Hasselblad 907X SPECIAL EDITION & 500C/M: Back to the Future
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In this age of internet, low quality pictures, everything being fake graphics and digital creations of whatever, seeing the REAL IMAGERY on this channel is more of a pleasure than you realize. It's more than just works of imagery and art. It's real. Thank YOU, for being real. Other channels just don't have the Jiggawatts your's does.
You speak so clearly. No wasted words. Beautiful voice. Impressed!
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That "Earthrise" shot hasn't lost any impact.....one of the best photos of all time.
@Luke Caldwell Trump not seen it then ...SAD.
I just love how a Hasselblad looks and feels, how it makes me inspired to make photos. It’s not about numbers or specs. It’s a tool, and the photographer is making the image, not the camera.
The modular 907 is just a thing of beauty together with the V system.
Its interesting to me that we talk about the Leica Look and the way it tends to capture the moment with an old fashioned yet always contemporary 35mm view, yet many of the most inspirational and historic pictures taken, several of which you have shown here, have been taken with a Hasselblad. There is something magical about the square format, the effort and time it takes to create an image and the way Hasselblad V series technology and Zeiss glass luminously capture a scene. Great that Hasselblad have reimagined this process for digital and brought the experience Back to the Present. Thank you Hugh for yet another review that inspires the viewer to think differently. Now where is the $6,399 I need?
Thanks Hugh it’s first time I’ve felt inspired to buy a new camera in a looooong time from a review alone!
The correct way of holding and triggering a Hasselblad 500CM is with your left index finger - not your right!
This is perhaps the most common mistake people do with the Hassie, a Rolleiflex you do trigger with the right index finger but not a Hasselblad.
Hold the camera in your left palm. The index finger on the shutter release. You right hand controls shutter speed, focus and winding.
I haven’t used the new digital camera but imagine the selector button could comfortably be reached with your left middle finger.
That makes SO MUCH SENSE! Thank you! I still like it better the other way, but I will train myself to shoot this way going forward. I LOVE THIS COMMUNITY!
@@3BMEP Glad to be of help! You really do get used to operating the release with your left hand. And once you do, it is far more effective than having to juggle the camera between different grips in order to wind the camera.
To anyone reading this I would recommend practicing without film. You will soon notice how fluid and well handling a Hasselblad is when operated with "the left hand grip".
When shooting portraits you can wind the camera quickly if you have the fold out crank.
And the EV lock button, which locks together the aperture and shutter speed, is only comfortably operated with your right hand.
The ergonomics of the Hasselblad are really laid out in such a way to accommodate the left hand grip. So training to feel comfortable with it is sure to transform your shooting experience.
Thank you for a great show!
Agree. This is how its supposed to be held since also the capture button is on the right.
@@tor2919 ...and with the ring finger of your left hand you push the mirror up to lock it before the shot. I never understood why one would use mirror lock up when handheld. Do you happen to know?
I typically only use mirror lock up when on tripod and using a cable release, but sometimes I use it handheld when doing portrait. You can ‘trick’ the subject you’re taking the photo when the mirror pre fires, sometimes the person then relaxes with a more natural smile, which is when I would then trigger the actual shutter in the lens :)
What a great way of reminding us what a state of mind photography is... As somebody who's been doing it since I hoarded all those S&H Green Stamps to get that Kodak in the 60s I very much enjoyed listening to you remind us that in all the flashing bells and whistles of the latest gear..... Heritage plays a part.. if for nothing else, reminding us of the images that we've seen in the past that makes us want to go out and do our own.
Fellow CFVii 50C owner here. I had a heart attack when you placed the back on the table, with the sensor facing downwards 😅
And spin it sensor down... Second heart attack...
I do street and natural light portraits mostly with my rangefinder. I never had interests in bulky medium format cams until today! Thank you for this thorough and detailed review. I look forward to getting my hands on a 907X one day.
I love my Hasselblad 500 CM, the images are tack sharp, if I want digital there is also that possibility.
Avedon and Irving Penn shot with rolleiflex, not a hasselblad. And Diane Arbus with a Mamiya C330
Can I get this as a iconic camera for my whole life ❤️
I've got a great relationship with Hassy here in the UK, they loan me kit for jobs from time to time, (especially the new year fireworks. I cant wait to try this bad boy out, heritage meets modernity
What a spectacular tone and vibe on your review mate.
I found your channel by accident and, being SO fed up with the repeated and overdone format of other communicators, you're a breath of fresh air.
I haven't even minded the omnipresent SquareSpace ad.. :)
Cheers and Greetings from Aotearoa (New Zealand).
It is an interesting idea, the relationship between history and inspiration. As I get older I find my memory of a personal event is linked strongly with photographs of the event, it is if I only remember the photographs and not the events themselves. In a larger context we as a society remember events only through the images and movies of the event, especially as those who would actually remember are lost to the ravages of time.
I am not sure how this explains my absolute love affair with my 500 c/m. Who’s ergonomics, functioning, image quality and “giant” negative seem completely matched to my interests and photographic purpose and style. But somehow it does.
Great video. Charlie
Charlie B. Thanks, Charlie - and thanks for sharing!
The 907x CVF II 50C is a remarkable camera. Quirky perhaps and difficult to justify on a purely technical level or financial level, but my goodness, it is a thing of beauty to hold and use.
I look forward to your masterclass in Hasselblad History. I was a 9-year-old when my dad suggested we stay up and watch the landing here in the UK. My Hassy will be with me as we head to Italy in a few days.time. Another great video.
How very cool you remember! I can't recall a thing!
Three Blind Men and An Elephant Productions Star Trek had excited the imagination, Lost in Space the same. We always got the shows well behind the US and for me America was the promised land. My father listened to Alastair Cooke on the radio and everything seemed to come together. I remember it vividly. The best of America. For me it has always been great. Yea it has its issues but there is so much promise and opportunity. Something you all need to hold on to. As day turns to night daylight always comes around. I hope it is now the darkest period before dawn for you all.
Incredibly Good review. You helped consolidate my impressions and purchase; this is indeed a Magickal piece of equipment.
Happy to be of service. 😊🖖🏻
0:57 That was a water recovery training capsule not the Apollo 11 CM.
Bravo, Hasselblad for the masterstroke of producing a new medium format camera in the form of a Superwide with compatibility with the AF lenses AND the rest of the V-system, all in one. I love this, with the internal battery and only a fraction of the Mk 1 price too. The crop factor on the V-System produces the usual workarounds and changes the effective focal length of the lenses of course and there is the monumental headache of that great big exposed sensor every time you take the back off. A new dark slide facility is surely essential. But this is a superb addition to the Hasselblad range.
Totally agree - but a fantastic concept only Hasselblad could pull off with the help of the Chinese - I will have mine attached almost permanently to an Arc Body - can't wait
Your pictures of NYC make me happy.
I'm so glad!
Three Blind Men and An Elephant Productions they make me so happy that I went and bought your book.
@@hisownfool1 Enjoy!!
Wonderful and very interested informative presentation
Ronald Sand 😊🙏🏻
I’m a Film shooter love my Hasselblad but if I was to go Digital it would be the GFX
I feel that way too. Hasselblad just works with the square format - and if you slap the crop sensor on the same form factor and make it mirrorless...welll, might as well get a GFX 50R or S.
@@Crispy_Bee It might make more sense to go with the Hasselblad XCD II; lighter body, and access to leaf shutter lenses. And same 50mp sensor. You could even get the original XCD and save $2,500.
L Gm Quite right. I have the X1D 50C (used) and the XCD45P (new). A quite stunning combination for £3230.
@@lgm9324 Yeah but then again - why not go GFX anyway? Great lenses, constant (big) updates, OIS,...
And you can use just about any lens you want with an adapter - including legacy Hasselblad V lenses.
@@Crispy_Bee You have access to several of the aforementioned lenses made by Fujinon (now part of Fujifilm,)
Thank you!
Hi, my 907x body when I turn on about 3 mins, the body temperature goes high, dose your one is same? Is that normal?
The 907X and X1D series do get warm, but this has never been an issue for me. For you?
We share the same taste in 'most favorite picture of all time. A while back I did a bit of digging - Arnold used a large format camera - but whilst I can find no information on the camera he used - the original contact sheet from which the crop is taken is almost a 'square' taken in landscape orientation - so it is a very big relevance when we are talking Hass, legacy and the new 907x.
Firstly, back in the old days we had a choice (120 film) we could shoot square and we could shoot un-square (???)! but f
Victor Hasselblad designed the original square format for aerial photography after famously being given a 'captured Leica' and upon being asked if he could copy said "No, but I can make it better!" and the 6x6 with a leaf shutter was born.
The simple fact is the camera you choose, and in particular MPX' count does not count for much in the real world, it really doesn't - whats important is that you achieve the 'picture' you wanted - or the true (not the contrived and often overused) definition of fine art (lower case on purpose). So many people lose the (ahem) focus. A camera is a tool. Just that.
I now have the 907x - it is quirky, different and thats what makes it special - because you feel special when you are using it. You will take care over your compositions - you will take the time to appreciate not just it, but what it represents.
The fact that it is packed full of interesting things like focus stack and wifi won't appeal to everyone but what appeals to me is how as a photographer it makes me feel. And how it makes me feel is this. I know the camera, without hardly any effort at all is the least important part of the photographic process - which is what the HAsselblads of old were all about - set and forget and concentrate on your subject. - Nice review and thoughts on this as always and as expected
If anyone is interested I can offer some advice on lots of little quirks including the 'finder' and the 'grip'.
Have a super day everyone.
Stay focused!!
You seem cool
@@jaredakers5764 Cheers man - old pro - 35yrs in the game - don't get ground down by all the bullshit - just live your life as though its your last and one day you wont' be disappointed - have a good one
Nelson Club as a veteran I must ask, what are/is your favorite(s) type of photography and why? What did you find yourself gravitating most towards?
Also, thank you for the advice btw.
@@careypridgeon Thats right - our perceived view of earth from the moon is different to how the astronauts saw it. Bill Anders took that one!!!
Wow! Superb video about a superb camera. I‘m waiting for mine to arrive and can‘t wait to shoot my 503CW with the new back - and also shoot fully digital with the 907x and HCD lenses, of course.
Again, very impressive video - I‘m now a new subscriber! :)
Welcome!
I hope I can afford one back for my CM. Love HASSY and digital.
Great overview on the 907x. I tell you what was surprising for me. How heavy the camera is 😂
The udvar hazy museum is one of the best!
Hi Hugh... a couple of nits to pick. How does this camera function when shooting vertical format vs. horizontal? It’s never been a problem with my 500C/M, but then, it shoots (as you well know) a square format image. Would this be adequate for landscape use, or would the X1Dll be a better choice?
Same sensor, so it boils down to personal preference.insofar as the sensor in both is also laid out the same way (wider than taller) as long as your landscape work is mostly horizontal, the differences between the two will be largely insignificant - EXCEPT that the X1DII has an EVF in addition to its rear screen, so I’d have to give it the edge.
You can set the back to 1:1 crop also
Just re-visiting this excellent video, Hugh. I noticed you holding the 500CM, and also how you found the 907x shift button/shutter button placement a bit awkward. I agree completely. I too hold my 500CM that way (supported in left hand with right hand on shutter button). But I recently noticed in the Hasselblad manual they recommend holding the camera in the left hand and triggering the shutter with the left hand index finger, keeping the right hand free for winding on. Applying the same logic to the 907x makes that shift button/shutter button combination placement much more sensible. I still prefer to hold my 500CM with right hand index finger on the shutter though, as I suspect many do.
I've been told the same thing about how to use it!
Great video! Can you tell us what camera you used to film this yet?
Panasonic Lumix S5
Thanks for sharing
Would be extra dope if the 907x does work with a film back!
I love your review.... Very honest. If I have to use this back on my Hasselblad 500 cm, will I have the option of using the mechanical shutter or I have to go with electronic shutter? It would have been nice if you showed how this hybrid usage will be possible. Can I put my good old V12 back on this 907X camera with XCD lenses?
Hornbill Studios you DO use the mechanical shutter of the 500C/M, but unfortunately you cannot use your film back on the 907X.
@@3BMEP Thank you :)
Thanks for the terrific review. This is the first new product I’ve been really excited about in years!
Jeff Pittman 😊🖖🏻
I’d love you to update this video with the new 100MP back 🙏🏻🙏🏻
Twenty years ago a friend and photographer from Sweden told me, "you haven't haven't been photographed until you've been photographed with a Hasselblad." I bought one a week later.
Lovely story - thanks for sharing!
Thanks for inspiring with this episode. I really enjoy your reviews as I find them thoughtful and sometimes thought provoking like this one as you mesh into this review of Hassy with an encouragement to us to do some research. I don't know much about American presidency ... I'll take up your challenge to understand more about how I feel about the upcoming election. Thanks mate! Cheers from down under!
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What were you doing at Paoli station?! I thought you are in New York?
Am holding out for version II….with the full frame sensor! As a wide angle obsessed photog I have to have full frame! Suggestions to Hassy-add the digital ‘dark slide’ as you suggest and find a square sensor! I don’t think it will mate up well with my 903SWC due to analog to digital issues but would like to try it with my 503CW and my 40/4 IF wide.
phenomenal frank review
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Hugh the moth image you posted on instagram is amazing. Looking forward to the promised videos! Since you are well versed in economic concepts, a video that discusses the breakeven number of images necessary to make the current high dollar digital experience equivalent to shooting with a relatively inexpensive older film versions of the Leicas and/or Hasselblads. I do not expect such a video, but I do wonder about the issue, just a thought! Thanks for another very informative post.
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Unfortunately my ‘74 500 C/M heard your video and now I can’t keep it’s film backs on. Thanks Hugh 😀
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can you use the film back with the new body and lens?
I’m afraid not.
Amazing, stunning images. First camera I've seen that rivals Leica.
Adrian Bond 🙏🏻😊
hi, i apreciate your videos, and sorry to correct you, but (classic) hasselblad-bodies where designed to release the shutter with the LEFT HAND INDEX FINGER, and to focus and to wind it with the right hand. speeds up shooting a lot.
I know you are right - this was pointed out to me a couple of months back. Thanks for the correction!
@@3BMEP :)
Hugh, Thank you for your excellent review of The Hasselblad lineage of camera’s. I am fortunate to own several V system cameras and most lenses since 1994. I am retired and have the time to also use the X1d Mark II and 907x CFV.
Have you ever had the experience of trying to decide to shoot film or take a digital Hasselblad shooting street subjects. A few words of wisdom would be most appreciated .
Thanks
I now shoot digital all but exclusively, Robert. For me, the advantages of digital workflow when considering final output are too compelling to ignore.
@@3BMEP Are you using Hasselblad Phocus along with Lightroom for your workflow?
I shoot a lowly Nikon D800 but I like listening to your take on these cameras, I can't afford them but I want them anyway
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Wonderful video as always. However, as always, Hasselblad remains way beyond my pocket as it was in the 1970s!
The best thing in this video was your declaration that Arnold Newman's portrait of Ivor Stravinsky is your favourite image of all time! I am of exactly the same opinion! I think it is the best portrait ever taken!
Right? 😊🙏🏻
@@3BMEP Perhaps I should have said 'Almost the best thing in this video.......'
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OMG finally a digital back from Hasselblad for the 500 c/m that actually doesnt cost 15000$ I'm going to save up for this so I can use my 500cm again!
Bummer that the sensor isn't square aspect ratio. :(
Rolling shutter in magnified view?!? I can't work that one out - please explain more?
Any small side to side movement from me can generate bad rolling shutter. This happens when I’m hand-holding the camera with one hand and focusing the lens with the other.
@@3BMEP I see, thanks - so it’s not that rolling shutter is worse in magnified view, just that it makes it easier to see how much the camera is moving when being hand held.
Very nice. 😃🤩👏👏👏👍👍👍🙆🏻♂️
Wait. How did I no know you guys were located in Paoli??? Been following you for a long time and...I also live here 😂
I feel like Hasselblad took one from Fuji’s philosophy on this one 👌🏼
Not in form but in philosophy. The concept of creating a very analogue experience while having the freedom of shooting digital. That’s something Fuji has focused on quite a bit and I’m pumped that somebody like Hasselblad with such a rich heritage has created something on a similar philosophy of marrying old and new
Is it just me or was Hollywood more interesting back then? I think it's not just me. I love the look and 'feel' of pre-millennial movies.
Thoughtful analysis of those very interesting Hasselblad options. I was on the fence for a while but in the end opted for the GFX-50R's ergonomics and (yes) price point. But those Hassy shutter lenses have their appeal! What I most appreciated though, is that bit about the upcoming presidential election. Just re-watched Back to the Future with the whole family a week ago. That exact scene you included made mit sit up and pay attention: very appropriate to include it here. We are living in an upside down world.
Did you see the very, very end of the video? 😉
@@3BMEP Missed it first time! The US Postal Service is the latest battle gound to defend US democracy. But at least the politicians seem to be paying attention to this one.
uff ...720p video for high megapixel medium format footage ... they all look like 8mp shots now ... :-/
Michael P. Schmidt maybe you’re looking at it at 720p; but it was shot at 2.7K and up-resed and uploaded at 4K
@@3BMEP very strange only gave me 720p quality option while other videos are in 4k ... mmhm
Piqued my interest.
Watching it again for your lens choices just in case I feel the need to go further with this.
Hugh as usual wonderful images and so cool you went to the museum to photograph
Question do you find the display to dim to view outdoors? I have read the just released 907 has a newer display can you confirm
Steven Kornreich I definitely COULD see the display outdoors, especially when set to high. 🙏🏻😎🖖🏻
Sorry, been using hasselblad for 20 years professionally back in film age... it was all about square format when you do not rotate the camera... this back is not square... and operation for vertical format r just crazy... may be for video camera... just can’t avoid shoot vertical or cropping horizontal to vertical...
Street portraits in an age of six foot social distancing 😁😁😁
In real life, "Biff" from Back to the Future, became president in 2016.
I just bought a normal version of 907x, the screen improved alot compared with the black version...Seems like hasselblad has done some thing not cool for the peopel who spent 1k dollars more. LOL
Enjoy watching your show ... lots of good info ... I watch you at 1.25x, I don't have the patience for normal speed.
Did somebody get a new Mic?
Just forgot to turn up the gain.
Three Blind Men and An Elephant Productions I’m listening.
Come on, Peter Lindbergh didn’t shoot Hasselblad, his medium format film photographs were mostly taken with Pentax 67
Like most photographers, he used many cameras, but according to what we found on the web, he did indeed use Hasselblad as well. In the last documentary we watched, he was using a Nikon or Canon DSLR (I don’t remember which).
My girlfriend’s dad was one of his best friends, in the end he almost exclusively shot with a Nikon D5 and 70 200mm f2.8
@@jacqueslegouis9632 BRILLIANT! Thanks for that! 😊
Now where did I put my winning lotto ticket
Right next to mine?
@@3BMEP LOL
Well....this would be great IF it were a full frame medium format sensor. But it's just the same exact sensor that is already present in the x1D, the PhaseOne 150, 250, 350,... the Pentax 645Z and the GFX 50R and 50S. So it's a pretty considerable crop, especially for the 500C/M or any other V-System camera. The 80mm 2.8 gets cropped to what a 100mm lens would look like and a 60mm would be the only lens to deliver a "standard" focal length. And there's only the 60mm 3.5 around... not a particularly fantastic lens and not that wide spread.
Also: with the V-System the usable image in the viewfinder gets very very very very small and - it's not even square.
Hasselblad needs to come up with a big, square sensor otherwise the whole V-System just isn't 'worth' it in 2020. It would make more sense to shoot on film and then do high-res drum scans of the best images.
Man i would love this but i also love my kidney ill just get rid of a finger for a mamiya instead 🤷♂️
Pushing the narrative! ! That picture has been debunked! The rest of the video and images are fabulous!!
I hope people would stop saying "Hassy" and just say Hasselblad as respect for the brand. Nobody says Leicky for a Leica.
I express it as a term of endearment.
@@3BMEP cool sorry for overreacting.
Respect for the brand might be the most barf inducing statement
I like your videos, but your montage of photographers detracted because several of the images were not taken with a Hasselblad. Penn and Avedon were more wedded to their Rollei’s, and Arbus settled on a Mamiya for her most famous work, including an image you showed. Otherwise, keep up the good work.
Certainly not my intent - and where I knew the particular image was not done with a Hasselblad, I noted it. Not always easy to discern - that Arbus photo in particular was identified on the web page from which I took it as specifically shot with Hasselblad, but I’m perfectly willing to believe it was done so in error. Thanks for pointing it out.
@@3BMEP I'm sorry for coming off dismissive. I think I got frustrated because I have been waiting to hear about this camera and Hassy seems to have been slow to roll it out, and information was hard to come by, so I was impatient :)
Film photography, not analog !
No camera maker can beat Fujifim in medium format system today!
Does Fujifilm offer a digital back for any medium format film camera? No they do don’t. If you shoot film as much as digital there’s nothing like this Hasselbkd back.
CAn anyone point me to a good surgeon who will give me a good price for all my spare organs now?
Get in line! 😜
Don, on Long Island, can extract your brain for a modest fee…
Your new business name should now be "Three Blind Men (Who Can't Breathe Properly Through A Mask), And An Elephant".
NASA says they can't go back to the moon because someone lost the details written down on paper and they won't be able to duplicate what they used to know because of that... but they are off to Mars though... NASA stands for: Never A Straight Answer. Raise your hand if you believe anything NASA and their kind tell you! The short bus will take you home after the test.