Being medium format, one can achieve shallower depths of field effects at smaller apertures. They gave me a 90mm f2.5 and a wider lens, at 2.5 the depth of field is pretty shallow, nice for portraiture. The screen on the back of the camera is like looking at an OLED flat screen monitor, very impressive and it gives you the feeling that you are really looking at your composition in dynamic resolution. Even with all the improvements on the X2D II, it will not be a "fast" camera, Hasselblad has always been a camera that forces one to slow down, compose and shoot. This newest iteration is obviously light years ahead of the old 500C/M bodies, but at 3.3 frames a second, it still isn't what one would call "fast". The Series II does have five stops of IBIS, 15 stops of dynamic range, eye recognition and Lidar focus tracking.
I'm told that bodies and lenses will be in very short supply so make sure I get the essentials that are best for my subject matter while the getting is good. I'm downloading the Hasselblad "Phocus" App and pairing the camera to my iPhone.The menu system is pretty straight forward and the fact that it is not a hybrid still/video camera simplifies operation considerably. I should be up to speed by the time I put it to work on Wednesday.
Sep 08, 2025 at 09:54 PM
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