p.10 #1 · Official: Hasselblad X2D II 100C Medium Format Camera announced!
SrMi wrote:
How do you customize front and rear dials? The manual says you can, but they probably only refer to clicking them and changing the value of the selected function
FWIW
to answer: I go to Main Menu/General/Custom Buttons/Front Wheel Click. Left and right is f stop.
For Rear Wheel Click I am using "Reset Focus Point". Left and right is SS
p.10 #2 · Official: Hasselblad X2D II 100C Medium Format Camera announced!
Fred Miranda wrote:
I am surprised by his surprise that HDR does not work in M mode (it is mentioned in the manual). The same applies to AF-C not working with all lenses. A suggestion in the comments solved the blue cast: run sensor calibration. That can be helpful if one encounters the issue.
Also, regarding the minimum interval time:
- Raw only: 2 sec
- Raw + JPEG, standard: 5 sec
- HDR mode: 8 sec
p.10 #3 · Official: Hasselblad X2D II 100C Medium Format Camera announced!
stgrove wrote:
FWIW
to answer: I go to Main Menu/General/Custom Buttons/Front Wheel Click. Left and right is f stop.
For Rear Wheel Click I am using "Reset Focus Point". Left and right is SS
Thanks. In my book, customizing dials means changing their default behavior, without any clicks involved.
p.10 #5 · Official: Hasselblad X2D II 100C Medium Format Camera announced!
Tried the VM 21/1.4, M24/1.4 and 75/1.4 on the X2DII. Some vignetting, but not much more than would do myself. Have not tried software corrections as yet. IBIS assisted focusing works for me. Yes ES only, but that does not bother me.
p.10 #6 · Official: Hasselblad X2D II 100C Medium Format Camera announced!
stgrove wrote:
Tried the VM 21/1.4, M24/1.4 and 75/1.4 on the X2DII. Some vignetting, but not much more than would do myself. Have not tried software corrections as yet. IBIS assisted focusing works for me. Yes ES only, but that does bother me.
p.10 #7 · Official: Hasselblad X2D II 100C Medium Format Camera announced!
Fred Miranda wrote:
Not exactly sure what the intention was posting this without any context, but looking at his "complaints", most of those could have been deduced from simply reading the data sheet/marketing more closely.
The monitor cast issue is something I'm keeping my eye on. The X2D's rear monitor is SO color accurate that taking a step back from that would be really frustrating.
p.10 #8 · Official: Hasselblad X2D II 100C Medium Format Camera announced!
RoamingScott wrote:
Not exactly sure what the intention was posting this without any context, but looking at his "complaints", most of those could have been deduced from simply reading the data sheet/marketing more closely.
The monitor cast issue is something I'm keeping my eye on. The X2D's rear monitor is SO color accurate that taking a step back from that would be really frustrating.
The monitor cast issue seems to have been resolved by running Sensor Calibration (?!?).
p.10 #9 · Official: Hasselblad X2D II 100C Medium Format Camera announced!
RoamingScott wrote:
Not exactly sure what the intention was posting this without any context, but looking at his "complaints", most of those could have been deduced from simply reading the data sheet/marketing more closely.
The monitor cast issue is something I'm keeping my eye on. The X2D's rear monitor is SO color accurate that taking a step back from that would be really frustrating.
I posted because I watched the video and, while I know some of the specs, I've never actually shot with this camera or any digital medium format, mainly because of the system size and weight. I was just curious to see if the comments made sense. Is that a problem? I think the context comes from the video itself.
p.10 #11 · Official: Hasselblad X2D II 100C Medium Format Camera announced!
Fred Miranda wrote:
I posted because I watched the video and, while I know some of the specs, I've never actually shot with this camera or any digital medium format, mainly because of the system size and weight. I was just curious to see if the comments made sense. Is that a problem? I think the context comes from the video itself.
The video is a somewhat provocative "buyer beware" when the items presented were mostly known pre-release and are the oversights of the poster vs "issues". I was just curious what stood out as a real concern to you by posting it.
p.10 #12 · Official: Hasselblad X2D II 100C Medium Format Camera announced!
RoamingScott wrote:
The video is a somewhat provocative "buyer beware" when the items presented were mostly known pre-release and are the oversights of the poster vs "issues". I was just curious what stood out as a real concern to you by posting it.
The guy in the video...I felt kind of bad for him. The complaints he gave were akin to someone saying buyer beware, the car with the manual transmission won't automatically shift, could be a problem.
I see no blue cast on my rear LCD but I did do the sensor calibration before using it in earnest so I may have saved my self that issue?
p.10 #13 · Official: Hasselblad X2D II 100C Medium Format Camera announced!
RoamingScott wrote:
The video is a somewhat provocative "buyer beware" when the items presented were mostly known pre-release and are the oversights of the poster vs "issues". I was just curious what stood out as a real concern to you by posting it.
That is why it caught my attention. Most other videos just cheerlead the camera. I wanted to understand why he said "buyers beware" and thought I would share it here. I am not promoting it, just passing along the information. As I mentioned, I am not familiar with the claims since I have never shot with it myself. He may have been misinformed, but it is still useful information for anyone considering the camera who is not aware of the limitations he highlighted.
p.10 #14 · Official: Hasselblad X2D II 100C Medium Format Camera announced!
Ai_Print wrote:
The guy in the video...I felt kind of bad for him. The complaints he gave were akin to someone saying buyer beware, the car with the manual transmission won't automatically shift, could be a problem.
I see no blue cast on my rear LCD but I did do the sensor calibration before using it in earnest so I may have saved my self that issue?
That he claims to own "every" Hasselblad and GFX yet lack such basic knowledge is pretty embarrassing...certainly doesn't come across as someone who should be paid much attention to in terms of rational concerns.
If you're buying extremely niche, high end gear and not paying attention to even basic marketing material, you're probably going to have a bad time in general.
p.10 #15 · Official: Hasselblad X2D II 100C Medium Format Camera announced!
RoamingScott wrote:
That he claims to own "every" Hasselblad and GFX yet lack such basic knowledge is pretty embarrassing...certainly doesn't come across as someone who should be paid much attention to in terms of rational concerns.
If you're buying extremely niche, high end gear and not paying attention to even basic marketing material, you're probably going to have a bad time in general.
^^^this^^^
His absolute lack of knowledge on the camera and system is world class….
p.10 #16 · Official: Hasselblad X2D II 100C Medium Format Camera announced!
flash wrote:
^^^this^^^
His absolute lack of knowledge on the camera and system is world class….
Gordon
So Gordon,
Since you own the camera, were his claims misleading? For example, does the X2D II's AF-C work with older XCD lenses or only the new ones? Does HDR only work with JPEG and not in manual mode? Is the LCD output inaccurate or can it be calibrated? It would be really helpful to know for people who own the camera.
Also, from the other video, have you noticed the AF-C missing focus during tracking, especially when the subject is moving towards you? These are the main cons I have seen mentioned so far.
The only NEW information from our YT friend is the rear screen blue cast, which multiple people (here and Reddit) have said that a sensor calibration "fixes".
p.10 #18 · Official: Hasselblad X2D II 100C Medium Format Camera announced!
Surprised by the negative reaction to the video. The guy bought the camera, not received it as a gift. We are all imperfect in this world, if anyone is perfect, raise your hand. But his opinion certainly matters among the applause of many bloggers. You need to be kinder, guys. Just imagine your photos on the X2D or Mark II being criticized so fiercely. Nothing is perfect.
p.10 #19 · Official: Hasselblad X2D II 100C Medium Format Camera announced!
Fred Miranda wrote:
Since you own the camera, were his claims misleading?
I also own the camera, put about 30 hours and 1400 frames through it this weekend on a really cool job at a design seminar a colleague launched. I shot 5% of those in raw and the rest in JPEG / HDR.
His claims came off as if he discovered "bugs" that he felt important to share, to me that was the misleading part. Aside from the possible blue screen, none of them are bugs, just limitations to be aware of through the usual path of due diligence one ought to do before spending this kind of money. A good example of a bug a user would discover but the maker not "announce" would be the purple cast on the Leica M8 that eventually required the use of IR cut filters.
There are several new features on this camera and they are all well represented in the previews, promotional literature and of course, the full user manual. Other youtube reviews mention them as well but don't present them in quite the same manner...as if Hasselblad effed up.
By the way, posting the video does not in any way reflect poorly on you, it is indeed making the rounds at the moment.
p.10 #20 · Official: Hasselblad X2D II 100C Medium Format Camera announced!
Ne314satel wrote:
Surprised by the negative reaction to the video. The guy bought the camera, not received it as a gift. We are all imperfect in this world, if anyone is perfect, raise your hand. But his opinion certainly matters among the applause of many bloggers. You need to be kinder, guys. Just imagine your photos on the X2D or Mark II being criticized so fiercely. Nothing is perfect.
Literally no one is talking about his photos. My meta point is that linking to uninformed takes with no context only feeds the algorithm, showing that person to more passerbys.
