Hasselblad XCD 80mm f/1.9 REVIEW | Hasselblad X1D(II) | Fuji GFX 100s + GF 80mm f/1.7 

Great review as always! Looking forward to your following review!

Very interesting and useful as always. Thank you.

I can’t wait for your next video! Thanks

Nice lens. Not that slow, I can live with that speed. And, as always: nice review!

What a nice lens, thanks for the review. Seeing forward to the comparison with the Fujifilm option.

great video as always - looking forward to your follow up video to compare the lens. Used a friend's hassel 80mm and agreed on the slower AF and so looking forward how close or different it is to the fuji lens as well.

HI there - as well as an H5D I am an H6D100c shooter primarily who has also invested into the 'X' system with an XCD50cII and a 907x for overhead shots on a crane (I shoot automotive) - I find myself using the 'X' system more than the H6/5D - this lens is on my 'to get next' list - I think I will now!! Thanks

Right on. Thanks for sharing.

I bought this Hasselblad 80mm lens, returned it because it’s really heavy and it rattles my hand when it focus, then I bought the 65mm f2.8 then returned it because I miss the beautiful image from 80mm f1.9. So I bought the 80mm again and it’s gonna stay. Yes, it’s the same weight as the new Sony 70-200 f2.8, my arm gets sore shooting it for hours and it’s heavy in bag go climbing., but it’s all worth it when I look at the images it produced.

Another great video! Thank you!

@mathphotographer, great videos! could you also make a video on side by side comparison between XCD 80mm on X1D vs Noctilux 50mm on Leica M? Esp for low light and shallow depth of field. I am wondering what's the difference in image quality and what would justify the price difference.

As your experience for editing (hasselblad h6d 50c vs phase one iq4100 leica sl2 ) which one u recommend thank you 🙏

hi, thank you for the review. I wonder if Hasselblad will release the successor of the x1d ii soon. I believe they will fix those issues.

Fantastic video, eagerly awaiting the comparison video. I will be bold enough to say the Hasselblad will be the better camera in the comparison. There is something magical about Hasselblads. Its nice to see the new digital models live up to their acclaimed pedigree.

Always deliver a tour de force of photographic equipment and the good and bad points.

Ne schöne combo. Mir gefällt vor allem das Design der hasselblad

Could you put the XCD 80 mm f1.9 on the GFX 100s with an adapter ring and shoot manual focus with focus peeking and compare that to the GF 80mm f1.7

Very last image show’s CA on the cats whiskers?

Besten Dank für die detaillierte Präsentation. Ich teile Deine Meinung. Perfekte Detailzeichnung, traumhaft! Wie der Autofocus im täglichen Gebrauch mit den eigenen Erwartungen zusammen spielt, muss man letztlich selbst heraus finden. Ich bin keine schneller Schießer, so denke ich wäre mir das Ergebnis wichtiger als viele Bilder zu haben. Das Gewicht von 1044 g ? Ich will sonst keine Kritik, die Bilder in allen Details sind wunderbar. Ein Vergleich mit LEICA SL2 und APO-SUMMICRON-SL 1:2/90 ASPH wäre interessant gewesen. Optional auch 75 mm. Thank you for the detailed presentation. I share your opinion. Perfect detail drawing, fantastic! In the end, you have to find out for yourself how the autofocus interacts with your own expectations in daily use. I'm not a quick shooter, so I think the result is more important to me than having a lot of pictures. The weight of 1044 g? I don't want any other criticism, the pictures are wonderful in every detail.

curious to see the next episode. I guess that there will be no difference near the center and significant difference in far corners to the benefit of the Hasselblad. So please show us also corner rendering. And also Hasselblad developped in Phocus vs Fuji developped in Capture One (not both in Lightroom). Because Lightroom has inferior optical correction than Phocus.

So the question is which combo would you prefer, Hasselblad or Fujifilm? Design, leafshutter and 50mp is what I like on the Hasselblad, af, and price on the Fuji. What is your opinion

Vielen Dank für den interessanten review. Einer der wichtigsten Punkte bei diesem Objektiv ist, dass bewußt (!) keine asphärigen Linsen verbaut wurden, um das Bokeh so schön zu gestalten. Viele Leica M Nutzer kaufen (für viel Geld) immer wieder alte Objektive pre-aspherical. Viele Grüße aus Köln, André

Yes you are right but I put a dpmovie smart lidar motor on P lens which is mechanical but not lenses by wire, I have now the continuous autofocus, what do you think ? Should not Hasselblad come to such a good idea by developing such a lidar system on the actual Hasselblad cameras program ? Best regards (I'm a professional photographer for the swatchgroup)

可以测评一下徕卡新的镜头吗？sl24-70的那一款，谢谢

Outstanding job

It’s always been my opinion the Hasselblad has the more pleasing images. I think it still holds true. If I was to jump into MF it would be the Hasselblad. Not sure why people have obsessed with how Fuji has made MF smaller, while all along the Hasselblad has actually been the smallest, and still is, and it’s build quality, and interface is light years ahead of Fuji. I actually think because of the big sensors in MF, it’s the leaf shutters that are really required to achieve good images. Reflex shutters are just at a major disadvantage when exposing over a large sensor,moving from the center out achieves images that are superior. Only the S3 with CS lenses compares. The reason the Hasselblad lens weighs more is because it has lead in the glass, and adding lead to glass lenses in Japan is outlawed due to environmental laws, creating a major advantage to Hasselblad, it’s in the glass, coatings just can’t achieve the same effects on the light. It’s why Zeiss, Voigtländer, and Leica lenses are still the best, they still use lead in their lenses, and ship glass billets to Japan for the shaping and polishing for Japanese assembly at Cosina.

Any first experience with this lens on the new X2D? Especially in terms of AF? Planning this as my entry combo but cannot test it anywhere 😊 I tried the Fuji combo and it worked a charme.

many thanks for your time

Awesome

i don't know why the Hasselblad photos "feel" like they are higher quality. In theory, the 102MP fujifilm camera should produce better photos... but... i can never bring myself to buy the GFX cameras, as it always felt like something is off... i cannot wait for the comparison video. thank you for making this.

I'll be selling my Hasselblad 120mm macro with a high quality Fuji X adapter this week to help pay for a crown that just fell out during dinner. Tripod mounts on the adapter.

Hi, I would love to see you review leicaS3. Please and thanks.

Thank you for your review. I own this fantastic lens and love it. I cannot find any informations on the lens that indicated where this lens is made. Sweden, Japan or China ?

Can you evaluate the Fiji 100S body metal. It seems very cheap and fragile.

Bei so einem Kamerakonzept ist die AF-Geschwindigkeit sekundär. Meine Fuji GFX100 ermuntert, ja ermahnt mich stets dazu, entschleunigt zu fotografieren, auf die Einstellungen zu achten und das Motiv perfekt ins Bild zu rücken, zu komponieren. Es geht auch sicher niemand mit so einer Kamera auf den Sportplatz oder fotografiert anderswo sich bewegende oder schnell bewegende Objekte/Menschen/Tiere. Zum XCD/X1D-Konzept: Auf Möglichkeit, die Blende direkt am Objektiv einstellen zu können, möchte ich niemals verzichten - deshalb Fuji. Ansonsten - tolle Kamera, tolle Linse. Als Fujianer freu ich mich auf den Bericht zur Fuji GFX 100s. Grüsse aus Österreich in die Schweiz.

100% agree with your comments @0:27. The 100s 80/1.7 combo delivers images of exceptional quality -- rendering & colors, not just the expected high level of detail and DR. I'm sure the XCD is also very nice (as former X1D owner). Too bad CO doesn't support Hassy (w/o hacking metadata). I think X1D is a great system in you're invested in Hassy ecosystem w/ their other cameras and all in on Phocus, but otherwise think GFX is a better overall system (IMO, of course). Still miss the compactness, build quality, and UX of the X1D though.

I have been into photography with cameras worth over a grand since 1980. Had thousands of cameras in my hands and compared pictures perhaps un-rivaled by most in the field. For a brief time I was even the No1 Fuji dealer of Switzerland thanks to some schools as good clients. Seeing the digital transition thru my hands. The brand Hasselblad has more of a cult status in today's world. Now taking photos is a matter of freezing memories to re-live emotions or to preserve highest details for technical reasons. I shoot real estate with some Nikon's but only because clients brains had been conditioned to accept the industry standard.(Matterport is precision but only suitable for clean Swiss houses as it reveals specs of dust) I have shared time in distant zoo's with freaks that have mortgaged their house to go all Hasselblad. At the end yes you need glass for sports, artistic talent for portraits and reliable gear in safaris. Post processing does amazing things but what creates most joy? Sad to see the Iphone 12 is probably the overall winner of eyebrow raising content. NowadaysI personally take most shots on the S21Ultra for convenience but still love to rework Nikon shots only to find my Canon mates have a head start.. The Oneplus company needs to get deeper into bed with Hasselblad to impress the point and shoot enthusiast!

muito bem explicado

Have you ever compared the XCD80 and the CXD90? This is something interesting, no?

Hi Math. It looks like the new Silver Snoopy? Greetings from Germany

Thank you for the video! I have been waiting for this video and the next video! As a GFX100 user , I love Hasselblad X1DII build quality and the design. Same for their lenses. Very Minimalistic and very sexy... I want to invest this system but focusing points and focusing speed is big problem for me. I really don’t understand how Hasselblad can not have Eye Detect system... That’s a shame I am very curious about side by side comparasion with GFX and GF80mm lens. Cheers

Hi, I have the way of continuous af focus for Hasselblad

That's definitely the worst autofocus for $5000 lens

What really does grind my gears is that these systems are beautiful, with beautiful colors, designs, menus but most all of them have awful AF performance! One would expect that with such premium pricing they'd put some attention into better autofocusing!

It's Fuji and not Fuchi. You sounds like keep saying Fuchi. What you have done in this video was reading from the company website which is everybody else can do by themselves. No to bad video Dislike

The X1D is a failed system... the 1st version was the worst and the newer one isn't too great either! Crappy autofocus, No phase-detect AF, Very slow, Lack of weather sealing, No image stabilization, No flippy screen... and let's not forget the price tag!!