I used to own this camera. Hasselblad as a company no longer really exists. DJI bought them and turned them into a shell of what they once were. The #1 thing this camera did well was its color. I’ve owned 4 digital Hasselblad cameras including the X1D as well. You can spend a while tweaking color in post, and then you look at the original and realize it’s better than all the work you did. It just kind of nails colors no matter what. I also owned the GFX50… lifeless system is correct. Colors weren’t as good. And overall just felt like shooting a run of the mill full frame camera. I left Hasselblad because THEY left me. Ending support for my $20k+ camera system that was only 2 years old is insane. Prices on the used market tanked because basically all these cameras are now ticking time bombs. You hit a sensor issue? It’s basically totaled. No more new batteries being made. No more tech support. It’s like buying a car and literally then having the entire brand disappear overnight. Honestly these cameras are still not worth owning for many reasons. I do miss the color, however I can achieve close to that in post with other camera systems. The system is slow, glitchy, lenses are extremely limited and everything is physically huge. AF is slow as a 90’s Pentax. The lenses are very expensive to repair if needed. There are better cameras out there for less hassle and money. I sold all my Hasselblad cameras including all my H lenses and X lenses. The X1/2d are all plagued with horrible technical problems too. It’s simply not worth investing in. Even at 1/10th the price, they are all ticking time bomb money pits.
When I reached out to Hasselblad they said they could repair it. So it’s not totally unsupported, and I would wager like older RED cameras that aren’t officially supported there are third parties that can service them.
what are you talking about? they DID bring this system back (it actually never went away...) with modern tech and glass. its called ALL of their current gen cameras. all of their cameras they sell right now are exactly this camera but upgraded in every possible way. You can even get converters so that you can put film packs on them instead of the digital sensor packs.
@@orion7741- I don’t know what to tell you. It’s not back. It’s very different. The two modern Hasselblads use a smaller sensor and neither one can let you do film AND have a viewfinder. Neither of them shoot video. So that’s what’s being talked about.
I was a commercial still life shooter using H series for 15yrs. Amazing system, glass is superb, built like tanks, they also had several multishot cameras over the years. CPO was my route of choice, 1/3 the original cost and had a great warranty. Customer service from HQ was great too. One awful issue, however, was the tethering - you needed to use Hasselblad Phocus, which is NOT the commercial industry standard and will limit the pool of digital techs and DIT folks who you can work with. Also, from the working pro perspective, you wont find too many with Hassie backs in rental so I always had a backup body in my kit - which was substantial - his is not a small and light system and no IBIS!. I moved on to Fuji GFX and capture 1 and never looked back. The Hassie files were nicer, no doubt, but were all looking at this stuff on phones, so does it really matter? Not in my realm…
Fantastic review! There are so many older cameras that have had its day, that if they still work today, can continue to have its day. I shot with this camera's older sibling, I believe it was an H3D or something from early / mid 00s. Tethering to a computer, and shot along side a Sony A7 IV, the files out of the H3 D were so wild, and it was such a joy to shoot. I sincerely wish that camera companies would consider maintaining or even reviving support for highly successful superseded systems. Think how much Phase One could make if they started servicing and manufacturing new Mamiya 6 and 7s, or if Hasselblad kept support and limited production for the H system... Apparently camera companies running at a huge loss or hardly break even from Bodies and Lenses alone, so probably no use in dreaming about it... Cherish what's left and keep it alive!
People who argue against Hasselblad colors have never properly seen what those files look like. Much less actually compared them to ANY full frame system. I'm a Sony shooter AND shoot with an X2D. The difference is just insane. Honestly, I feel a bit lost with the Hasselblad files in post as I really don't know what I would/should do to them to make them look better. They are that good. And I heard similar things from a professional editor I work with.
This brings back good memories, we sold our complete H6D100c outfit a few years ago now after going down the Hass 'X' series route - whilst for many reasons we do not regret this the H6D100c had more to give in terms of overall quality than the X Cameras from Hass. near as makes no difference full medium format 645 sensor (H6D50c has same sensor as H5D - ie 1.3x crop) and all the lovely glass you could throw at it - buuuut heavy, studio bound, small hard to read displays, clumsy, card issues from time to time, mirror lockups and lens lockouts - still miss it though - but basically swapped 60K camera for 20K camera and a Mercedes so there is that
the H6D is absolutely incredible. I looked into an H3D for a few minutes and fell in love with the shutter sound. I have a 500cm which I love, and an X2D, so I really don't have any sort of need for the H series. I am sad they're discontinuing though, that's the end of an era for Hasselblad SLRs.
I owned the X2D as well and of course it is way more pocketable 😅 But I would love to shoot on an H system as well for a couple of days just to know the feeling. ❤
Yeah PhaseOne is a monster. I've 2x150Mpx (iXM-1RS50F), 3x120Mpx GLOBAL SHUTTER! iXM-GS120, 6x100Mpx (iXM-100) but unfortunately are all in aerial configurations, so no handheld shooting. The amount of image data is insane and projects are sometimes in +300k images range. I would really like to know how GS120 could work in video recording.
If I got to make my craziest camera, we would have a REAL digital Xpan. I'm sure it would be a slit-scan monster producing truly unique photos as it swung the door open and across.
I have an H2F and 4 HC lenses- 35, 80, 50-110 and 300. I also have a Leica S007 and use the HC glass on that camera. Image wise, anything coming from Hasselblad is stunning. I think that the H cameras are best left in a hard case in a dusty environment. The landscapes that you shot are dreamy. Now I want more gear.
I totally agree with you!! I am a phase one user myself, Hasselblad H remains the best system ever. The reason why medium format has a certain look has to do with the sensor size, quality of the lenses and the 16 bit raw. The Fuji Film GX system has a smaller sensor. Is that ever a Medium format camera?
@@caffeinatedcameras Not in this case The Fuji film is 43.8x32.9 mm and the hasselblad is 53.4x40 mm According to the spec of the respective brands website. This concerns the 100 megapixel sensor The 50 megapixel CMOS sensor is indeed the same size. The same sensor is also in the Pentax 645Z, which came onto the market in 2016
I used to rent this camera quite a bit a few years back and the hype is real. It’s definitely on par with phase one. For commercial work I don’t think there is a better camera for advertising work still to this day. It’s the viewfinder the sensor and the whole tether system is really built for that type of work. I’m still not sure I would trade my gfx 100ii for anything tho. It’s just sooooo much easier as an everyday camera.
I use to have an H3Dii with 39px back and that thing was amazing, later had a PhaseOne IQ160 and it felt cold, didn’t enjoy it at all. Congrats on Red Monstro :)
I miss shooting with my 500 C/M. I miss the sound of the shutter, the drag of the film and most of all - the fact Sunny, my developer, knew my photography better than I did. She was a Rembrandt in the darkroom - I despised it. A system like this, really does seem attainable. Thanks for the gear turner…
Can’t believe the shutter sound is so gentle even with the mirror! I have a GFX 50S II and its shutter sound is a heavy “clunk sound” and it doesn’t even have a mirror!
What kills the Hasselblad in my book is the leaf shutters and their speeds. I use a lot of adapted and rehoused vintage glass and really need a focal plane shutter with fast speeds for photography, as a lot of the lenses don't have apertures.
I am a Hasselblad shooter. Almost fully agree with the review and the opinions (except the Fujifilm comparison though). I must say that the H system cameras are way better in practical use than the new mirrorless X system cameras that have design flows, although they have ignorable better optics and visual quality (which no one can really see the difference unless you check with a microscope).
@@caffeinatedcameras First and the crucial one: Lack of a focus thumbstick. If you want to change focus point, there are two ways to do it, however, none of them is no practically useable. You either have to use the back screen and tab on the point you want to focus on (which is ok if you shoot landscape or product) or assign the dials (one for horizontal and the other for vertical movement). If you shoot portraits, fashion, event, street etc. you must stick your finger between your face and the camera and approximately tab on the back screen (which is ridiculous) while shooting. If you assign the dials, there are two major problems: these dials mostly for essential intuitive changes such as aperture, shutter speed or exposure compensation. You no longer have them. They both are in left-right axis. Even if you do the way the dials work, the movements of the focus point are not parallel, thus not intuitive, with the movements of the dials (back left right > up/down; front left right > left/right or vice versa). Almost all cameras have a thumbstick or cross pattern focus point move mechanism-except Hasselblad X series. If everybody has it there must be a good reason for the functionality, right? Certain things are common sense tested functional facts. You don't need to reinvent the wheel. If one day a company produces a focus point system that is operated by the brain waves, fine, we'll take it : )) The other is more optional, good to have but expected from a that type of design pro- camera: vertical grip (at least optional). Not must or a flaw, but good to have for a that level pro camera. I think the one-point true focus system is way more efficient in use than the X system focusing. X-system has a serious design thinking flaw. I don't know maybe they tried to make the camera look minimalist or cool, but created a nonsensical design camera. Thus H system cameras are far more superior, in therms of ergonomics and user friendliness, I think. And of course, the shutter sound is still unique : )
Cause it only shoots photos, and the video is about old cameras that used to be hella expensive but since have depreciated to the point of affordability.
X2D is still on the expensive side, even second hand. GFXes keep dropping in price month by month. Just between Jan 2024 and today prices of second hand 50S/50R/50SII have all dropped by 20%.
In the early 2000's I was buying used 90's workstations off of Ebay and at surplus auctions. It amazed me $50-$100,000 systems were only a few hundred dollars. But there was a reason why--useless with modern changes. Around 2010 I was buying 90s-early 2000's pro/experimental digital cameras. Sony Mavicas that used a 2 inch analog floppy, Minolta RD-175, Kodak DCS series, etc. Again the same wonder--$20,000 in 1995, $8,000 in 2001, now cheap. A few, the DCS-760 comes to mind, could take decent pictures albeit at a low resolution. But finding batteries that would work was the biggest problem--two I just ran on adapted external flash batteries. My Nikon E2N I could never take a shot with as it would only work with a handful of scarce memory cards. The Minolta would only write to a card formatted with it's software (a special .ctl file). And I see the same with the Hasseblads. They can still take very good photos, but batteries, support, replacement parts, lens selection, and general operation all count against it. I wouldn't turn down one in great condition at a thrift store price, but it would just go on a shelf.
8:02 I feel like the skin tones on the Hasselblad are more greenish than the Leica and Fujifilm. The white balance might be to blame, maybe setting them at the same white balance would result in a more accurate comparison?
I Kept all of the white balance settings the same. But for obvious reasons you can't keep the lenses the same. And they can definitely play a roll in color.
@@caffeinatedcameras Thats strange then, I didn't expect such a big difference. Are you using Lightroom by any chance? I had an issue with my X-Pro 2 in Lightroom where all my pictures turned reddish. It's kind of the opposite of your problem, but still similar in a way. I switched to Capture One, and I haven't had any red tint issues since.
10:30 : how should the leaf Shutter Impact on the Rolling Shutter effect of that camera. Those Lines typically come from the Rolling Shutter of the Camera. The faster the Readout, the less Rolling Shutter you get, the less Lines you get when shooting Framerates that are not Divisors of 60hz or using fast Shutter Speeds.
I really want to get this kind of camera if it isn't this expensive. I like 645 film cameras with prism finder and motor winder so much, they are the best feeling camera I've ever used but digital version of them are too expensive to get.
A bit curious about the Fuji being the only thing close. What about the Phase One IQ3 that came out the same year as the H6D? Pretty much identical sensor size, dynamic range, resolution…
@ Nope. But one could argue that it would still deserve mention as half the video (at least) focuses on stills. Perhaps something along the lines of ”Phase One had the IQ3 at the time that’s a pretty close match but does not shoot video”.
A foundation of the video was the fact it shot video. An Alexa65 sized sensor that shot 4k raw that also shot 100mp. Not a lot of people know it even exists. So you can argue all you want it didn’t fit the context of the video
I love the ergos of the X2D - not having a joystick is rough though. The 907X is super cool and I enjoyed using it but I really like having a viewfinder. If you could have the HC lenses with the quality of the XCD lenses that would be a match made in heaven. The images are amazing in both for obvious reasons.
light waves are because of the frequency of the light and the sensor read out speed being close to in sync with one another. Happens with just about every camera. Try shooting lwith lights that have a higher frequency or lights that are rated as "flicker free"
Great video! You sold me 😩Gonna have to get one of these some day!! I shoot with a Pentax 645D when I want digital MF and it’s great. The erroneous, the enormous bright viewfinder… But it’s still a crop sensor by MF standards and I always find myself wanting more.
@@vannoz66 yeah, I never considered medium format cameras to shoot videos due to slow readout speed and therefore rolling shutter effect. Plus it feels like an overkill in many ways.
@@caffeinatedcameras I have it too, I agree, it’s more sterile and probably less fun. My ‘fun’ camera is 500C/M and large 4x5 or 8x10 format (if I have a lot of time to spare 🤭)
@ I can only imagine lol. I wish I could have taken the one from the camera store on a real joy ride as opposed to only shooting in the store. That was still enough to hook me 😅
really cool video. Im in love with HB Natural Color. I got the X2D mainly because Its more compact and the IBIS is amazing. Ive been dreaming of a H6D at the time. And still thinking about trying one. That sensor size......
13:12 - "In my personal opinion there are a few things that are much more difficult to replicate (on small format against large/medium format), that would be tonality, that would be colour" - in my experience it's also 3D pop and bokeh of some lenses. There is a bunch of insane vintage glass, mostly for 70mm film cinema projectors or WWII spy planes, that have really big image circles and any kind of crop loses the punch. You don't really get 50/0.7 equivalents with surreal busy bubbly bokeh on smaller formats.
GFX body might be sterile - but you can have a tonne of fun adapting lenses to get unique looks in both photo and video. For example, medium format anamorphic by adapting the Blazar lenses.
Yeah I am not arguing that you can’t get unique looks - I’m not arguing anything really, just saying (FOR ME) it didn’t matter cause actually using it was awful. I’m a person that really wants to enjoy the use of the thing
Great video. I would love to see it try and take sports shots just for curiosity. Or wildlife. An owl perched on a tree in medium formal sounds amazing to me.
To clarify I have had quite a few Fuji’s and I loved them for how much fun they were to use, the GFX100MII was remarkably different and absent in its fun-ness.
@@caffeinatedcameras I've had the same experience, albeit not very long with a GFX (just a play). The greatest barrier to pushing folks like me over to it seems to be the glass, I just don't get how such fast glass on a large sensor renders scenes so flat and lifeless! I have friends that shoot with it and really I struggle to see a medium format look at times, it just looks full frame like. Whereas my old 645D and 'just' f2.8 glass... it just hit harder, subjects popped off the page. So yeh I dunno, the Mikaton looks fun on the GFX but that is pure manual focus experience, the AF glass is just uninspiring... Fuji's clinical rendering is kill the vibe!
@@SummersSnaps Fuji's clinical rendering and no character for GFX lenses? I would say you better check X2D lenses and see which one has character. 80mm F1.7, 55mm F1.7, 110mm F2, 45mm F2.8. These are amazing lenses with characters. GFX 100II camera is the best medium format camera on the market in terms of Image quality and focusing except the Phase One 150 mpx camera. Check Photons to Photons for the dynamic range chart between GFX100II and Hassy H6D. Even though H6D has a bigger sensor, GFX100II has a better dynamic range. Hasselblad Natural Color Solution is nice but Fujifilm Film simulations are so much fun and beautiful too. You can love any camera for sure but common man...
@@GKhanKutar Erm.. nah, we'll have to agree to disagree. When you seek out well scoring glass, edge to edge, corner to corner perfection (wide open).. you have clinical glass. Now don't get me wrong, there are A LOT of applications where this kind of rendering is preferable to anything that is doing basically not that. Landscape, architecture, product, all of these applications benefit from a 'sterile' rendering than characterful. But almost all Fuji glass (X and G Mount) are developed (like Sigma) to being well scoring, corrected sharp glass. GFX is an excellent landscape camera, but for portraiture that level of sharpness and contrast can struggle to separate the subject from the scene, as both in and out of focus areas are given equal amounts of information/contrast. Sure, DR is great, details are great, my issue is not the body that much, its more what is attached to it. But as long as folks like you believe the 80mm F1.7, 55mm F1.7, 110mm F2, 45mm F2.8 are characterful lenses then I guess we're stuck with this offering. I'm glad you're happy, no really I am, but this is a hard pass for me. I'd rather FF (with better AF, lighter bodies/optics and a larger range of glass where finding something with AF and some character is feasible). Maybe in a few years time the GFX platform will have some better glass options, but for now I find it quite a bland and boring output (for portraiture). Just my opinion.
The title kinda baited me, but ok if the camera needs to have top of the line video features as well, then there isn't much choice :P Without video features, there are some more insane cameras around, just not built on a commercial scale, and without huge corporation marketing teams.
Nice video! I liked the energy! I would like to see the camera performance more on the people as it was created for that! And would be fun to see the comparison with GFX100II ( I did not mean sharpness because I don't care about who is sharper like an obsesive these days:))
the 'lightwaves' are called strobing. It's a mismatch between the pulse width modulation (how fast it refreshes) of an LED light and your shutter speed. If I heard you right that you can't tune shutter speed then thats a major caveat - as soon as you said you can't change it I thought it would be a problem for lighting. It is also a problem with any AC driven light that is out of phase with the shutter speed, and this will depend on what country you are in. There are plugins for post production software that can fix strobing and flicker to a pretty decent degree.
@@caffeinatedcameras IIRC the most popular plugin is called "Flicker Free" (paid, but not expensive). There is also a method of duplicating and stacking your video on your timeline, moving the upper clip by a frame and then making it 50% opacity (not sure if this works for strobing, or just flicker). There are tutorials on YT.
i think and will always say that the greatest camera of all time is the sony a99ii it is much more powerful than any of the a7 series made AND to be made, it has THE BEST autofocus system since it combines 79 mirror autofocus points with 399 in sensor points with eye tracking and has what no sony E mount camera under €3000 offers: 4k 10 bit 60fps on full frame. While it's viewfinder has a limited 580p resolution, it does not go down to 240p like the EVF on the a1ii when the camera is focusing or stabilizing. It can also shoot 30 stills of FULLY UNCOMPRESSED 16 BIT RAW at 12 frames per second with a 42 megapixel sensor and because of the static translucent mirror, autofocus tracking IS REAL instead of the current mirrorless deduction process that results in crazy low hit rates across flagships. You only lose 0.5 stops of light, well recovered by the backside illuminated sensor.
@caffeinatedcameras yes, it is. Great cameras with great value. The A1 series is just trash though, fake stacked sensors and a lot of bottlenecks. The A9's viewfinders stay the same during hard work.
Please note that the Hasselblad H system cameras as well as the phase one are native 16 bit Architecture that’s why they both cost north of 30,000 dollars all the other models output, 16 bit, but it’s not native it’s software based it’s not the same thing and I’d go as far as to say they’re not true 16 bit but rather 14+2
uh, you forgot a great feature, the LENS is known by the body and back (sensor), they know what its weaknesses are, and how to combat them, its done automatically, even before the CF card comes out!!- so less editing on the computer afterwards, a practically finished image right out the box!!
@@caffeinatedcameras yes, its cool, but wait... there's more, this "Ai" isn't restricted just to CA, distortions, etc. the camera BODY has a variable Program mode, not just P, a Pv mode, which accounts for the lenses specific focal length in exposure determinations, aka if you have a 150 or 300 lens on, it won't select 1/60th as a shutter speed (as you can't hand hold the system and get stable shots at this speed or longer); it knows YOUR limits, with a particular lens; so a Program mode designed for hand holding!!! Hasselblad was smart in its day, it didn't let you get bad shots, it intervened to help you get the best image possible, for the given situation, that is something to note, those lens corrections are baked in, even for raw shots, in a 'package' sent with the raw file, the 'meta-data', this correction pack isn't applied directly, only for phocus to do later on, on import. the lenses are also great, you only have two options, BOKEH BONKERS, like vogue or Harpe's OR sharp as a tack, either option you need to sit down to look at, as it will blow ones socks off!!!
Medium format sensors can produce some amazing shots for video (with limitations and work-arounds) but lately I’ve been wanting to see more global shutter options for affordable mirrorless cameras in MFT, APSC, or FF. Now, a global shutter Medium format sensor would be epic though probably $$$$$$
@@caffeinatedcameras it nearly shakes the ground underneath you, it's something you don't go back from :D The only thing that could trump it could maybe be a Graflex Speed Graphic shutter or one of the Graflex RB / Series D mirror slaps at higher speeds.
5:40 - "At f/4 you're looking at what feels like f/1.2 equivalent on full frame lens" - it might feel like it thanks to the smooth transitions between focus and out of focus areas, but sadly it's only an f/2.5 equivalent. Imagine shooting sub f/2 lenses on that sensor though! Not doable with OEM lenses, but there are plenty of vintage exotic lenses that can go there, and some can cover even larger formats than 645
@@caffeinatedcameras still need to find a definite answer if that's what sets medium/large format apart from full frame and smaller sensors. If you get a lens with the exact same angles of view, depth of field and optical design - would the falloff look the same or would the bigger physical frame size still make a noticeable difference
@@KNURKonesur I’m not the person to explain it but according to other people much smarter than me, field of view and depth of field, when shot on a smaller sensor with a wide enough and fast enough lens will be no different than a larger sensor
@@caffeinatedcameras that's what I heard as well, but whenever someone tried to test it, the lenses used were different optical designs which will inherently give different results, some lenses have more spherical aberrations for example, so to me it's in the realm of "probably true but still not certain so I'll keep shooting large format and big medium format for the time being" :D
@@caffeinatedcameras No Corrosion, and I have 2, had them for years now. I got a gfx thinking i would sell them, no way i m selling them they are so different. Phocus works a treat with 2 adapters lol. only constant issue i get is with batteries running out even though it was full a min ago. but let's say you have 4 batteries, it will only do that for one of them. don't know why.
OK, yes, HB color science is in another universe. It puts Leica in the shade. I have the X2D and I am amazed that SOOC is just right almost always. I use the XCD 55V or the 120 f/3.5 macro and I am good to go with that. But my point is that you are right, HB does it and does it right. And then there are the rest of the cameras. No thanks.
Old mate: “This camera is awesome, I’d pick it over a GFX100!” Also old mate: “It doesn’t work when it’s a bit cold, and it has to go back for repairs”
2:14 "its got modularity that is rarely seen outside of the Cinema world"... Modularity and this sort of camera made of parts is actually pretty typical for medium format cameras and has been for way longer than this camera has existed for. Even well before this Hassy there were older Hasselblads, Mamiyas, Pentaxes etc. that were modular builds and had optional Medium Format digital backs. Its actually a shame that modern MF cameras went away from it, but I understand why with all the cameras designs getting much smaller.
Of course. I was looking at the P1 backs - but a large premise of this video is stated in the first 30 seconds (being shooting video). There’s no denying that the phase one IQ4 150 back is basically the holy grail of photo
People forgot why they wanted large sensor 😂 Large sensor is not something positive. Larger sensor, more light is needed to expose it. There was a trend for very shallow DoF, but that's about it... Most photographers using high resolution needs more DoF then less. In this case smaller is better 😅
Yes and no. The batteries are eight years old so they don’t hold the capacity that they used to. Even then if just taking photos a single battery would last me more than a few hours
Too bad DJI sold us down the road by discontinuing the camera. You can’t even buy a new battery for it. You’re also stuck using the horrible Phocus software. How long before the new upgrades on phocus aren’t backwards compatible? I don’t think I’ll ever buy another Hasselblad product or DJI.
I wouldn't want 100 megapixels because then my video would probably be shiiiiit. I would also want dual native iso. I would essentially want the FX3 but with 24 megapixles so I can take photos
the color out of camera doesn't look good imho, its definitely heavy on the greens, makes it look pukey, but other than that yeah the camera is a beast
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Man this camera was really ahead of its time.
Would love to throw an XPan lens on it!!!
There’s a new company making a 65 mm anamorphic that I would’ve loved to put on this
Hasselblad needs to bring these features to the next X2Dii or X3D
@ I’d love to have the sensor for sure the modularity would be pretty cool too
I want this sensor in a Ronin 3D!
I used to own this camera. Hasselblad as a company no longer really exists. DJI bought them and turned them into a shell of what they once were. The #1 thing this camera did well was its color. I’ve owned 4 digital Hasselblad cameras including the X1D as well. You can spend a while tweaking color in post, and then you look at the original and realize it’s better than all the work you did. It just kind of nails colors no matter what. I also owned the GFX50… lifeless system is correct. Colors weren’t as good. And overall just felt like shooting a run of the mill full frame camera. I left Hasselblad because THEY left me. Ending support for my $20k+ camera system that was only 2 years old is insane. Prices on the used market tanked because basically all these cameras are now ticking time bombs. You hit a sensor issue? It’s basically totaled. No more new batteries being made. No more tech support. It’s like buying a car and literally then having the entire brand disappear overnight. Honestly these cameras are still not worth owning for many reasons. I do miss the color, however I can achieve close to that in post with other camera systems. The system is slow, glitchy, lenses are extremely limited and everything is physically huge. AF is slow as a 90’s Pentax. The lenses are very expensive to repair if needed. There are better cameras out there for less hassle and money. I sold all my Hasselblad cameras including all my H lenses and X lenses. The X1/2d are all plagued with horrible technical problems too. It’s simply not worth investing in. Even at 1/10th the price, they are all ticking time bomb money pits.
It’s good to hear the experience of someone who’s used the system. Sucks it’s gone that way. Yeah once I heard it had a sensor issue I returned it
Are there 3rd party repair shops that can work on these cameras?
When I reached out to Hasselblad they said they could repair it. So it’s not totally unsupported, and I would wager like older RED cameras that aren’t officially supported there are third parties that can service them.
@@caffeinatedcameras Great to hear! Thanks for your quick reply, great video btw!!
@ArturoLauren thank you!
Dear Hasselblad please bring this system back with modern technology and glass❤❤❤🙏🏽🙏🏽🙏🏽
We all wish for that, but it'll never happen.
what are you talking about? they DID bring this system back (it actually never went away...) with modern tech and glass. its called ALL of their current gen cameras. all of their cameras they sell right now are exactly this camera but upgraded in every possible way. You can even get converters so that you can put film packs on them instead of the digital sensor packs.
DJI betrayed us in favor of the X system but it’s not a true native 16 bit Architecture
@@orion7741The digital backs are way smaller than the analog ones. Not the same thing. No X system camera has a sensor as big as the H series eithet.
@@orion7741- I don’t know what to tell you. It’s not back. It’s very different. The two modern Hasselblads use a smaller sensor and neither one can let you do film AND have a viewfinder. Neither of them shoot video. So that’s what’s being talked about.
I was a commercial still life shooter using H series for 15yrs. Amazing system, glass is superb, built like tanks, they also had several multishot cameras over the years. CPO was my route of choice, 1/3 the original cost and had a great warranty. Customer service from HQ was great too. One awful issue, however, was the tethering - you needed to use Hasselblad Phocus, which is NOT the commercial industry standard and will limit the pool of digital techs and DIT folks who you can work with. Also, from the working pro perspective, you wont find too many with Hassie backs in rental so I always had a backup body in my kit - which was substantial - his is not a small and light system and no IBIS!. I moved on to Fuji GFX and capture 1 and never looked back. The Hassie files were nicer, no doubt, but were all looking at this stuff on phones, so does it really matter? Not in my realm…
Interesting about the filmbacks. Thanks for the info. Yeah this camera is something else.
I was just about to say the biggest weakness with this camera is having to use Phocus. And this body doesn't allow you to use Phase One backs
dude, i think this is the best audio i've heard on a youtube video since a while. don't know what you did or what you used. but this is crazy.
🙏🏽🙏🏽Thanks man! It’s a RodeNTG5 plugged right into the KX. Pretty simple 💪🏽
Fantastic review! There are so many older cameras that have had its day, that if they still work today, can continue to have its day.
I shot with this camera's older sibling, I believe it was an H3D or something from early / mid 00s. Tethering to a computer, and shot along side a Sony A7 IV, the files out of the H3 D were so wild, and it was such a joy to shoot.
I sincerely wish that camera companies would consider maintaining or even reviving support for highly successful superseded systems.
Think how much Phase One could make if they started servicing and manufacturing new Mamiya 6 and 7s, or if Hasselblad kept support and limited production for the H system...
Apparently camera companies running at a huge loss or hardly break even from Bodies and Lenses alone, so probably no use in dreaming about it... Cherish what's left and keep it alive!
Yeah it's a shame to see some of these legacy systems fade away.
Sick vid mate! Great idea and flawless execution. What a sound machine! 😆
I have much to learn but thanks buddy
People who argue against Hasselblad colors have never properly seen what those files look like. Much less actually compared them to ANY full frame system. I'm a Sony shooter AND shoot with an X2D. The difference is just insane. Honestly, I feel a bit lost with the Hasselblad files in post as I really don't know what I would/should do to them to make them look better. They are that good. And I heard similar things from a professional editor I work with.
Yeah I have never done less to a file.
Are the lightwaves from your LED bulbs and the 1/50th shutter?
I am assuming so.
First time watching this channel, I’ve been missing out, this was awesome! 🤙
Thanks! Glad you found your way here!
Great video but more importantly, lighting and editing in this video are incredible brother. Levelled up like crazy. Keep going ✊🏾
Dude it’s an honor to have you here and thanks for the kind words man. Glad you enjoyed it
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That camera looks better than all the comparisons both in stills and motion. I want! 🙌🏾
It truly is something else.
Bro this video was such a fun ride! Excellent storytelling and footage!
Thanks man! I’m stoked you liked it. Hope the move went ok and you and the doggo are good.
This brings back good memories, we sold our complete H6D100c outfit a few years ago now after going down the Hass 'X' series route - whilst for many reasons we do not regret this the H6D100c had more to give in terms of overall quality than the X Cameras from Hass. near as makes no difference full medium format 645 sensor (H6D50c has same sensor as H5D - ie 1.3x crop) and all the lovely glass you could throw at it - buuuut heavy, studio bound, small hard to read displays, clumsy, card issues from time to time, mirror lockups and lens lockouts - still miss it though - but basically swapped 60K camera for 20K camera and a Mercedes so there is that
Not a bad trade haha.
the H6D is absolutely incredible. I looked into an H3D for a few minutes and fell in love with the shutter sound. I have a 500cm which I love, and an X2D, so I really don't have any sort of need for the H series. I am sad they're discontinuing though, that's the end of an era for Hasselblad SLRs.
Yeah I know it’s a bummer they discontinued it
I owned the X2D as well and of course it is way more pocketable 😅 But I would love to shoot on an H system as well for a couple of days just to know the feeling. ❤
@@mahdimanesh4221 I would NOT miss a chance to enjoy an H series
Such a gem of a video, Brandon! 🙌 I loved this one 🤌✨
Thank you so much. Glad you enjoyed it!
Phase one would be my go to.
I don’t think anybody is kickin that outta bed
Ultimately I went Phase One because the video is more of a novelty on the H
Yeah PhaseOne is a monster. I've 2x150Mpx (iXM-1RS50F), 3x120Mpx GLOBAL SHUTTER! iXM-GS120, 6x100Mpx (iXM-100) but unfortunately are all in aerial configurations, so no handheld shooting. The amount of image data is insane and projects are sometimes in +300k images range. I would really like to know how GS120 could work in video recording.
@@CartoLui can you use the spacer/adapter thing to mount on the XT/XC?
Hm never thought about it but I doubt that it is possible. Aerial variants are purely software driven except trigger signal could be external.
If I got to make my craziest camera, we would have a REAL digital Xpan. I'm sure it would be a slit-scan monster producing truly unique photos as it swung the door open and across.
I know one guy who would pick that up in a heartbeat! @cammackey
I have an H2F and 4 HC lenses- 35, 80, 50-110 and 300. I also have a Leica S007 and use the HC glass on that camera. Image wise, anything coming from Hasselblad is stunning. I think that the H cameras are best left in a hard case in a dusty environment. The landscapes that you shot are dreamy. Now I want more gear.
Thank you so much. These locations are hard not to get something good from. Wild out here.
@@caffeinatedcameras What did you think about using a studio camera in a field environment where dust is so prevalent?
I totally agree with you!!
I am a phase one user myself, Hasselblad H remains the best system ever.
The reason why medium format has a certain look has to do with the sensor size, quality of the lenses and the 16 bit raw.
The Fuji Film GX system has a smaller sensor. Is that ever a Medium format camera?
To be fair the H systems own sensors like in the H6D50c were the same size as the GFX
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Not in this case
The Fuji film is 43.8x32.9 mm and the hasselblad is 53.4x40 mm
According to the spec of the respective brands website. This concerns the 100 megapixel sensor
The 50 megapixel CMOS sensor is indeed the same size. The same sensor is also in the Pentax 645Z, which came onto the market in 2016
Ahhh got ya thanks for the clarification
I used to rent this camera quite a bit a few years back and the hype is real. It’s definitely on par with phase one. For commercial work I don’t think there is a better camera for advertising work still to this day. It’s the viewfinder the sensor and the whole tether system is really built for that type of work. I’m still not sure I would trade my gfx 100ii for anything tho. It’s just sooooo much easier as an everyday camera.
Yeah the GFX is quite a bit quicker for sure.
Fantastic Video my friend!! Enjoyed it immensely!!
Glad you enjoyed it!!!
I use to have an H3Dii with 39px back and that thing was amazing, later had a PhaseOne IQ160 and it felt cold, didn’t enjoy it at all. Congrats on Red Monstro :)
Thank you. I love it.
How much did this entire kit+Cam cost you?
$11K.
Love this video! Now you need to try the Phase One IQ4. Get ready to get your mind blown again!
I mean if I ever get the opportunity I definitely will!!! Thanks man. I really appreciate you watching
I miss shooting with my 500 C/M. I miss the sound of the shutter, the drag of the film and most of all - the fact Sunny, my developer, knew my photography better than I did. She was a Rembrandt in the darkroom - I despised it.
A system like this, really does seem attainable. Thanks for the gear turner…
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Can’t believe the shutter sound is so gentle even with the mirror! I have a GFX 50S II and its shutter sound is a heavy “clunk sound” and it doesn’t even have a mirror!
I love it
Get a Pentax 67 and experience the ultimate mirror slapp, it shakes the ground underneath you :D
damn, I have been looking at phase one/mamiya but now I might need to look a little more at the h4-6
😳😳😳 those IQ4 backs are something else
What kills the Hasselblad in my book is the leaf shutters and their speeds. I use a lot of adapted and rehoused vintage glass and really need a focal plane shutter with fast speeds for photography, as a lot of the lenses don't have apertures.
I am a Hasselblad shooter. Almost fully agree with the review and the opinions (except the Fujifilm comparison though). I must say that the H system cameras are way better in practical use than the new mirrorless X system cameras that have design flows, although they have ignorable better optics and visual quality (which no one can really see the difference unless you check with a microscope).
What’s the design flaws that you’re not liking with the X?
@@caffeinatedcameras First and the crucial one: Lack of a focus thumbstick. If you want to change focus point, there are two ways to do it, however, none of them is no practically useable. You either have to use the back screen and tab on the point you want to focus on (which is ok if you shoot landscape or product) or assign the dials (one for horizontal and the other for vertical movement). If you shoot portraits, fashion, event, street etc. you must stick your finger between your face and the camera and approximately tab on the back screen (which is ridiculous) while shooting. If you assign the dials, there are two major problems: these dials mostly for essential intuitive changes such as aperture, shutter speed or exposure compensation. You no longer have them. They both are in left-right axis. Even if you do the way the dials work, the movements of the focus point are not parallel, thus not intuitive, with the movements of the dials (back left right > up/down; front left right > left/right or vice versa). Almost all cameras have a thumbstick or cross pattern focus point move mechanism-except Hasselblad X series. If everybody has it there must be a good reason for the functionality, right? Certain things are common sense tested functional facts. You don't need to reinvent the wheel. If one day a company produces a focus point system that is operated by the brain waves, fine, we'll take it : ))
The other is more optional, good to have but expected from a that type of design pro- camera: vertical grip (at least optional). Not must or a flaw, but good to have for a that level pro camera.
I think the one-point true focus system is way more efficient in use than the X system focusing. X-system has a serious design thinking flaw. I don't know maybe they tried to make the camera look minimalist or cool, but created a nonsensical design camera. Thus H system cameras are far more superior, in therms of ergonomics and user friendliness, I think. And of course, the shutter sound is still unique : )
I’m curious why the X2D system wasn’t mentioned here, but the GFX was? Cheers!
Cause it only shoots photos, and the video is about old cameras that used to be hella expensive but since have depreciated to the point of affordability.
That makes total sense! Great vid!!
Thank you! Thanks for watching
X2D is still on the expensive side, even second hand. GFXes keep dropping in price month by month. Just between Jan 2024 and today prices of second hand 50S/50R/50SII have all dropped by 20%.
Great video BT - the background music punches in at the perfect moments and at the perfect level - easier said than done.
Thank you! I am NOT great in the sound department but after watching @Joeyhelms
Last video I knew I needed to try harder
In the early 2000's I was buying used 90's workstations off of Ebay and at surplus auctions. It amazed me $50-$100,000 systems were only a few hundred dollars. But there was a reason why--useless with modern changes. Around 2010 I was buying 90s-early 2000's pro/experimental digital cameras. Sony Mavicas that used a 2 inch analog floppy, Minolta RD-175, Kodak DCS series, etc. Again the same wonder--$20,000 in 1995, $8,000 in 2001, now cheap. A few, the DCS-760 comes to mind, could take decent pictures albeit at a low resolution. But finding batteries that would work was the biggest problem--two I just ran on adapted external flash batteries. My Nikon E2N I could never take a shot with as it would only work with a handful of scarce memory cards. The Minolta would only write to a card formatted with it's software (a special .ctl file). And I see the same with the Hasseblads. They can still take very good photos, but batteries, support, replacement parts, lens selection, and general operation all count against it. I wouldn't turn down one in great condition at a thrift store price, but it would just go on a shelf.
8:02 I feel like the skin tones on the Hasselblad are more greenish than the Leica and Fujifilm. The white balance might be to blame, maybe setting them at the same white balance would result in a more accurate comparison?
I Kept all of the white balance settings the same. But for obvious reasons you can't keep the lenses the same. And they can definitely play a roll in color.
@@caffeinatedcameras Thats strange then, I didn't expect such a big difference. Are you using Lightroom by any chance? I had an issue with my X-Pro 2 in Lightroom where all my pictures turned reddish. It's kind of the opposite of your problem, but still similar in a way. I switched to Capture One, and I haven't had any red tint issues since.
10:30 : how should the leaf Shutter Impact on the Rolling Shutter effect of that camera. Those Lines typically come from the Rolling Shutter of the Camera. The faster the Readout, the less Rolling Shutter you get, the less Lines you get when shooting Framerates that are not Divisors of 60hz or using fast Shutter Speeds.
Thank you!
10:35 The electricity grid is 50Hz, Your shutter speed is 1/50 thats why.
This makes a lot more sense now. Thanks.
In Salt Lake City the grid uses 60Hz
Actually, north America uses 60Hz, so the shutter speed should be 1/60 or faster because of that.
@@Verdoux007 yeah right. I wanted to write 60hz and that makes sense.
50 Hz in Europe, 60 Hz in the US.
I really want to get this kind of camera if it isn't this expensive. I like 645 film cameras with prism finder and motor winder so much, they are the best feeling camera I've ever used but digital version of them are too expensive to get.
Yeah very expensive even with my incredible deal.
A bit curious about the Fuji being the only thing close.
What about the Phase One IQ3 that came out the same year as the H6D?
Pretty much identical sensor size, dynamic range, resolution…
Does it shoot video?
@ Nope. But one could argue that it would still deserve mention as half the video (at least) focuses on stills.
Perhaps something along the lines of ”Phase One had the IQ3 at the time that’s a pretty close match but does not shoot video”.
A foundation of the video was the fact it shot video. An Alexa65 sized sensor that shot 4k raw that also shot 100mp. Not a lot of people know it even exists. So you can argue all you want it didn’t fit the context of the video
Now I'm curious what you'd think of this camera vs the newer X2D....or maybe the 907x with the 100MP back would be a closer approximate.
I love the ergos of the X2D - not having a joystick is rough though. The 907X is super cool and I enjoyed using it but I really like having a viewfinder. If you could have the HC lenses with the quality of the XCD lenses that would be a match made in heaven. The images are amazing in both for obvious reasons.
light waves are because of the frequency of the light and the sensor read out speed being close to in sync with one another. Happens with just about every camera. Try shooting lwith lights that have a higher frequency or lights that are rated as "flicker free"
I used to have one. I would get stopped on the street when shooting in DC. It was a great conversation starter
Oh man I can imagine. I wish I didn't have the sensor issue Or I'd be looking for film backs and additional lenses.
What a camera! Awesome video man!
Can tell it’s something you loved 🎉
Thanks bud. Yeah it's special for sure.
I always wanted that camera even though I still dont have the "need" for it. Been watching prices for a while
Yeah it’s just simply amazing
Great video! You sold me 😩Gonna have to get one of these some day!! I shoot with a Pentax 645D when I want digital MF and it’s great. The erroneous, the enormous bright viewfinder… But it’s still a crop sensor by MF standards and I always find myself wanting more.
It is truly something else
Also I'm not sure if toyu discovered this but the 100c sensor has insanely visible jello effect.
BUT. It's delightful to shoot on.
Yeah, you’re not wrong. It is a bit jello-y.
Great video dude! Even cooler camera!
Thanks buddy!
You should try X2D instead of your GFX. X2D is like H6D without downsides, although I miss optical viewfinder.
Only if you don’t need video, though
I have, it's an awesome camera. It pales in comparison to the H6D in terms of Fun but still a very good camera. Really wish it had a joystick though.
True.
@@vannoz66 yeah, I never considered medium format cameras to shoot videos due to slow readout speed and therefore rolling shutter effect. Plus it feels like an overkill in many ways.
@@caffeinatedcameras I have it too, I agree, it’s more sterile and probably less fun. My ‘fun’ camera is 500C/M and large 4x5 or 8x10 format (if I have a lot of time to spare 🤭)
What camera did you use to record this video?
All of them.
@@caffeinatedcameras cmon man lol
RED Monstro, Komodo-X, Mavic 3, LUMIX S5II, Hasselblad H6D100C. Like I said. All of them haha
I used to fantasize about this camera when it came out. I remember going to my local camera store to play with this camera often.
It was really hard sending it back - I wish it didn’t have the sensor issue. It’s addicting to use.
@ I can only imagine lol. I wish I could have taken the one from the camera store on a real joy ride as opposed to only shooting in the store. That was still enough to hook me 😅
Hasselblads were chosen for the Apollo 11 moon mission in 1969. The camera bodies were left on the moon and only the film brought back.
Another great one BT!
all the cool toys haha
Hahaha had some serious firepower for this one
First, perfect cardio video to watch 🙏🏾
Let’s goooo
great video, thanks man
Glad you liked it!
really cool video. Im in love with HB Natural Color. I got the X2D mainly because Its more compact and the IBIS is amazing. Ive been dreaming of a H6D at the time. And still thinking about trying one. That sensor size......
I think the IBIS in the X2D is great and there’s nothing wrong with the smaller size, but the sensor in the H6D is insane.
13:12 - "In my personal opinion there are a few things that are much more difficult to replicate (on small format against large/medium format), that would be tonality, that would be colour" - in my experience it's also 3D pop and bokeh of some lenses. There is a bunch of insane vintage glass, mostly for 70mm film cinema projectors or WWII spy planes, that have really big image circles and any kind of crop loses the punch. You don't really get 50/0.7 equivalents with surreal busy bubbly bokeh on smaller formats.
Great video, Brandon! Really enjoyed it!
Dude thank you for watching! Glad you enjoyed it!
GFX body might be sterile - but you can have a tonne of fun adapting lenses to get unique looks in both photo and video. For example, medium format anamorphic by adapting the Blazar lenses.
Yeah I am not arguing that you can’t get unique looks - I’m not arguing anything really, just saying (FOR ME) it didn’t matter cause actually using it was awful. I’m a person that really wants to enjoy the use of the thing
Great video. I would love to see it try and take sports shots just for curiosity. Or wildlife. An owl perched on a tree in medium formal sounds amazing to me.
Shutter speed is really your only limitation. Pretty easy to nail focus with that viewfinder
I worked a camera rental studio we rented a lot of those. Really cool cameras, but there were constantly breaking.
So I’ve heard
2:10 What are you talking!? Modular cameras have been a "thing" outside of "the cinema camera world" for several decades.
I just imagine that leaf shutter exploding in glorious manner like a vintage Ferrari v12 when revving to wide open throttle on a cold start.
It would be an epic sight - not for me, but it would be cool for someone else to see haha
Curious how much you paid for the kit from Pictureline… I’m in Park City and you’ve got some beautiful spots to shoot!
$11k
As a Fuji shooter I 100% understand the sentiment lol. I used to reach for my Pentax 645D when I needed to come back to life!
To clarify I have had quite a few Fuji’s and I loved them for how much fun they were to use, the GFX100MII was remarkably different and absent in its fun-ness.
@@caffeinatedcameras I've had the same experience, albeit not very long with a GFX (just a play). The greatest barrier to pushing folks like me over to it seems to be the glass, I just don't get how such fast glass on a large sensor renders scenes so flat and lifeless! I have friends that shoot with it and really I struggle to see a medium format look at times, it just looks full frame like. Whereas my old 645D and 'just' f2.8 glass... it just hit harder, subjects popped off the page.
So yeh I dunno, the Mikaton looks fun on the GFX but that is pure manual focus experience, the AF glass is just uninspiring... Fuji's clinical rendering is kill the vibe!
The glass has to have a little character.
@@SummersSnaps Fuji's clinical rendering and no character for GFX lenses? I would say you better check X2D lenses and see which one has character. 80mm F1.7, 55mm F1.7, 110mm F2, 45mm F2.8. These are amazing lenses with characters. GFX 100II camera is the best medium format camera on the market in terms of Image quality and focusing except the Phase One 150 mpx camera. Check Photons to Photons for the dynamic range chart between GFX100II and Hassy H6D. Even though H6D has a bigger sensor, GFX100II has a better dynamic range. Hasselblad Natural Color Solution is nice but Fujifilm Film simulations are so much fun and beautiful too. You can love any camera for sure but common man...
@@GKhanKutar Erm.. nah, we'll have to agree to disagree. When you seek out well scoring glass, edge to edge, corner to corner perfection (wide open).. you have clinical glass. Now don't get me wrong, there are A LOT of applications where this kind of rendering is preferable to anything that is doing basically not that. Landscape, architecture, product, all of these applications benefit from a 'sterile' rendering than characterful. But almost all Fuji glass (X and G Mount) are developed (like Sigma) to being well scoring, corrected sharp glass. GFX is an excellent landscape camera, but for portraiture that level of sharpness and contrast can struggle to separate the subject from the scene, as both in and out of focus areas are given equal amounts of information/contrast.
Sure, DR is great, details are great, my issue is not the body that much, its more what is attached to it. But as long as folks like you believe the 80mm F1.7, 55mm F1.7, 110mm F2, 45mm F2.8 are characterful lenses then I guess we're stuck with this offering. I'm glad you're happy, no really I am, but this is a hard pass for me. I'd rather FF (with better AF, lighter bodies/optics and a larger range of glass where finding something with AF and some character is feasible). Maybe in a few years time the GFX platform will have some better glass options, but for now I find it quite a bland and boring output (for portraiture). Just my opinion.
Some dune 2 vibes with that 100mm :). Cool photos, you got to love it !
I’ll take it!
The title kinda baited me, but ok if the camera needs to have top of the line video features as well, then there isn't much choice :P
Without video features, there are some more insane cameras around, just not built on a commercial scale, and without huge corporation marketing teams.
Nice video! I liked the energy! I would like to see the camera performance more on the people as it was created for that! And would be fun to see the comparison with GFX100II ( I did not mean sharpness because I don't care about who is sharper like an obsesive these days:))
Thanks for the idea!
the 'lightwaves' are called strobing. It's a mismatch between the pulse width modulation (how fast it refreshes) of an LED light and your shutter speed. If I heard you right that you can't tune shutter speed then thats a major caveat - as soon as you said you can't change it I thought it would be a problem for lighting. It is also a problem with any AC driven light that is out of phase with the shutter speed, and this will depend on what country you are in.
There are plugins for post production software that can fix strobing and flicker to a pretty decent degree.
Oh right on thanks for the explanation -
Never heard of software being able to mitigate it. I’ll have to check it out
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IIRC the most popular plugin is called "Flicker Free" (paid, but not expensive). There is also a method of duplicating and stacking your video on your timeline, moving the upper clip by a frame and then making it 50% opacity (not sure if this works for strobing, or just flicker). There are tutorials on YT.
i think and will always say that the greatest camera of all time is the sony a99ii
it is much more powerful than any of the a7 series made AND to be made, it has THE BEST autofocus system since it combines 79 mirror autofocus points with 399 in sensor points with eye tracking and has what no sony E mount camera under €3000 offers: 4k 10 bit 60fps on full frame. While it's viewfinder has a limited 580p resolution, it does not go down to 240p like the EVF on the a1ii when the camera is focusing or stabilizing. It can also shoot 30 stills of FULLY UNCOMPRESSED 16 BIT RAW at 12 frames per second with a 42 megapixel sensor and because of the static translucent mirror, autofocus tracking IS REAL instead of the current mirrorless deduction process that results in crazy low hit rates across flagships. You only lose 0.5 stops of light, well recovered by the backside illuminated sensor.
The A9 line from Sony is amazing.
@caffeinatedcameras yes, it is. Great cameras with great value. The A1 series is just trash though, fake stacked sensors and a lot of bottlenecks. The A9's viewfinders stay the same during hard work.
Please note that the Hasselblad H system cameras as well as the phase one are native 16 bit Architecture that’s why they both cost north of 30,000 dollars all the other models output, 16 bit, but it’s not native it’s software based it’s not the same thing and I’d go as far as to say they’re not true 16 bit but rather 14+2
Thanks for the clarification!
uh, you forgot a great feature, the LENS is known by the body and back (sensor), they know what its weaknesses are, and how to combat them, its done automatically, even before the CF card comes out!!- so less editing on the computer afterwards, a practically finished image right out the box!!
Shit I had no idea that's rad. Thanks for the info!
@@caffeinatedcameras yes, its cool, but wait... there's more, this "Ai" isn't restricted just to CA, distortions, etc. the camera BODY has a variable Program mode, not just P, a Pv mode, which accounts for the lenses specific focal length in exposure determinations, aka if you have a 150 or 300 lens on, it won't select 1/60th as a shutter speed (as you can't hand hold the system and get stable shots at this speed or longer); it knows YOUR limits, with a particular lens; so a Program mode designed for hand holding!!!
Hasselblad was smart in its day, it didn't let you get bad shots, it intervened to help you get the best image possible, for the given situation, that is something to note, those lens corrections are baked in, even for raw shots, in a 'package' sent with the raw file, the 'meta-data', this correction pack isn't applied directly, only for phocus to do later on, on import.
the lenses are also great, you only have two options, BOKEH BONKERS, like vogue or Harpe's OR sharp as a tack, either option you need to sit down to look at, as it will blow ones socks off!!!
Still a juicy price. Its like a car 😅 Great video!
Yeah still very expensive
How much?
I feel like the audio of the shutter doesn't do it justice. Feels like the kickback from a 9mm!
I had to edit out the part of you exclaiming “it’s got recoil!”
Medium format sensors can produce some amazing shots for video (with limitations and work-arounds) but lately I’ve been wanting to see more global shutter options for affordable mirrorless cameras in MFT, APSC, or FF.
Now, a global shutter Medium format sensor would be epic though probably $$$$$$
Wooooweeeeee that would be awesome!
Red will probably make one. I guess we will have to wait and see.
5:15 - you should get to shoot with a Pentax 67 one day and experience that shutter sound though!
I sure hope so!!!
@@caffeinatedcameras it nearly shakes the ground underneath you, it's something you don't go back from :D The only thing that could trump it could maybe be a Graflex Speed Graphic shutter or one of the Graflex RB / Series D mirror slaps at higher speeds.
true legend camera. i had 50-110 - great lens. feels cooler than modern rf 28-70
Yeah I loved that lens way more than I thought I would.
@ absolutely. Same here
Well.... I guess I need this now.
Hahahaha get after it
My monstro kit came In a few days ago very affordable for 5 shooting hours!
Oooooooo man you’re gonna have so much fun
@ haha I love it for sure
A new square digital camera would be very welcome
“Affordable” I get that’s a relative idea, but I’m at the wrong channel rofl
Hahaha it is and it's also wildly expensive at the same time. I get that.
this video is awesome.
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5:40 - "At f/4 you're looking at what feels like f/1.2 equivalent on full frame lens" - it might feel like it thanks to the smooth transitions between focus and out of focus areas, but sadly it's only an f/2.5 equivalent. Imagine shooting sub f/2 lenses on that sensor though! Not doable with OEM lenses, but there are plenty of vintage exotic lenses that can go there, and some can cover even larger formats than 645
Yeah it definitely isn’t - but it feels that way. The separation you see is crazy.
@@caffeinatedcameras still need to find a definite answer if that's what sets medium/large format apart from full frame and smaller sensors. If you get a lens with the exact same angles of view, depth of field and optical design - would the falloff look the same or would the bigger physical frame size still make a noticeable difference
@@KNURKonesur I’m not the person to explain it but according to other people much smarter than me, field of view and depth of field, when shot on a smaller sensor with a wide enough and fast enough lens will be no different than a larger sensor
@@caffeinatedcameras that's what I heard as well, but whenever someone tried to test it, the lenses used were different optical designs which will inherently give different results, some lenses have more spherical aberrations for example, so to me it's in the realm of "probably true but still not certain so I'll keep shooting large format and big medium format for the time being" :D
@ yeah the math says one thing but in practicality there’s no way to perfectly match.
I love my H system, but the CCD version :P
edit hahahaha the camera not working brings back memories lmao
Any CCD issues? Any corrosion or has it been solid?
@@caffeinatedcameras No Corrosion, and I have 2, had them for years now. I got a gfx thinking i would sell them, no way i m selling them they are so different. Phocus works a treat with 2 adapters lol.
only constant issue i get is with batteries running out even though it was full a min ago. but let's say you have 4 batteries, it will only do that for one of them. don't know why.
That’s good to know.
They sell lens warmers that can wrap around the lens and run off usb battery for about $30
Nice!
But can it play Crisis 3?
About as well as a potato
@ great content my Monstro Brethren… hope to hear soon how much you like Otus lenses 👂
I’d love to try one at some point
H6D100 crop Factor: 0.64x - in case of dof F4x0.64=F2.56 ; 50mm x 0.64 = 32mm - so F1.2 and 15mm for FF sounds a bit excessive here :)
Thanks Bill!
Those things are insane.
Truly: insanely impressed by it. If that sensor had just slightly better lenses oh my god it would be unstoppable
I love pop-up flash!!!
So fun to play with
OK, yes, HB color science is in another universe. It puts Leica in the shade. I have the X2D and I am amazed that SOOC is just right almost always. I use the XCD 55V or the 120 f/3.5 macro and I am good to go with that. But my point is that you are right, HB does it and does it right. And then there are the rest of the cameras. No thanks.
Really impressed with the HNCS.
Me hoping, that with DJI acquiring minority stake in Hasselblad, there will be Medium Format sensors on some future Cine Cameras!
Fuji has one in the pipeline, too!
So sick
Thanks for watching sir.
Old mate: “This camera is awesome, I’d pick it over a GFX100!”
Also old mate: “It doesn’t work when it’s a bit cold, and it has to go back for repairs”
I love that you think I’m old
2:14 "its got modularity that is rarely seen outside of the Cinema world"...
Modularity and this sort of camera made of parts is actually pretty typical for medium format cameras and has been for way longer than this camera has existed for.
Even well before this Hassy there were older Hasselblads, Mamiyas, Pentaxes etc. that were modular builds and had optional Medium Format digital backs.
Its actually a shame that modern MF cameras went away from it, but I understand why with all the cameras designs getting much smaller.
Not something I've experienced before but it's really cool.
I gotta get another hasselbald...
I wish you could have used this one.
I guess you don’t know of Phase One? Don’t get me wrong, I am a Hasselblad owner, but dream of the Phase One. XF and XT with the IQ4 150.
Of course. I was looking at the P1 backs - but a large premise of this video is stated in the first 30 seconds (being shooting video). There’s no denying that the phase one IQ4 150 back is basically the holy grail of photo
Yeah and DJI discontinued it as well as the support. 😢
Yeah it blows.
Damn, I pressed play and I automatically regretted it lol.
The pocketbook will weep
@caffeinatedcameras 😂😂😂
People forgot why they wanted large sensor 😂
Large sensor is not something positive. Larger sensor, more light is needed to expose it. There was a trend for very shallow DoF, but that's about it... Most photographers using high resolution needs more DoF then less.
In this case smaller is better 😅
Easily rectifiable when some of these lenses go to F42.
What a camera. Wow
Yeah an incredible camera
@ does it chew up the battery?
Yes and no. The batteries are eight years old so they don’t hold the capacity that they used to. Even then if just taking photos a single battery would last me more than a few hours
@
Would you recommend to someone that shoots portrait almost exclusively? (And a bit of street photography on the side)
That’s really what they were made for. Studio and landscape
Too bad DJI sold us down the road by discontinuing the camera. You can’t even buy a new battery for it. You’re also stuck using the horrible Phocus software. How long before the new upgrades on phocus aren’t backwards compatible? I don’t think I’ll ever buy another Hasselblad product or DJI.
Yeah I have from numerous people that owned the H system that it was a real smack in the face to invest that much money only to have the support stop.
I wouldn't want 100 megapixels because then my video would probably be shiiiiit. I would also want dual native iso. I would essentially want the FX3 but with 24 megapixles so I can take photos
It didn't have a negative effect by any means, but yeah dual native iso is wonderful to have.
the color out of camera doesn't look good imho, its definitely heavy on the greens, makes it look pukey, but other than that yeah the camera is a beast
It’s definitely a beast
@caffeinatedcameras beast with pukey color science, but a beast all the same