode – about four seconds for all exposure. But it is fast enough that he didn’t slow me much. You can still continue filming without a problem. I am not a photographer of spray. I tend to be more intense with my shots, so it is fast enough for me, but it may feel joy for some. And yes, there is still a BCexpress hole for additional storage, and I haven’t noticed any improvements or obstacles when used.

Pictures of X2D II look brutal and wonderful. Details are sharp, the edges look thin, and Bokeh of the 25 mm primary lens that you used are silk with the effect of the 8 -point hasselblad stars. (To get full samples, be sure to download photos from This folder))

The camera was classified for 15.3 stops from the dynamic range, making the images 16 -bit very vibrant. Poison it in incredibly accurate colors, and you are constantly surprised by the results. I couldn’t really wait to review each image via the largest possible number of screens – especially those HDR, because this is the first medium coordination camera capable of taking real HDR images.

In general, I am not a fan of HDR who usually comes out of smartphone cameras or movement, but it looks more natural here. In some intense and high contrast scenes, you will see a lot of treatment, especially in the shadows, which are highly raised, and you will also see noise to infiltrate. In more exposure, HDR processing and noise looks much better and sustainable. I encourage you to look at these On the HDR screen and takes attention to the prominent points, which keep a lot of information and look great. If you are in this pierced appearance with prominent points, you will enjoy what you get from X2D II.

When you connect this camera to the new Phocus 2, you can control the amount of HDR processing you want to apply. This is definitely the best way to continue processing HDR images using this camera, and made me use HDR much more. Also, he shouted to hasselblad to make a simple and simple facilities app that looks great and works well. She has faced slight communication problems with her, but much less than other applications that she used in the past. (HDR samples, download the photos from This folder))

The noise in both HDR and HDR images appear to be well maintained, and only in ISO 6400, slowly begins to boost the image at risk. Less Iso on this camera is 50, bottom of 65 on X2D. If you are concerned about the noise in this camera, it will not be. But if you are, the tenth stability will help you open this shutter for a little longer.

Hasselblad says you can get a clean hand exposure to “several seconds”. It is difficult to know what it really means several seconds, but I managed to have long waterfalls through the hands of the camera for up to three seconds in a bright and sunny day, although it tends to the wall. For other pictures, you are comfortable to deliver hands for up to a second.

We live in an era in which the camera specifications fade slowly. Every digital camera launches great pictures, all of which have an automatic image adjustment, all of which get similar colors. It is really related to how the camera makes you feel when you use it: can you become an extension of one? Can you help you express yourself as a photographer?

This is wonderful and bold. A dark gray body looks like a luxurious super luxury car. The fist on the side has a very new, comfortable and good texture. It is a very good feeling in your hand: strong, and every good -made angle. You feel like you are in the driver’s seat, equipping and ready for a smooth ride.
The tilt screen of three levels, buttons, control stick, faces, and everything else is Hasllala – Made carefully and accurately. But it is also a heavy camera that will tire you after a long day of filming. For me, Hasselblad’s modernity began to wear at the end of my review period – that is, until I looked at the photos I took and the memories that I managed to create. Josh, I am very happy because I made those memories with one of the greatest cameras that I have ever used.

Photography by Vjeran Pavic / The Verge