Too bad I was not patient enough. Bought and sold the X2D as the lens was not available and the 80 was just too heavy to bring along travel. Great to see the system come to life!
I really like the style of your subjects, especially the athletic one in jeans. Nice contrast from typical model shots. Im waiting on the 90 as I have the older version and placing priority on a 28P but you are making we question that strategy Matt!
Brilliant video, I thought I saw a small flash on camera or was it a Flash trigger, which models of either did you use? With such a high dynamic range is it necessary to use the off camera flash trick of underexposing the background a little, then adding flash to make the image pop.
@@mattgranger Oooooo it didn’t have the face detect yet but the rep said it was coming. More of just testing the body/lens, I was really impressed with the package, I am $13,499 short to afford it. Lol
Matt, curious… you noted the color tones were amazing. However, unless I missed it, I didn’t hear if you’re using an auto, preset, or custom white balance during the shoot, or if you’re using color correction in post. Beautifully produced video, again, sir.
Beautiful camera, lens combination!! would love to try it!!! thanks for the video. is that aperture ring noisy for video? and is this a niche camera? 😁
@@mattgranger I have seen sample photos made with the newest firmware and saw that focus point is the face, not the eye. Face tracking is not eye tracking,
I'd love an X2D, and I respect how they pitch it to the market place with no misconceptions as to what it's for (Leica do the same). Hasselblad have been clever in not trying to market the X2D as a jack of all trades to compete with FF cameras... Like Fuji have wrongly done with the GFX100. They make it clear that it's designed for deliberate, composed, single-shot shooting whereas Fuji claim 'fast readout speeds', claim it can be an excellent hybrid video camera, that it can be used for wildlife, sport etc and it just causes the camera to be criticised and compared to much quicker and more accomplished full frame cameras... And reviews tend to, needlessly, be quite negative focusing on what it can't do. There's definitely a key lesson in marketing and focused product development there. Hasselblad do a great job. Excellent product design. Always appreciate the content, Matt!
Hasselblad is and continues to be straight forward and honest, and Matt is the exact same! Hence, them both having the great respect that they have rightly earned.
Matt I've a question about monochrome output, if shooting in black and white, which I do, when the RAW images go to Phocus are they opened in monochrome. I'm guessing that the evf and rear screen show monochrome at the taking stage. Cheers from a wintery Staffordshire soon be Christmas, wish you a happy one and a good 2024.
Hi Matt, thank you for this review. I have, and like the 80/1.9 on my X2D. The 90/2.5 offers a clear weight, size, and autofocus advantage it would seem, and the 10mm focal length difference may well offset the speed advantage of the 80 when shallow DOF desired. So my question is - does the 80 have anything over this 90 in your view?
EVF slow? I wonder if you could comment on the reactiveness of EVF? How long does it take for an image to appear in EVF when you put your eyes on viewfinder?
Were all/most the portraits in this video shot with Face AF? How confident are you, particularly with closer up headshots, that the eye (and not nose or eyelash) will be the most in focused point in the photo when using Face AF?
It's so amazing to know that medium format lenses are lighter and not bigger than full frame lenses. (but at a cost of course.) 90 on mf is like 71 on full frame..
i updated mine, for sure the face detect works great, ...but it seems i can t use my canon lenses with techart adapter anymore, initialzing lenses....and no way to shoot :/ so for people using adapting lenses, give a try after this update
That Infinity point at the manual focus lens doesn't align to the pointer, is it early model defection or its design that way? Is the rest of the manual focus marking accurate at all too?
Thanks for the comment. My video does include a paid content disclosure in video and in description. FYI though, the timing doesn’t mean they are all sponsored. New products have an embargo time when any content can go live. When I get early access to an independent review, it still usually goes live at the same time.
@@mattgranger The lens was announced 07.09.2022, started shipping ~ 17 of November 2023, there was no embargo as it was already an announced product. The fact that 7 reviewers release their "independent" reviews on the same day at the same time is just ridiculous
Without the latest "gobal shutter technics", this new expensive camera and lenses, are already old fashion! The digital camera technics making almost every six month another step forward!
Depends what you’re doing. For flash work, overpowering ambient, this is practically the same results as a global shutter… with 4 times the resolution.
that would matter if you did not want to use leaf shutter lenses or you wanted to shoot video of fast action... neither of these two things road blocks that would make sense because of what you CAN do with the systems native lens options. Video ... not a thing with this camera.
I tried the Hasselblad camera. Matt uses, beautiful images, but the horrid focus had to keep switching to manual, and low light focusing is a disaster. This camera suits the studio, but that's it, my second problem. It kept freezing, and I had to keep taking the battery out.hopfully the next edition will sort out all the problems but don't buy now folks
wow the X2D? Which lens was in use, out of curiosity as I noticed that if I ever used auto focus (which I'm not a fan of on any camera to be honest) the older vs v lenses behave quite differently. Interesting about freezing though as I had not had that experience with its the X2D though I did have it from launch. Focus software mobil on the other hand did have an issue with connecting at times but that's a different issue related to that app.
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Loved the portraits and the lady who lent the hat is just lovely.
Thanks mate. Yeah the caretaker was so sweet
Too bad I was not patient enough. Bought and sold the X2D as the lens was not available and the 80 was just too heavy to bring along travel. Great to see the system come to life!
Aw man, this firmware changes the playing field. Maybe time to re-purchase!
@@mattgranger Maybe, indeed! Will need to check against the GFX100II- for now I mainly shoot APSC (image output ok but not comparable) and film.
I have a video coming on this topic.
The camera and lens look really good, images are really nice and Felicia is very beautiful from head to toes!
I really like the style of your subjects, especially the athletic one in jeans. Nice contrast from typical model shots. Im waiting on the 90 as I have the older version and placing priority on a 28P but you are making we question that strategy Matt!
Brilliant video,
I thought I saw a small flash on camera or was it a Flash trigger, which models
of either did you use?
With such a high dynamic range is it necessary to use the off camera flash trick of underexposing the background a little, then adding flash to make the image pop.
I was able to play with this combo at a vendor show 3.5 weeks ago. That package was super impressive!!
Wow - you got to try the firmware before release? Congrats!
@@mattgranger Oooooo it didn’t have the face detect yet but the rep said it was coming. More of just testing the body/lens, I was really impressed with the package, I am $13,499 short to afford it. Lol
Interesting, I hope you get to try it soon. And... buy a lottery ticket :)
Hello Mat, They also fixed the Live View track when tethering with wifi it work very well Now. Yes you are so right the X2D is a delight to use.
Enjoy!
5:19 i like that you didn't take photo of her laughing when holding the incense sticks in sacrace place.
Matt, does the focus stacking at smallest movement starting from center position make sense for wide open portraiture?
Matt, curious… you noted the color tones were amazing.
However, unless I missed it, I didn’t hear if you’re using an auto, preset, or custom white balance during the shoot, or if you’re using color correction in post.
Beautifully produced video, again, sir.
Beautiful camera, lens combination!! would love to try it!!! thanks for the video. is that aperture ring noisy for video? and is this a niche camera? 😁
This camera doesn’t have video, and is definitely niche.
Interesting.. Nice one Matt.
Thanks ANthony
Yeah I knew it they said its December release. Should’ve pre ordered that lens. Face detect would help some actually. I’ma get my hands on one.
I think many retailers have orders and deposits that have been in for a year already!
Updating right now. Nice surprise!
Congrats - how do you find it!?
@@mattgranger Face recognition is working pretty well. And I do like how unobtrusive the integrated it.
Likewise, its as good as I had hoped.
Thanks - were you able to determine which part of the face the camera is focussing on - eyes, centre, closest in whole af box?
Seems like eyes. Consistently in focus, even in close ups
it's face tracking, not eye af
Let us know once you have actually tried the gear @1Firstdivision
@@mattgranger I have seen sample photos made with the newest firmware and saw that focus point is the face, not the eye.
Face tracking is not eye tracking,
I'd love an X2D, and I respect how they pitch it to the market place with no misconceptions as to what it's for (Leica do the same). Hasselblad have been clever in not trying to market the X2D as a jack of all trades to compete with FF cameras... Like Fuji have wrongly done with the GFX100.
They make it clear that it's designed for deliberate, composed, single-shot shooting whereas Fuji claim 'fast readout speeds', claim it can be an excellent hybrid video camera, that it can be used for wildlife, sport etc and it just causes the camera to be criticised and compared to much quicker and more accomplished full frame cameras... And reviews tend to, needlessly, be quite negative focusing on what it can't do.
There's definitely a key lesson in marketing and focused product development there. Hasselblad do a great job. Excellent product design.
Always appreciate the content, Matt!
Hasselblad is and continues to be straight forward and honest, and Matt is the exact same! Hence, them both having the great respect that they have rightly earned.
Hasselblad’s have never been about speed and Fuji is doing fine as a fast “for a medium format” camera.
Just different in my opinion. Fuji having great video specs will appeal to many people.
Matt I've a question about monochrome output, if shooting in black and white, which I do, when the RAW images go to Phocus are they opened in monochrome. I'm guessing that the evf and rear screen show monochrome at the taking stage. Cheers from a wintery Staffordshire soon be Christmas, wish you a happy one and a good 2024.
Sorry to tell you, the x2d doesn’t have the option for black and white preview
@@mattgranger Thanks for reply.
Hi Matt, thank you for this review. I have, and like the 80/1.9 on my X2D. The 90/2.5 offers a clear weight, size, and autofocus advantage it would seem, and the 10mm focal length difference may well offset the speed advantage of the 80 when shallow DOF desired. So my question is - does the 80 have anything over this 90 in your view?
The 80 will have a shallower DOF. It will come down to which focal length works for you - for me I prefer the 90 - for the reasons you stated. 👍🏼
Love the looks, I can't wait for my lens to turn up.
Hope it arrives quickly! I believe they have decent stock going out.
Gracias
Can you do another review for 38v 👀 + 90v combo with X2D. Includes a portrait shoot. Long video.
EVF slow? I wonder if you could comment on the reactiveness of EVF? How long does it take for an image to appear in EVF when you put your eyes on viewfinder?
Were all/most the portraits in this video shot with Face AF? How confident are you, particularly with closer up headshots, that the eye (and not nose or eyelash) will be the most in focused point in the photo when using Face AF?
Yes all were using face detect. It works really well. I had Very few that didn’t have the eye correctly in focus.
Is there focus tracking, animals or vehicles focus?
It's so amazing to know that medium format lenses are lighter and not bigger than full frame lenses.
(but at a cost of course.) 90 on mf is like 71 on full frame..
And, this also has built in leaf shutter, and still compact and light.
i updated mine, for sure the face detect works great, ...but it seems i can t use my canon lenses with techart adapter anymore, initialzing lenses....and no way to shoot :/ so for people using adapting lenses, give a try after this update
aw damn, I believe the face detect only works with native AF lenses.
@@mattgranger not sure, what I mean is : you can t use canon lenses at all. Techart adapter needs an update too now
Gotcha
Check out my Updated X2D Expert Setup Guide: geni.us/X2D100C
What's the equivalent full frame focal length?
71mm
90mm x 0.79 = 71.1mm
Holy ASMR Batman!
cheers
Nice 👌🏼
Thank you = are you an X2D shooter?
These looks like, first cause a problem and then bring a solution good selling strategie, still my favorite camera anyway 😅
That Infinity point at the manual focus lens doesn't align to the pointer, is it early model defection or its design that way? Is the rest of the manual focus marking accurate at all too?
All 90mm Hasselblad V reviews on youtube came online 17 hours ago from all reviewers.
So it means that they all are paid, where is a disclaimer?
Thanks for the comment. My video does include a paid content disclosure in video and in description. FYI though, the timing doesn’t mean they are all sponsored. New products have an embargo time when any content can go live. When I get early access to an independent review, it still usually goes live at the same time.
@@mattgranger The lens was announced 07.09.2022, started shipping ~ 17 of November 2023, there was no embargo as it was already an announced product. The fact that 7 reviewers release their "independent" reviews on the same day at the same time is just ridiculous
I cannot comment whether others were sponsored, but yes, there was an embargo time for this lens
@1Firstdivision you said the exact same thing on Mitch Lally’s account, stop with the hijacking and focus on the content or gtfo, whaaa cry more
@@lizlana4200 deal with the facts, fanboy.
The review is biased
Could be literally any digital camera
Sure. Any 102mp leaf shutter ibis camera
I am going to sell my Nikon's and go to Hassey for Studio.
Enjoy
Without the latest "gobal shutter technics", this new expensive camera and lenses, are already old fashion! The digital camera technics making almost every six month another step forward!
Depends what you’re doing. For flash work, overpowering ambient, this is practically the same results as a global shutter… with 4 times the resolution.
that would matter if you did not want to use leaf shutter lenses or you wanted to shoot video of fast action... neither of these two things road blocks that would make sense because of what you CAN do with the systems native lens options. Video ... not a thing with this camera.
Video on these topics coming soon.
I tried the Hasselblad camera. Matt uses, beautiful images, but the horrid focus had to keep switching to manual, and low light focusing is a disaster. This camera suits the studio, but that's it, my second problem. It kept freezing, and I had to keep taking the battery out.hopfully the next edition will sort out all the problems but don't buy now folks
Surprising to hear. Must have been previous firmware re autofocus. I’ve never had this freeze
wow the X2D? Which lens was in use, out of curiosity as I noticed that if I ever used auto focus (which I'm not a fan of on any camera to be honest) the older vs v lenses behave quite differently. Interesting about freezing though as I had not had that experience with its the X2D though I did have it from launch. Focus software mobil on the other hand did have an issue with connecting at times but that's a different issue related to that app.