Hasselblad 907X/CFV 100C Review: This Camera Has SOUL! 

To be fair, 99% of the shots taken in this episode would still be done with a tripod anyway so they weight difference still makes a difference.

Thanks Noah. That’s what we try to do, and I appreciate the support.

Well it's not that you sign a contract to only shoot with tripod while buying the camera, landscape photography is often done with a tripod anyway

i might have to agree. including anything. from Leica.

There is an XCD zoom lens, the 35-75mm.

I stand corrected, that's a start. 🙂

I hope so. That would be wonderful.

Observations: A Little Toy ( Great Camera!! ) Like this... it's a consumer's dream... Having a Camera like this would be for Portraits ( A Trip!! ), here in Rio de Janeiro/Brazil!!

Somehow I don't see this happening to the same degree we've experienced with say a Nikon D3 or a Canon 1D. Hasselblad definitely has more cache than Japanese mass market brands. Sure it'll get a little cheaper but this won't be some bargain bin find.

The pics are perfectly lovely but I wouldn’t personally say they are better or worse. Color is subjective. I do like the Hasselblad colors but Jordan for example does not. It’s really down to personal preference.

@@niccollsvideo natural colors are not subjective. It’s either close to life like (natural) or isn’t. I’m not talking about how camera interpret colors generally. I shot many brands for 20+ years (not phase one) and none of them give a natural life like image quality. You have to do ton of post and settle down for something you made up really. With HB I hardly ever do any post. And he doesn’t have to like the HB colors. It’s just a well known detail. Not just an opinion. Thank you

@@tjmanou6422 Ugh. Well I guess your day job is to argue your opinion.

It sounds like you wouldn't have been helped by it being mentioned since you clearly know-it-all already 😊 (not be insufferable to others, challenge impossible)

@@tjmanou6422 Do you mean "natural" or accurate colours, as there may be interpretive differences between the two terms?

I noticed that. Are we sure Chris is Canadian? Might he be from New York?

It’s hard to keep dust off of this body for sure.

@@niccollsvideo Rocket Air Blaster. ;-)

That would be fun. I have a feeling that the Cf glass wouldn’t do as good a job as the XC stuff when looking purely on a technical level. Of course the character and overall look could be absolutely desirable though.

If you venture to watch some of the foreign language reviews of the 907x 100, such as those made by Asian reviewers, they shoot a lot of photos with the v-lenses. I was very happy to see how they performed, which was fine.

It's because Chris is a 35mm prime so you never see him

Hmmm. I was using a Leofoto MrQ and Lh40 head but the benro are very nice too

literally see tons of benro tripods everywhere. its a pretty famous brand for tripods and very good quality as well

The pins are for Nikon, so Nikon/ Nikon fit flashes work on camera.

@@carlb401 thanks!!

Nikon SBs and Profoto flashes made for Nikon all work.

I have seen people using L brackets on it. The ones i have seen so far being used are Arca Swiss universal and a 3 legged thing, not sure which one for the latter.

Thanks. Seems like the logical way to go. That'd be fine for landscapes I think. Not sure if that would interfere with the grip. I assume if you used the grip, which I think I would for portraits, the L-bracket would have to attach over the grip in some way.

So many manufacturers ignore L-bracket users. It is like they never use portrait orientation on a tripod.

@@Bayonet1809 Exactly. In this case Hasselblad could have put a tripod screw on the left hand side like on the Pentax 645z, so an Arca swiss mount could have been fixed to the side for portrait use on a tripod.

@@BW_Maher Yes the few i have seen have been mounted to the grip. It's a shame Hasselblad didn't extend the bottom of the grip out towards the front of the camera and make it big enough to include an Arca swiss mount on it as standard for tripod users.

Stick to your iPhone then. Just remember the OVF is optional.

What did it tell you?

It told him that there was not a rational link between a product and price

I have compared the pixel shift of the S5ii, S1, S1R and X-T5 to the GFX 50S and 100S native images. The pixel shift modes are really nice to have and are a noticeable jump up in detail, color fidelity, and noise performance...but I still prefer the GFX native output to them all. The S1R pixel shift is pretty crazy though with the 187mp file sizes, and it's incredible that you can do those shifts in-camera on the Panasonic bodies. I did like that the S5ii had a handheld mode too with two different file sizes available. It's a really great camera. I once did a pixel shift with my GFX 100S, just to see how silly it would be from the already ludicrous 102mp files. The SINGLE shot from that is almost 2 gigs each lmao. What a crazy thing to be able to do. If you do have the S5ii, I can say that the pixel shift files on a tripod (how I shot them all), are very good and produce surprising detail if you have a scene that's very still. If Panasonic does actually comes out with an S1Rii and it's got the real-time lut for photography and a few other features from the S5ii...my wallet might be open again, because I love the S1R and having some of the modern stuff from the S5ii while retaining the form factor of the S1R that would be extremely hard to ignore.

It makes it a 23mm full frame equivalent, so not extremely wide.

JL you know I said it would be excellent in a studio situation as well. Come on now. I just wanted to do some landscapes with it.

@@niccollsvideo I know you did, but it seemed as if a lot of commenters weren't picking up on that and were harping on its non-suitability for other stuff. Besides, no indoor example pics of adorable offspring/pets/etc. ☹️

@@jlwilliams You got it. I’ll remember next time!

Looks like the Leofoto LQ-324C and LH-40 head

@@RyanHK it is indeed! The Mr. Q!

half a noct 😊

The is the Leofoto Mr Q and LH40 head. I like it a lot and its size for me, although a little short for taller users than me.

I just played with them in the store the other day. I think the X2D is still more compact and svelte in hand for sure. Fuji could do smaller, especially when you see how much can be fit in an A12 sized volume.

@@niccollsvideo Maybe they'll go that way with the supposedly upcoming 100S II - would be one way to separate the lines.