Battle of the Medium Format 80mm lens: Fujifilm GF 80mm f1.7 vs Hasselblad XCD 80mm f1.9 

Thanks for watching. The Hasselblad does impress that’s for sure

Thanks Bob! The X1D system does impress I’m many ways. Looking forward to a more responsive AF system to keep up with the others

Thanks Benj! Enjoy your videos as well!

Thanks for watching and also sharing your experiences. I was having this discussion on the GFX Facebook group and there was a decent amount of pushback. It takes someone like your self to use both systems to see it. Now my wish is Hasselblad improves the AF, battery life and maybe IBIS to give us the great experience Fujifilm has done with the GFX100 and S

@@TECH360TV haha, the Fuji fanboys are indeed one of the most defensive fans I know of ;-). Yet, already in the days of film, Fuji was known for its green/magenta cast with many of their film emulsions. I’ve used the X-system extensively for personal work. I love the X-Pro2 with the smaller primes, but as soon as significant portrait work was involved I pick up another camera. I share your wishes for Hasselblad, but traditionally they move slow and deliberate. That makes it not exactly an everyman’s friend, but a specialized tool. With the GFX cameras (cropped) medium format has undergone a huge boost in sales. Yet, I already notice amateurs moving back to fullframe, which for 99% of the users is still a better balance between image quality, cost, size/weight (esp. of the lenses) and performance.

@@jacobh5817 If you are having a problem with Fuji raw files it is your problem not the camera. Fujifilm has one of the best skin tones. I have been using this camera for my editorial works for a long time. If you want to see artificial just check Hasselblad skin tones. They have sick yellowish tonality especially indoor lighting. You can easily remove magenta in post process but you can not remove yellow sick looking tonality easily because it is harder to do it. lastly this video is BlASED because the lighting and background are not the same for the portrait shots and he is not using correct film simulation for portrait shots.

Thanks and thanks 😊

no simulation.Raw files!!!

Hmmm that’s tough. I would need to test that and see.

Leica beautiful but stylized in that it rendering reds and green in a pleasant but exaggerated way that many love. The Hasselblad and GFX render more close to life and with raw all can be matched to each other either way. When people speak of what is "better", they really should say what they like out of camera.

Same here, as much as I like the X1D for the form factor and design snd leafshutter, the price difference is too significant to ignore it. And nnot to forget that the electronic shutter is no good for adapting 3rd party lenses, No Paf, worse battery life, and slow processing. Put these cams side by side and 99% will pick up the X1D, same as me, until you know what is the difference inside.

Lenses also play a part in color but yes there is also the sensor aspect of it. I talk about bokeh, sharpness, fringing etc

You are welcome!

Yes Phocus is better for Hassy and C1 is better for Fujifilm so I thought the most neutral is LR.

Thanks for watching. I stated there was a lighting change. Happens with our weather here. I acknowledged that from the beginning when I showed both images lighting changed. Yes overall I found the Hasselblad to have more pop vs the Fujifilm. I know others will disagree with me which is fine. It’s all open to interpretation. Both cameras are set to AWB. Yes you can of course adjust WB for both cameras based on the scene and I also demonstrated one can adjust the Fujifilm colors. I also shoot fashion work and if I’m only using one camera you can’t tell. If you put two cameras next to each other color differences show. I also did this test with multiple people that shoot Fujifilm professionally and they all agreed with my findings and also said like I did colors can be adjusted in post. How can you tell the colors we’re natural or not if you weren’t in the shop with me taking the photo? As I said lighting in some shops isn’t optimal for photography and thus need to be corrected. Overall both produce fantastic IQ. As mentioned in this review it’s spitting hairs. For me I prefer the flexibility in the fujifilm system currently, but like Hasselblads colors and lens quality. It’s really a matter of preference and there is no right or wrong answer. It’s just a fun video showing what these two lenses and cameras produce.

@@TECH360TV For the bicycle photo , I wanted to tell you that the unedited file of Hasselblad was too yellowish and it did not look good in terms of wb and colors. For the portrait shots , especially indoors , Hasselblad gives sick looking yellowish tonality for the skin tones in my experience. Hasselblad has never made a lens. They always work with other companies. If you check XCD 45mm F3.5 vs GF 45mm F2.8 , you will see Fuji is much better. If you check XCD 90mm F3.5 vs 110mm F2 GF , you will see 110 is better. “Being better“ depends on the lens rather than company name for these 2 IMO. Which film simulation did you use for portrait shot for Fujifilm ? Pro Negative High , Pro Negative Standart or even Classic Negative will give you better colors for the skin tones.

I normally use Pro Negative High for Portraits as it does improve skin tones. As for the comparison of other lenses, that’s not what this video is about. I have already commented on how much I love the 110 in various other reviews. It’s their standout lens and one of the best portrait lenses out IMO. As for the other lenses, I haven’t compared, but I can say most of the Hasselblad lenses perform very well and so do Fujifilm. Some better than others like all systems. I have not found the sick looking colors for skin tones that you have mentioned. If anything I found them to be more accurate than other systems. If I was to compare I would say they resemble Nikon prob more than anything else

I'm with you on Hasselblad colors. I tried to gather raw files from different review sites and don't get all the fuss about Hasselblad colors. Yes, the files do look very nice sometimes but I too notice the yellow/greenish tonality on skin tones which look horrendous. This is what Sony has been criticized for years for its unpleasant yellowish skin tones.

Thanks Clarence!

Very true. The simulations do help quite a bit.

A used Leica SL on eBay and a used lens

I stopped with classic a long time ago. Slow and bogged down my computer. Found CC better for most things but do miss some of the extra features classic has for editing

@@TECH360TV i think i know what you're saying. For most of the work CC is enough!

The older H lenses yes but these new ones are made by a different company

Not true.XCD lenses are not made by Fuji. The leaf shutter is made in Sweden, the color science are made in Sweeden ,the glass are designed and ingeneered from Sweden and produced in Japan.

The XCD lenses are made by Nittoh in Japan. The older H-lenses were made by Fujinon, but not anymore due to quality issues (no less)…

@@jacobh5817 Only the glass inside the lenses are made from this Nittoh Japanese company. Not the lens with other components.

@@GillesQuennevilleGQ thanks for further clarifying. The lenses are indeed designed and specified by Hasselblad and they also produce the leaf shutter. The glass elements are produced by Nittoh, but I’m unsure who produces the other components (like the barrels, aperture and AF mechanism). To my knowledge the semi-assembled lenses are shipped to Sweden and Hasselblad finishes them by adding the leaf shutter and other components and doing the QA tests.

Disagree with you on that