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DWOfPaul wrote:
It's definitely impressive how much Hasselblad and Fuji have been able to progress medium format, with medium format mirrorless. Personally, though, the biggest advantage I currently see in MF over FF mirrorless is if the extra resolution or squarer aspect ratio helps your print needs. The overall IQ of the images between MF and FF are very close.
Yes, the more square native aspect ratios and the higher resolution giving you more opportunities to use unique aspect ratios are the two big selling points for me. GFX and Hassy still don't have the film 6x7 type "look" to me with their bokeh.
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OwlsEyes wrote:
Furthermore, I purchased my Hasselblad for an unbelievably low price, so it was a bit of a no brainer for someone wanting to have a medium format option in their bag.
Unfortunately, my Hassy wasn't a steal so I'm sat here giving it a hard look and determining what it gains me and what it doesn't vs my very capable Nikon gear, even down to the "lowly" Zf. I certainly enjoy the output of the X2D, but there are real pain points with shooting with it.
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woodstork wrote:
When people talk about the medium format look, I’ve never thought it was about thin depth of field. For me it was about full depth of color, great contrast, and the very smooth tonal transitions you get from having a bigger gathering of light information on the bigger piece of film. It just looks so much more natural and dimensional and inviting to me, especially on transparency films.
In comparison, the Fuji and Blad ‘mini-medium format’ mirrorless sensors never quite hit me the same over full frame mirrorless the same way as 67 film did versus its full frame contemporary. Not enough IQ lift to give up the frame rate and versatility of the Z system on any given day. Sold my GFX as soon as Nikon started issuing their spectacular super telephoto lenses and the Z9. More fun for the money....Show more →
Agree with all of this, though I prefer shooting the Zf over the Z9 for most things...oh how I wish we could get the Z7ii sensor in the Zf body!
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Alistair1 wrote:
Interesting. Presumably the last 2 are the Hassy?
I was curious if anyone would pick up on my trick. It's N > H > H > N
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catacore wrote:
My guess would be, for the first two pictures: Nikon, then Hassy, both with their lenses at wide open apertures. Then the last two would be Hassy, then Nikon, with treir lenses stopped down 2-3 stops.
But as Bruce has said above, for some (me included) the shooting experience means a lot, for me this is the reason I own and shoot Leica M cameras (M3 and a 13 years old model M240, at "only" 24MPx).
And there he is =)
The older I get, the more I value the shooting experience over everything else, since output has become so close, especially if you post process.
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bernardl wrote:
This is all the more impressive that the Ultron is significantly behind the best Nikon glass in terms of image quality, or the APO-Lanthar.
Indeed! I didn't think comparing to my APO-L would look similar enough FOV wise, plus this proves my point even better 
I think the Ultron is a slept on lens, though.
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fjablo wrote:
Regarding the A/B: there is a significant difference in color on my MPB, esp. in the magena tones. One camera renders them significantly lighter. That camera also seems to have less punchy greens, maybe a bit more luminance difference in colors overall (my guess would be that's the Hasselblad?). But could probably be matched very closely in post.
My wife picked up on the magenta differences immediately. It wasn't meant to be a perfect color match, or I would have edited them. That said, the Hassy colors straight out of camera are some of the most "true to life" to how my eyes see of any camera I've used. Amusingly, I realized through this experiment that the Hassy JPG files out of camera are identical to the RAW files (color wise), but simply without lens corrections, which is odd and funny.
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