Hasselblad X1D(II) + Hasselblad XCD 65mm | EXCELLENT!!! 

Always love and enjoy your video. Thank you as always!

Something that may interest potential buyers of this lens, is how two aspects of its physical design make it exceptional for hand held shooting and all day carry. The weight of the lens is surprising concentrated right near the back of it, next to the camera body, making it feels far lighter than it is, and very easy to hold steady when shooting without a tripod. (This is especially noticeable in contrast to the 80mm, which feels extremely front-heavy). Also, the front lens element is small, and recessed about 1 inch back from the front of the lens, and it is surrounded by a built in lens shade integral to the lens body itself. There is virtually no situation where the supplied lens hood (shown in your video) provides much additional benefit. The camera is much smaller and less imposing for street photography without the hood attached. A final note is that unlike the “modern” design of the 80mm and 45mm “P” (portable) lenses, which have almost constant micro-contrast across the entire frame, when shot wide open, this lens has a slight and gradual, traditional if you will, fall-off in micro-contrast from the center of the image towards the edges. It yields a look when wide open that reminds me of the classic Zeiss 80mm f/2.8 lenses supplied with Hasselblad’s 503-series film cameras. Obviously, as the images in this video document, shot at f/5.6 and smaller this lens has exceptional corner to corner micro-contrast.

Got it, and its amazing

I have this combination of the kit from Hasselblad and confirm as good as our Guru has demonstrated - as always excellent

Great video, this lens has interested me for a long time. I went into a camera store in paris aiming to purchase the 65mm, but stumbled on an amazing deal for a used 35-75mm. I have the chance to purchase the 80mm, but I actually think the size and focal Length of the 65mm might be a wiser choice. Thanks again for this xcd content!

Great video. Do you ever use the focus stacking feature of this camera? A video on that would be great.

How does the hasselblad x1d compared to the gfx100s?

Another great video

Can you do a video comparing Color Science between Hasselblad and Leica? I think a lot of people would fine it very interesting. Thank you much!

A proven excellent sensor, spectacular glass, MF, leaf shutters, a milled aluminum body, with the best camera interface, it simply and quietly sits at the top by itself.

Great review as always. Since this lens is a 50mm equivalent, would have been nice to see a variety of shots…portrait, street, the bokeh etc.

Is that the HTS 1.5 I see back there on the 907x? Hope to see a video about it soon, that adapter is totally unique in the industry!

Great video. I would think you would choose the 30mm lens for landscape. The photo coming out of this camera is amazing. Not only sharpness but color accuracy. I never had to adjust white balance on this camera. Thanks

Thank you for this review. I guess you know that in April a renown fashion photographer and Hasselblad ambassador will be a few days in Zürich for masterclasses !

This system puts out beautifully colored photos. I have watched a few videos of yours the last month or so & see you review diferent brand cameras. Out of curiosity, if you could only have a one camera/lens combo, what would it be?

Would love to see what architectural lens options/combos could be used for the x1d system, I understand the canon TSE lenses can be adapted, but what about other medium format glass for good shift capability

All lenses have the same compression. Even your eyes. Only the crop changes with focal length. The reason to pick a longer focal lenth is to better utilize all of your camera's resolution.

Nice,may I know where is it? 7:26

@2:42 not sure about leaf shutter, I think it has shutter fluctuation limit similar to the camera bodies

Do you think it will be sharp enough for the 100mp?

sharpest lens ever, 80% of the time on my x1D

I see you have the Xv adaptor with the HTS 1,5 on your 907x - I use the same system for funky portraits in our studio - it actually works better on this camera than it does on our Hasselblad H6D100c for some reason.

7:25 which country? It is beautiful!

Nice camera and lenses but for a very selected and specific kind of user.

Is there a "not so good" xcd lens at all? I think they are all fantastic, not that I have tried them all, buy my experience is with owning the 21, 45/4 (and previously the 45/3.5), 90, 135. The system desperately needs an update with IBIS, better AF and overall speed. A wide angle zoom and more compact teles would be greatly appreciated too.