Hey Guys, Hasselblad just contacted me and said that this lens WILL NOT be made in China. They said my copy was mistakenly branded with the "Made in China" text and the production lens will not be made in China. So just wanted to clarify that as this info came to me AFTER the video was uploaded.
A very interesting review. All your reasons for owning/using the X1D, X1Dii, X2D, are spot on and very well covered. This is a camera for artists who likes to take their time, without rushing anything. The LCD is amazing, the menu interface is a joy compared to most other cameras. It is so easy to use. The X2D with IS has brought my landscape photography into a totally different sphere. Moving with a lightweight, hand holdable set up, has changed the way I work. Also great for travel. And the hasselblad colour system is fantastic - the rendition of colours is fabulous. I am thinking about this 80mm 1.9 lens given the problems that seem to be associated with producing the V 90mm lens so thanks also for your views on this lens.
I have GFX and I love it.... Same nature with different looks. These cameras forced you to think befor pushing the shutter. I have Mamyia 80mm f1.9 and it is gorgeous. You should compare these. 300$ vs 30000$. Do you get 2700$ more for the mony. 😉
I have the Mamyia as well. I have been using it on the X2d. It is fantastic when dropping the Hasselblead to 14bit mode so that the read out time is cut to 30th of a second but otherwise with artificial light, it is a nightmare to look back at images that seamed like they were fine and see distortion :(( The shutter is great if the subject is completely static.
The price of the body of Hasselblad X1D has dropped considerably. I don't know the reason of this. It is not much more expensive than the medium format Fujifilm GFX 50S. However the recently announced and smaller Fujifilm GFX 50R is even much cheaper. The issue with Hasselblad is that its native lenses are much more expensive than similar lenses from Fujifilm. The typical buyers of a medium format camera aren't ignorant about photography and want more than one lens. The prices of most Fujifilm medium format lenses aren't much higher than similar top quality lenses for full frame cameras (except Leica ones). Hasselblad cameras are manufactured in Sweden and the Leica cameras in Germany. That of course elevates the cost. At least some camera manufacturers resist the monopoly of Japan. Nevertheless many Hasselblad and Leica lenses are made in Japan.
90 % of pictures I 've seen taken with x1d on Facebook x1d group or forums are uncle bobs pictures. It s an expensive camera bought by rich people who have no idea how to take a good photography
Hasselblad users are primarily professional commercial studio photographers and know how to use cameras. Nothing more to say. People stop belly aching about tech features when it comes to studio cameras that will live most of the time on a studio camera stand ( not even a tripod )
If you’re comparing diagonals, it’s a 63 f/1.5 equivalents. If you want to know what will give you the exact same FOV and DOF at the same working distance, your need to crop a 35mm image to 4:3 and then it’s a 58 f/1.5 equivalent, which is the better way to compare it.
Re 'not made in China'...Makes little sense that Hasselblad get right up to pre-production samples with manufacturing in China and then just before final production up manufacturing to somewhere else. Maybe some kind of final assembly or cosmetic changes, who knows? Whatever, just stretching the definition of where it's made. At least with Canon Japan for example you know they make lenses.
Just look at all the reviews. If it’s a great lens then it has zero significance where it was made. It is expensive to produce really great lenses. The price is reasonable for what the lens offers. Leica would charge easily 10k for such lenses.
Waiting for you reviewing the new Fuji GFX 50R and the GFX 100S medium format mirrorless camera. You dont have any problem with the fuji company right? 😅✌️
too bad that Hasselblad chose a 63mm FOV which is , to say the least, a very ODD choice for a portrait lens . wish they produced a 2.8/100 ( 80mm EQUIVALENT) which is a great FOV for full length portraits and/or portraits in tight spaces
Harold6643 Not all portrait lenses have to be the same focal length. With each lens, its characteristics and its focal length, you can be creative in a different way, get to know the lens and use it in a unique way... so I actually think it‘s good that not all portrait photographers use the exact same focal length and that some systems have completely different ones. I find 63mm to be very interesting for portraits. The lenses I mostly use for portraits on my Fujifilm system are about 52mm and 75mm equivalent. 63mm sits right between those two.
Well, true in general, however the Fuji gfx 50R will be an interesting alternative to this one, and they have an equally magic 110mm f2 which is a true portrait lens. Albeit both (camera and lens) for a less unaffordable price.
@@bernios3446 Funny thing about this thought. The Fuji system is equally as unaffordable when you consider that no one "needs" any particular system. You can buy much cheaper lenses and bodies so this isn't really so relevant. A canon/ Sony or xt/xhs camera are all much cheaper... Very different output and user experience though. At some point in the career or journey as a photographer, choices are made about comfort/desire and affordability which factor in the purchase on top of functionality.
If only Hasselblad and Leica shooters could learn their craft to the point that they didn't need to rely on crippled cameras in order to be methodical and think about their shots.
I think something happened too. Maybe DJI just wanted the tech of Hasselblad and just gave up on the large format. I am hoping not. I was hoping to see an xcd 2. But leica will have a new medium format camera this year.
why be left with nothing? people who bought the camera still have the camera and will use it for years. cameras doenst self destrut because a model is discountinued
@@koruki i tried and ended up getting the 2. When I rented the original it was kinda a disaster with the autofocus. Its gotten a little better. And many small things were made a little better.
As I stated above, Hasselblad contacted me and said this lens WILL NOT be made in China. My lens was stamped with "Made in China" but productions lenses will not be.
