{"id":1038162,"date":"2025-11-10T20:40:50","date_gmt":"2025-11-11T01:40:50","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.imaging-resource.com\/?post_type=review-cameras&#038;p=1038162"},"modified":"2025-11-11T12:22:35","modified_gmt":"2025-11-11T17:22:35","slug":"hands-on-with-the-hasselblad-x2d-ii-100c-hasselblad-finally-got-it-right-mostly","status":"publish","type":"review-cameras","link":"https:\/\/www.imaging-resource.com\/cameras\/hands-on-with-the-hasselblad-x2d-ii-100c-hasselblad-finally-got-it-right-mostly\/","title":{"rendered":"Hands-On With the Hasselblad X2D II 100C \u2014  Hasselblad Finally Got it Right (Mostly)"},"content":{"rendered":"\n\n<section id=\"product-1038163\" class=\"product-box\">\n\n  \n  <div class=\"product-image\">\n          <div id=\"slider\" class=\"flexslider\">\n        <ul class=\"slides\">\n                      <li>\n              <img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/media.imaging-resource.com\/2025\/11\/10224643\/1756194511_IMG_2551120.jpg\" alt=\"A product shot of the Hasselblad X2D II 100C camera on a white background.\" \/>\n            <\/li>\n                      <li>\n              <img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/media.imaging-resource.com\/2025\/11\/10224640\/1756194511_IMG_2551123.jpg\" alt=\"A product shot of the Hasselblad X2D II 100C camera on a white background.\" \/>\n            <\/li>\n                      <li>\n              <img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/media.imaging-resource.com\/2025\/11\/10224634\/1756194511_IMG_2551125.jpg\" alt=\"A product shot of the Hasselblad X2D II 100C camera on a white background.\" \/>\n            <\/li>\n                      <li>\n              <img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/media.imaging-resource.com\/2025\/11\/10224631\/1756194511_IMG_2551126.jpg\" alt=\"A product shot of the Hasselblad X2D II 100C camera on a white background.\" \/>\n            <\/li>\n                      <li>\n              <img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/media.imaging-resource.com\/2025\/11\/10224629\/1756194511_IMG_2551131.jpg\" alt=\"Hasselblad X2D II 100C being used in a street by a photogarpher and a female model\" \/>\n            <\/li>\n                      <li>\n              <img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/media.imaging-resource.com\/2025\/11\/10224625\/IMG_2559492.jpg\" alt=\"Hasselblad X2D II 100C being held against a black background.\" \/>\n            <\/li>\n                      <li>\n              <img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/media.imaging-resource.com\/2025\/11\/10232302\/IMG_8351-Large.jpeg\" alt=\"Hasselblad X2D II 100C on a table with a muffin\" \/>\n            <\/li>\n                  <\/ul>\n      <\/div>\n      <\/div>\n\n  <div class=\"awards-badge\">\n      <\/div>\n\n  <div class=\"product-box-header-wrapper\">\n    <div class=\"title-wrapper\">\n\n      \n      <div class=\"title-price\">\n        <h3 class=\"\">\n          <a href=\"https:\/\/www.amazon.com\/dp\/B0BYQJJYF7\/?tag=imaging-resource-bgfg-20\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow\">Hasselblad X2D II 100C<\/a>\n        <\/h3>\n                  <span class=\"price\">https:\/\/www.amazon.com\/dp\/B0BYQJJYF7\/?tag=imaging-resource-bgfg-20<\/span>\n              <\/div>\n\n    <\/div>\n\n      <\/div>\n\n  <div class=\"product-box-body-wrapper\">\n\n    \n          <div class=\"desc-wrapper\">\n        <div class=\"badge-section-title-wrapper\"><span class=\"badge badge-section-title\">What We Think<\/span><\/div>\n        <p class=\"p1\">The Hasselblad X2D II 100C features a 100-megapixel medium-format back-side illuminated CMOS sensor delivering up to 15.3 stops of dynamic range and native ISO 50 sensitivity. It supports 16-bit colour depth and Hasselblad\u2019s HNCS HDR workflow. Continuous autofocus (AF-C) is enabled via phase-detect plus LiDAR sensing and subject detection for people, animals, and vehicles. In-body image stabilization (IBIS) offers up to 10 stops of compensation. The rear 3.6-inch OLED two-way tilt touchscreen reaches up to 1,400 nits brightness and supports the P3 colour gamut for HDR monitoring. Internal storage includes a 1 TB SSD plus a CFexpress Type B card slot.<\/p>\n      <\/div>\n    \n    \n          <div class=\"pros-cons-wrapper\">\n                  <div class=\"pros\">\n            <div class=\"badge-section-title-wrapper\">\n              <span class=\"badge badge-section-title\">Reasons to Buy<\/span>\n            <\/div>\n            <ul>\n<li class=\"p1\">100 MP medium-format BSI sensor with 16-bit colour for extremely high image detail and tonal depth.<\/li>\n<li class=\"p1\">Up to 15.3 stops of dynamic range preserves highlight and shadow detail.<\/li>\n<li class=\"p1\">In-body stabilization rated up to 10 stops enables handheld shooting at slower shutter speeds.<\/li>\n<li class=\"p1\">Phase-detect AF with LiDAR-assisted continuous autofocus and subject detection.<\/li>\n<li class=\"p1\">Bright, tilting 3.6-inch OLED touchscreen (1,400 nits) supports HDR monitoring.<\/li>\n<li class=\"p1\">Internal 1 TB SSD plus CFexpress Type B slot for fast, flexible storage.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n          <\/div>\n        \n                  <div class=\"cons\">\n            <div class=\"badge-section-title-wrapper\">\n              <span class=\"badge badge-section-title\">Reasons to Avoid<\/span>\n            <\/div>\n            <ul>\n<li class=\"p1\">No video recording capabilities \u2014 stills-only camera.<\/li>\n<li class=\"p1\">Slow burst rate (around 3 fps) limits suitability for action photography.<\/li>\n<li class=\"p1\">Medium-format body and lenses increase overall system size and cost.<\/li>\n<li class=\"p1\">100 MP RAW files demand significant storage and processing resources.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n          <\/div>\n        \n      <\/div>\n    \n      <\/div>\n\n  <div class=\"product-box-footer-wrapper\">\n    <ul class=\"buttons-wrapper\">\n\n              <li><a class=\"button button-amazon\" href=\"https:\/\/www.amazon.com\/dp\/B0BYQJJYF7\/?tag=imaging-resource-bgfg-20\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow\" role=\"button\">Shop at Amazon <i class=\"fas fa-chevron-right\"><\/i><\/a><\/li>\n      \n      \n        \n                                      <li>\n              <a class=\"button button-others\" href=\"https:\/\/www.bhphotovideo.com\/c\/product\/1908829-REG\/hasselblad_cp_hb_00000927_01_x2d_ii_100c_medium.html\/BI\/771\/KBID\/1047\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow\" role=\"button\">Shop at B&amp;H <i class=\"fas fa-chevron-right\"><\/i><\/a>\n            <\/li>\n                  \n      \n    <\/ul>\n\n      <\/div>\n\n<\/section>\n\n\n<p><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">I have a long history with Hasselblad cameras. I grew up in an era when the Hasselblad 500-series cameras were the pinnacle of medium-format photography. I personally shot with the Hasselblad 501 and put plenty of rolls of 120 and 220 film through it.&nbsp;<\/span><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">When digital medium format cameras came to market, they were simply versions of the original film cameras that replaced the removable film magazine with one containing an imaging sensor. The bodies were upgraded to communicate electronically with the backs, but compared to today\u2019s cameras, they were wildly unsophisticated.&nbsp;<\/span><\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img decoding=\"async\" width=\"1024\" height=\"614\" src=\"https:\/\/media.imaging-resource.com\/2025\/11\/11163809\/hasselblad-sample-image_af-c.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-1038270\" srcset=\"https:\/\/media.imaging-resource.com\/2025\/11\/11163809\/hasselblad-sample-image_af-c.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/media.imaging-resource.com\/2025\/11\/11163809\/hasselblad-sample-image_af-c-300x180.jpg 300w, https:\/\/media.imaging-resource.com\/2025\/11\/11163809\/hasselblad-sample-image_af-c-768x461.jpg 768w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" \/><figcaption class=\"wp-element-caption\"><strong>Image from Hasselblad.com \u00a9 Zhonglin Li<\/strong><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Hasselblad made a radical departure from its historical boxy 500-series cameras when it introduced the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.google.com\/url?sa=t&amp;source=web&amp;rct=j&amp;opi=89978449&amp;url=https:\/\/www.imaging-resource.com\/cameras\/hasselblad-x1d-review\/&amp;ved=2ahUKEwj_6_Tz-OiQAxXmtokEHZoLOfAQFnoECAkQAQ&amp;usg=AOvVaw1hHF9K9PoBhj_7tB5zgzKi\">X1D 50C camera<\/a>, a medium format system in a body that was clearly designed to look like the \u201cmodern\u201d look of a DSLR of the era.&nbsp;<\/span><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">I remember seeing it at the Photokina trade show in Germany, and being fascinated by it. Instead of a medium format camera built around the tradition of a film body, this was a body built around a digital sensor.<\/span><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">It was not a perfect camera by any means. Focus was slow, operation was slow, and while the images were beautiful, using it was a chore.<\/span><\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image\"><img decoding=\"async\" width=\"768\" height=\"1024\" src=\"https:\/\/media.imaging-resource.com\/2025\/11\/10225623\/B_1367-Large.jpeg\" alt=\"A man holding bread at a cafe\" class=\"wp-image-1038198\" srcset=\"https:\/\/media.imaging-resource.com\/2025\/11\/10225623\/B_1367-Large.jpeg 768w, https:\/\/media.imaging-resource.com\/2025\/11\/10225623\/B_1367-Large-225x300.jpeg 225w, https:\/\/media.imaging-resource.com\/2025\/11\/10225623\/B_1367-Large.jpeg 960w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 768px) 100vw, 768px\" \/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">The X2D <a href=\"https:\/\/www.google.com\/url?sa=t&amp;source=web&amp;rct=j&amp;opi=89978449&amp;url=https:\/\/www.imaging-resource.com\/cameras\/hasselblad-x2d-100c-review\/&amp;ved=2ahUKEwiB8vqB-eiQAxXIhIkEHadHB8QQFnoECBIQAQ&amp;usg=AOvVaw1IYG__X_E9SvG0cWybJs2c\">was a major upgrade<\/a>, tackling a lot of the issues photographers like me had had. It had a combination of contrast and phase detect autofocus versus the contrast detection system of the X1-series. As someone who leaves their memory cards at home often enough that I keep one in my wallet, having built-in 1TB of storage was a brilliant idea.&nbsp;<\/span><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">That camera had around seven stops of In Body Image Stabilization (IBIS), better than most full-frame cameras. It had around 15 stops of dynamic range, on par with the competing <a href=\"https:\/\/www.amazon.com\/dp\/B0F1DGHTR5\/?tag=imaging-resource-bgfg-20\">Fujifilm GFX100RF<\/a> camera.&nbsp;<\/span><\/p>\n\n\n\n<hr class=\"wp-block-separator has-alpha-channel-opacity\"\/>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-embed is-type-wp-embed is-provider-imaging-resource wp-block-embed-imaging-resource\"><div class=\"wp-block-embed__wrapper\">\n<blockquote class=\"wp-embedded-content\" data-secret=\"rYkOYCF7Ki\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.imaging-resource.com\/news\/fujifilm-gfx100rf-capsule-review-a-beautiful-disappointment\/\">Fujifilm GFX100RF Capsule Review: A Beautiful Disappointment?<\/a><\/blockquote><iframe class=\"wp-embedded-content\" sandbox=\"allow-scripts\" security=\"restricted\" style=\"position: absolute; visibility: hidden;\" title=\"&#8220;Fujifilm GFX100RF Capsule Review: A Beautiful Disappointment?&#8221; &#8212; Imaging Resource\" src=\"https:\/\/www.imaging-resource.com\/news\/fujifilm-gfx100rf-capsule-review-a-beautiful-disappointment\/embed\/#?secret=fuQYvMdybv#?secret=rYkOYCF7Ki\" data-secret=\"rYkOYCF7Ki\" width=\"500\" height=\"282\" frameborder=\"0\" marginwidth=\"0\" marginheight=\"0\" scrolling=\"no\"><\/iframe>\n<\/div><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<hr class=\"wp-block-separator has-alpha-channel-opacity\"\/>\n\n\n\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Despite limitations, it was a usable and impressive camera in a way that the X1D was not, at least in uses like portraiture and landscape. It still lagged behind full-frame cameras for documentary work, lifestyle photography, and fast-paced journalism, but it was a solid and usable camera.<\/span><\/p>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Hasselblad\u2019s New Generation of Medium-Format&nbsp;<\/span><\/h2>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image\"><img decoding=\"async\" width=\"1024\" height=\"576\" src=\"https:\/\/media.imaging-resource.com\/2025\/11\/10232302\/IMG_8351-Large.jpeg\" alt=\"Hasselblad X2D II 100C on a table with a muffin\" class=\"wp-image-1038199\" srcset=\"https:\/\/media.imaging-resource.com\/2025\/11\/10232302\/IMG_8351-Large.jpeg 1024w, https:\/\/media.imaging-resource.com\/2025\/11\/10232302\/IMG_8351-Large-300x169.jpeg 300w, https:\/\/media.imaging-resource.com\/2025\/11\/10232302\/IMG_8351-Large-768x432.jpeg 768w, https:\/\/media.imaging-resource.com\/2025\/11\/10232302\/IMG_8351-Large.jpeg 1280w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" \/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">With the new Hasselblad X2D II 100C, the company is hoping that the fourth time\u2019s a charm, and largely it is. I enjoyed shooting with it more than the other X-series Hasselblad cameras, and more than some full-frame and APS-C cameras I\u2019ve reviewed over the years.&nbsp;<\/span><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">It\u2019s still not a \u201cfast\u201d camera, but a medium format camera is unlikely to ever catch up to the performance of a similarly priced full-frame mirrorless, or even full-frame cameras that are a fraction of the price. Interestingly, the X2D II launched with a lower price than the X2D, at about $7,700 versus the $8.200 price of the X2D.&nbsp;<\/span><\/p>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Mostly Excellent Autofocus<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">The biggest update is in the area where the X-series has been particularly weak, the autofocus. It now has continuous AF aided by LiDAR, and while it\u2019s hard to say how much of the improved AF is better focusing algorithms, and how much is the LiDAR, it is unquestionably better at autocusing than predecessors.&nbsp;<\/span><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">The AF-S system of the older X-series cameras made them impractical for anything besides landscape photography or portrait work, where the subject isn\u2019t moving. They were cameras you\u2019d use to capture a bride and groom cutting their cake, but not one you\u2019d use to capture them dancing.&nbsp;<\/span><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>With the new subject-detection autofocus system, aided by LiDAR, the X1D II 100C can nail subjects including humans and animals, for the most part.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">A good test of the new autofocus system came at a No Kings protest. I would not have brought the original X2D to a protest rally, as there\u2019s little chance it would have focused accurately on people marching and holding signs, but the X2D II managed to capture images that the X1D and even the X2D could not.&nbsp;<\/span><\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image\"><img decoding=\"async\" width=\"1024\" height=\"768\" src=\"https:\/\/media.imaging-resource.com\/2025\/11\/10225546\/B_1304-Large.jpeg\" alt=\"A man in a pikachu suit at a protest march\" class=\"wp-image-1038190\" srcset=\"https:\/\/media.imaging-resource.com\/2025\/11\/10225546\/B_1304-Large.jpeg 1024w, https:\/\/media.imaging-resource.com\/2025\/11\/10225546\/B_1304-Large-300x225.jpeg 300w, https:\/\/media.imaging-resource.com\/2025\/11\/10225546\/B_1304-Large-768x576.jpeg 768w, https:\/\/media.imaging-resource.com\/2025\/11\/10225546\/B_1304-Large.jpeg 1280w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" \/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img decoding=\"async\" width=\"1024\" height=\"768\" src=\"https:\/\/media.imaging-resource.com\/2025\/11\/11014838\/worstsequel-Large.jpeg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-1038211\" srcset=\"https:\/\/media.imaging-resource.com\/2025\/11\/11014838\/worstsequel-Large.jpeg 1024w, https:\/\/media.imaging-resource.com\/2025\/11\/11014838\/worstsequel-Large-300x225.jpeg 300w, https:\/\/media.imaging-resource.com\/2025\/11\/11014838\/worstsequel-Large-768x576.jpeg 768w, https:\/\/media.imaging-resource.com\/2025\/11\/11014838\/worstsequel-Large.jpeg 1280w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" \/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>A person walking straight at the camera would have been too much for the AF-S on the X2D, since the focus would have locked on where the subject was at the time of shutter release. The blur might have been virtually unnoticeable, but it would be there. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The 425-point phase detect system, coupled with the new AF algorithm, tuned out the other spectators in favor of the main subject. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>In this photo of my son, the camera had a hard time picking out the face. This is tricky for an eye-detection AF system, but I&#8217;ve captured many shots like this and the face detection is more accurate. In both images I&#8217;ve set the frame with the paintbrushes between myself and my son to see if the camera would leap onto the brushes. As brightly colored vertical elements, they could easily confuse an AF system, and they did not<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image\"><img decoding=\"async\" width=\"1024\" height=\"768\" src=\"https:\/\/media.imaging-resource.com\/2025\/11\/10225533\/B_1279-Large.jpeg\" alt=\"A boy painintg mniatures\" class=\"wp-image-1038186\" srcset=\"https:\/\/media.imaging-resource.com\/2025\/11\/10225533\/B_1279-Large.jpeg 1024w, https:\/\/media.imaging-resource.com\/2025\/11\/10225533\/B_1279-Large-300x225.jpeg 300w, https:\/\/media.imaging-resource.com\/2025\/11\/10225533\/B_1279-Large-768x576.jpeg 768w, https:\/\/media.imaging-resource.com\/2025\/11\/10225533\/B_1279-Large.jpeg 1280w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" \/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>That said, when pixel peeping, the minitature is in the sharpest focus. It&#8217;s relatively in the plane of the eyes, but there&#8217;s a tad more focus there than on the frames of his glasses or his eyelashes.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image alignnone size-full wp-image-1038205\"><img decoding=\"async\" width=\"847\" height=\"629\" src=\"https:\/\/media.imaging-resource.com\/2025\/11\/11001149\/Image-20251110-6iN2oqU5.jpg\" alt=\"An arrow indicated where the focus was in a photo of a boy painting miniatures. \" class=\"wp-image-1038205\"\/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image\"><img decoding=\"async\" width=\"1024\" height=\"768\" src=\"https:\/\/media.imaging-resource.com\/2025\/11\/10225530\/B_1278-Large.jpeg\" alt=\"A boy painting miniatures\" class=\"wp-image-1038185\" srcset=\"https:\/\/media.imaging-resource.com\/2025\/11\/10225530\/B_1278-Large.jpeg 1024w, https:\/\/media.imaging-resource.com\/2025\/11\/10225530\/B_1278-Large-300x225.jpeg 300w, https:\/\/media.imaging-resource.com\/2025\/11\/10225530\/B_1278-Large-768x576.jpeg 768w, https:\/\/media.imaging-resource.com\/2025\/11\/10225530\/B_1278-Large.jpeg 1280w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" \/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Animal Eye AF works very well, though it&#8217;s hard not to focus on the big eyes of a cat, but squirrel eyes are harder to detect since they&#8217;re black against dark fur, and the X2C II 100C nailed it.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image\"><img decoding=\"async\" width=\"1024\" height=\"768\" src=\"https:\/\/media.imaging-resource.com\/2025\/11\/10225527\/B_1261-2-Large.jpeg\" alt=\"A cat on a windowsill\" class=\"wp-image-1038184\" srcset=\"https:\/\/media.imaging-resource.com\/2025\/11\/10225527\/B_1261-2-Large.jpeg 1024w, https:\/\/media.imaging-resource.com\/2025\/11\/10225527\/B_1261-2-Large-300x225.jpeg 300w, https:\/\/media.imaging-resource.com\/2025\/11\/10225527\/B_1261-2-Large-768x576.jpeg 768w, https:\/\/media.imaging-resource.com\/2025\/11\/10225527\/B_1261-2-Large.jpeg 1280w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" \/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p><\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image\"><img decoding=\"async\" width=\"1024\" height=\"768\" src=\"https:\/\/media.imaging-resource.com\/2025\/11\/10225539\/B_1283-Large.jpeg\" alt=\"A squireel eating nuts on a porch railing\" class=\"wp-image-1038188\" srcset=\"https:\/\/media.imaging-resource.com\/2025\/11\/10225539\/B_1283-Large.jpeg 1024w, https:\/\/media.imaging-resource.com\/2025\/11\/10225539\/B_1283-Large-300x225.jpeg 300w, https:\/\/media.imaging-resource.com\/2025\/11\/10225539\/B_1283-Large-768x576.jpeg 768w, https:\/\/media.imaging-resource.com\/2025\/11\/10225539\/B_1283-Large.jpeg 1280w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" \/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">At three frames per second, this camera isn\u2019t winning any speed competitions, but in animal detection mode iit was fast enough to grab a few shots of swooping seagulls, and the animal-detect AF latched right onto the birds. <\/span><\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image alignnone size-large wp-image-1038197\"><img decoding=\"async\" width=\"1024\" height=\"768\" src=\"https:\/\/media.imaging-resource.com\/2025\/11\/10225620\/B_1349-Large.jpeg\" alt=\"A seagull soars against a blue sky\" class=\"wp-image-1038197\" srcset=\"https:\/\/media.imaging-resource.com\/2025\/11\/10225620\/B_1349-Large.jpeg 1024w, https:\/\/media.imaging-resource.com\/2025\/11\/10225620\/B_1349-Large-300x225.jpeg 300w, https:\/\/media.imaging-resource.com\/2025\/11\/10225620\/B_1349-Large-768x576.jpeg 768w, https:\/\/media.imaging-resource.com\/2025\/11\/10225620\/B_1349-Large.jpeg 1280w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" \/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image\"><img decoding=\"async\" width=\"1024\" height=\"768\" src=\"https:\/\/media.imaging-resource.com\/2025\/11\/10225617\/B_1341-Large.jpeg\" alt=\"A seagull with food in its mouth\" class=\"wp-image-1038196\" srcset=\"https:\/\/media.imaging-resource.com\/2025\/11\/10225617\/B_1341-Large.jpeg 1024w, https:\/\/media.imaging-resource.com\/2025\/11\/10225617\/B_1341-Large-300x225.jpeg 300w, https:\/\/media.imaging-resource.com\/2025\/11\/10225617\/B_1341-Large-768x576.jpeg 768w, https:\/\/media.imaging-resource.com\/2025\/11\/10225617\/B_1341-Large.jpeg 1280w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" \/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">I also had the nwith me, and unsurprisingly, the R6 III outpaced it significantly. Still, the X2D II isn\u2019t meant to be a photojournalist camera for fast-moving events, and it held up nicely.&nbsp;<\/span><\/p>\n\n\n\n<hr class=\"wp-block-separator has-alpha-channel-opacity\"\/>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Read Our Caon R6 III Review<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-embed is-type-wp-embed is-provider-imaging-resource wp-block-embed-imaging-resource\"><div class=\"wp-block-embed__wrapper\">\n<blockquote class=\"wp-embedded-content\" data-secret=\"H2PUB3pK9D\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.imaging-resource.com\/cameras\/canon-r6-iii-hands-on-review-one-small-step-for-photography-one-giant-leap-for-video-kind\/\">Canon R6 III Hands-On Review &#8211; One Small Step for Photography, One Giant Leap for Video-Kind<\/a><\/blockquote><iframe class=\"wp-embedded-content\" sandbox=\"allow-scripts\" security=\"restricted\" style=\"position: absolute; visibility: hidden;\" title=\"&#8220;Canon R6 III Hands-On Review &#8211; One Small Step for Photography, One Giant Leap for Video-Kind&#8221; &#8212; Imaging Resource\" src=\"https:\/\/www.imaging-resource.com\/cameras\/canon-r6-iii-hands-on-review-one-small-step-for-photography-one-giant-leap-for-video-kind\/embed\/#?secret=Q4UQi8GQoK#?secret=H2PUB3pK9D\" data-secret=\"H2PUB3pK9D\" width=\"500\" height=\"282\" frameborder=\"0\" marginwidth=\"0\" marginheight=\"0\" scrolling=\"no\"><\/iframe>\n<\/div><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<hr class=\"wp-block-separator has-alpha-channel-opacity\"\/>\n\n\n\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">It\u2019s still a camera designed for portraits, environmental portraits, some street photography, landscapes, and fine art, but you can also put it in your camera bag and bring home in-focus images that the X2D and X1D would have missed.&nbsp;<\/span><\/p>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">An All HDR Workflow<\/span><\/h2>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img decoding=\"async\" width=\"1024\" height=\"768\" src=\"https:\/\/media.imaging-resource.com\/2025\/11\/10225429\/B_1203-2-Large.jpeg\" alt=\"Close deatil of a shot of a vintacg ford car\" class=\"wp-image-1038174\" srcset=\"https:\/\/media.imaging-resource.com\/2025\/11\/10225429\/B_1203-2-Large.jpeg 1024w, https:\/\/media.imaging-resource.com\/2025\/11\/10225429\/B_1203-2-Large-300x225.jpeg 300w, https:\/\/media.imaging-resource.com\/2025\/11\/10225429\/B_1203-2-Large-768x576.jpeg 768w, https:\/\/media.imaging-resource.com\/2025\/11\/10225429\/B_1203-2-Large.jpeg 1280w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" \/><figcaption class=\"wp-element-caption\">A crop from the wider shot of the vintage Ford<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image\"><img decoding=\"async\" width=\"1024\" height=\"768\" src=\"https:\/\/media.imaging-resource.com\/2025\/11\/10225556\/B_1327-Large.jpeg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-1038193\" srcset=\"https:\/\/media.imaging-resource.com\/2025\/11\/10225556\/B_1327-Large.jpeg 1024w, https:\/\/media.imaging-resource.com\/2025\/11\/10225556\/B_1327-Large-300x225.jpeg 300w, https:\/\/media.imaging-resource.com\/2025\/11\/10225556\/B_1327-Large-768x576.jpeg 768w, https:\/\/media.imaging-resource.com\/2025\/11\/10225556\/B_1327-Large.jpeg 1280w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" \/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img decoding=\"async\" width=\"1024\" height=\"614\" src=\"https:\/\/media.imaging-resource.com\/2025\/11\/11164046\/hasselblad-sample-image_pc.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-1038273\" srcset=\"https:\/\/media.imaging-resource.com\/2025\/11\/11164046\/hasselblad-sample-image_pc.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/media.imaging-resource.com\/2025\/11\/11164046\/hasselblad-sample-image_pc-300x180.jpg 300w, https:\/\/media.imaging-resource.com\/2025\/11\/11164046\/hasselblad-sample-image_pc-768x461.jpg 768w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" \/><figcaption class=\"wp-element-caption\"><strong>Image from Hasselblad.com \u00a9Jiyuan Wang<\/strong><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">The X2D II has an end-to-end High Definition Range (HDR) workflow, allowing it to capture, display, and process images with a massive tonal range. The HDR pipeline is 16-bit, meaning color and brightness information is nearly lossless from capture to output.&nbsp;<\/span><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">On the surface, this doesn\u2019t seem different from shooting raw files, but a raw file is designed to provide a standard definition image, so any adjustments to tonality need to be done in post-production.&nbsp;<\/span><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">With an HDR workflow, every aspect of the process is tone-mapped to give you the most color-accurate image possible, with the maximum dynamic range available from capture.&nbsp;<\/span><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">The display on the X2D II is HDR, so that you can preview and review the full amount of dynamic range captured on the device. When editing photos on an HDR display, you can work with the full dynamic range available more easily than working on an SDR display. When preparing images for devices like the iPhone, iPad, Apple displays, and any other HDR device, you\u2019ll know what the result will be.&nbsp;<\/span><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">To evaluate the HDR content, the camera has a 3.6-inch OLED touchscreen with 2.36 million pixels and a brightness of 1,400 nits. I had no problems using the camera in bright sun. The EVF is <\/span> <span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">5.76 million pixels and a .87x magnification. <\/span> <span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">&nbsp;<\/span><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">The EVF doesn\u2019t have the highest resolution on the market. That distinction goes to the 9.44 million pixel resolution EVFs found on cameras like the Sony a9 II and Canon R1. But the EVF is the same resolution as the Canon R5 II. From a component standpoint, this is the one under-spec\u2019d part of the camera.&nbsp;<\/span><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>Note: The image compression used by WordPress is pretty aggressive. <\/strong><em>Evaluating these images after saving the draft, it&#8217;s obvious that the benefits of the HDR workflow are not going to be apparent here. Saturation of these images is washed out and details are softened compared to the originals<\/em>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image\"><img decoding=\"async\" width=\"1024\" height=\"768\" src=\"https:\/\/media.imaging-resource.com\/2025\/11\/10225609\/B_1329-Large.jpeg\" alt=\"A road in the woods in the fall\" class=\"wp-image-1038194\" srcset=\"https:\/\/media.imaging-resource.com\/2025\/11\/10225609\/B_1329-Large.jpeg 1024w, https:\/\/media.imaging-resource.com\/2025\/11\/10225609\/B_1329-Large-300x225.jpeg 300w, https:\/\/media.imaging-resource.com\/2025\/11\/10225609\/B_1329-Large-768x576.jpeg 768w, https:\/\/media.imaging-resource.com\/2025\/11\/10225609\/B_1329-Large.jpeg 1280w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" \/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p><\/p>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Impressive In Body Image Stabilization (IBIS)<\/span><\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">The Hasselblad X2D II 100C has a claimed 10 stops of IBIS, which is best in class. More accurately, it has IBIS that blows other systems out of the water. The medium format Fujifilm GFC100 has 5.5 stops, and the Canon R1 has up to 8.5 stops.&nbsp;<\/span><\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-embed is-type-wp-embed is-provider-imaging-resource wp-block-embed-imaging-resource\"><div class=\"wp-block-embed__wrapper\">\n<blockquote class=\"wp-embedded-content\" data-secret=\"YOTKkiLGhj\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.imaging-resource.com\/guides\/best-canon-cameras-buyers-guide-2025\/\">Best Canon Cameras: The Complete Buyer\u2019s Guide for Every Photographer<\/a><\/blockquote><iframe class=\"wp-embedded-content\" sandbox=\"allow-scripts\" security=\"restricted\" style=\"position: absolute; visibility: hidden;\" title=\"&#8220;Best Canon Cameras: The Complete Buyer\u2019s Guide for Every Photographer&#8221; &#8212; Imaging Resource\" src=\"https:\/\/www.imaging-resource.com\/guides\/best-canon-cameras-buyers-guide-2025\/embed\/#?secret=Ht4dWxDomh#?secret=YOTKkiLGhj\" data-secret=\"YOTKkiLGhj\" width=\"500\" height=\"282\" frameborder=\"0\" marginwidth=\"0\" marginheight=\"0\" scrolling=\"no\"><\/iframe>\n<\/div><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Ten stops of stabilization are insane. It\u2019s impossible to measure just how accurate that claimed rating is, but the lack of motion blur in images where I was panning to track a subject is impressive. Even when shooting birds in flight\u2014something this camera was not designed to do\u2014I saw no motion blur unless I was shooting too slowly.&nbsp;<\/span><\/p>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\"><figure><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-large wp-image-1038195\" src=\"https:\/\/media.imaging-resource.com\/2025\/11\/10225612\/B_1340-Large.jpeg\" alt=\"A seagull amoungst a group of seagulls\" width=\"1024\" height=\"768\" srcset=\"https:\/\/media.imaging-resource.com\/2025\/11\/10225612\/B_1340-Large.jpeg 1024w, https:\/\/media.imaging-resource.com\/2025\/11\/10225612\/B_1340-Large-300x225.jpeg 300w, https:\/\/media.imaging-resource.com\/2025\/11\/10225612\/B_1340-Large-768x576.jpeg 768w, https:\/\/media.imaging-resource.com\/2025\/11\/10225612\/B_1340-Large.jpeg 1280w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" \/><\/figure><\/h2>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Video &#8211; Or Lack Thereof<\/span><\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">There is no video recording capability on the X2D II, which may be enough to turn off some potential customers. I have no personal issues with the lack of video capabilities, as I wouldn&#8217;t want to capture from a 100MP sensor, and I\u2019d think it would have considerable problems with overheating.&nbsp;<\/span><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">If you need a video camera, don\u2019t buy the X2D II, but I suspect that if you\u2019re considering this camera, it isn\u2019t for video anyhow.&nbsp;<\/span><\/p>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Hands On<\/span><\/h2>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image\"><img decoding=\"async\" width=\"1024\" height=\"768\" src=\"https:\/\/media.imaging-resource.com\/2025\/11\/10235341\/IMG_8386-Large.jpeg\" alt=\"Holding an X1D II 100C with the lcd screen showing the image\" class=\"wp-image-1038203\" srcset=\"https:\/\/media.imaging-resource.com\/2025\/11\/10235341\/IMG_8386-Large.jpeg 1024w, https:\/\/media.imaging-resource.com\/2025\/11\/10235341\/IMG_8386-Large-300x225.jpeg 300w, https:\/\/media.imaging-resource.com\/2025\/11\/10235341\/IMG_8386-Large-768x576.jpeg 768w, https:\/\/media.imaging-resource.com\/2025\/11\/10235341\/IMG_8386-Large.jpeg 1280w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" \/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">I utterly and unabashedly love the design of the X2D II, and have always loved the style of the X-series. When I first used it, it felt futuristic. In my review of the X2D, I mentioned that all other cameras were built around a film workflow. (Consumer-level cinema cameras did not yet exist.) SLRs were designed around the shape needed for the film canister. DSLRs evolved around that same design, and mirrorless cameras continued that tradition.&nbsp;<\/span><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">The X1 was one of the first cameras designed specifically for digital photography. Digital sensors are flat since there is no film canister. The size and thickness of the body are just thick enough to house the massive sensor, electronics, and a battery. The design is form-follows-function.<\/span><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">The double-edged sword of the design is that it was likely responsible in part for the performance of the earlier cameras. You can cram a lot of electronics in the part of a camera where film would have gone, and the X-series has little of that space.&nbsp;<\/span><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">The X2D II 100C carries on that tradition, and even slims down compared to previous models. It feels very similar to the Fujifilm GFX100RF. However, the Fujifilm camera is designed to emulate the analog past that original Hasselblads dominated, and the Hasselblad feels like it\u2019s designed for the future.&nbsp;<\/span><\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image\"><img decoding=\"async\" width=\"1024\" height=\"576\" src=\"https:\/\/media.imaging-resource.com\/2025\/11\/10235154\/IMG_8357-Large.jpeg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-1038200\" srcset=\"https:\/\/media.imaging-resource.com\/2025\/11\/10235154\/IMG_8357-Large.jpeg 1024w, https:\/\/media.imaging-resource.com\/2025\/11\/10235154\/IMG_8357-Large-300x169.jpeg 300w, https:\/\/media.imaging-resource.com\/2025\/11\/10235154\/IMG_8357-Large-768x432.jpeg 768w, https:\/\/media.imaging-resource.com\/2025\/11\/10235154\/IMG_8357-Large.jpeg 1280w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" \/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Controls are sparse. The back of the camera has only the display with four buttons to control scrolling through menus and making menu selections, as well as a button to bring up the menu. There\u2019s an AE-L and AF-D button.&nbsp;<\/span><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">The latter is used to control the subject detection of the X2D II. Although that doesn\u2019t seem like an obvious choice for a dedicated button, most systems require programming a custom button to handle AF subject control, and having a button just for the AF system is a smart idea.&nbsp;<\/span><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">The back has the rear control dial and a joystick that does double duty, selecting menu settings and moving through the interface.&nbsp;<\/span><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">The top deck is equally sparse, with just a power button, LED screen, mode button, ISO\/WB button, and a front control dial. On the front is just a programmable button and the lens lock button.&nbsp;<\/span><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">The power button on the top deck is my one quibble with the layout of the camera. Most cameras use a switch to turn the camera on or off, while the X2D II uses a press-and-hold power button. This design is to keep the top of the deck flat, but pressing and holding a button to power the camera on feels like a slow and cumbersome step. The camera might activate as quickly as a toggle switch, but it definitely feels slower to activate.&nbsp;<\/span><\/p>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Excellent Menus<\/span><\/h2>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image\"><img decoding=\"async\" width=\"750\" height=\"750\" src=\"https:\/\/media.imaging-resource.com\/2025\/11\/10224634\/1756194511_IMG_2551125.jpg\" alt=\"A product shot of the Hasselblad X2D II 100C camera on a white background.\" class=\"wp-image-1038167\"\/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Most digital cameras have awful menus. They\u2019re cluttered, poorly organized, and many of the settings are impossible to determine from the names they\u2019re given. I spent ten minutes the other day trying to remember where the picture profile settings are on a Sony camera, and then wondering why it calls things PP1, PP2, etc., instead of S-Log3\/S-Cine3.&nbsp;<\/span><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">The large LCD screen allows for big, visible controls. But it\u2019s not just the size of the layout I like, it\u2019s the way it\u2019s laid out. Many cine cameras have a similar user interface where tapping a setting brings you immediately into the options, with clear ways to move between choices. The Hasselblad X2D II has one of the nicest interfaces on any camera today.<\/span><\/p>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Lens Limitations<\/span><\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">The Hasselblad X-series lens lineup comprises fewer than ten lenses, which is a much smaller number than any mirrorless full-frame system. It\u2019s an even smaller collection than Fujifilm\u2019s medium-format GFX-series lenses.&nbsp;<\/span><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">There are third-party options available for the Hasselblad system, and the lenses Hasselblad makes cover a wide range of focal lengths and apertures, so the relative dearth of lenses is probably not an issue for a potential customer of the X-series. It\u2019s just good to keep in mind you\u2019re buying into a system with fewer options than some others.&nbsp;&nbsp;<\/span><\/p>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Software Woes<\/span><\/h2>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image alignnone size-large wp-image-1038204\"><img decoding=\"async\" width=\"1024\" height=\"639\" src=\"https:\/\/media.imaging-resource.com\/2025\/11\/11000357\/Image-20251110-4sV5fvZj-scaled.jpg\" alt=\"The Phocus software which is a bit of a dsiaster. \" class=\"wp-image-1038204\" srcset=\"https:\/\/media.imaging-resource.com\/2025\/11\/11000357\/Image-20251110-4sV5fvZj-scaled.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/media.imaging-resource.com\/2025\/11\/11000357\/Image-20251110-4sV5fvZj-300x187.jpg 300w, https:\/\/media.imaging-resource.com\/2025\/11\/11000357\/Image-20251110-4sV5fvZj-768x480.jpg 768w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" \/><figcaption class=\"wp-element-caption\"><em>The Phocus software looks fine, but is slow and hard to use.<\/em><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">As of this article, Lightroom and Photoshop only have preliminary support for Hasselblad raw files. Capture One users will be disappointed to find out that there is not, nor likely ever will be Hasselblad support.<\/span><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Capture One started life as software for the Phase One medium format camera system, and even though Capture One broke off from Phase One years ago, the grudge between the two is ongoing.&nbsp;<\/span><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">The alternative is to use Hasselblad\u2019s Phocus software, which, as is the case with most camera manufacturers\u2019 software, is dismal. The software is required for tethering workflows, but runs like molasses.&nbsp;<\/span><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">On my Mac Studio, which is fast enough to edit multiple streams of 4K footage in real time, Phocus often took more than ten seconds to load a file fully. Sometimes the full image data would fail to load until an adjustment was made, at which point the resolution and saturation would suddenly load. &nbsp;Sometimes dragging sliders had no effect at all.&nbsp;<\/span><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>With support for the full HDR workflow of the Hasselblad files, I\u2019d like the Phoocus app to be speedier and for the tools to all work properly all the time.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Image Quality<\/span><\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" width=\"1024\" height=\"768\" class=\"alignnone size-large wp-image-1038182\" src=\"https:\/\/media.imaging-resource.com\/2025\/11\/10225520\/B_1252-Large.jpeg\" alt=\"A yellow flower in blossom\" srcset=\"https:\/\/media.imaging-resource.com\/2025\/11\/10225520\/B_1252-Large.jpeg 1024w, https:\/\/media.imaging-resource.com\/2025\/11\/10225520\/B_1252-Large-300x225.jpeg 300w, https:\/\/media.imaging-resource.com\/2025\/11\/10225520\/B_1252-Large-768x576.jpeg 768w, https:\/\/media.imaging-resource.com\/2025\/11\/10225520\/B_1252-Large.jpeg 1280w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" \/><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">While I usually discuss image quality earlier in a review, I\u2019ve left this to last because the image quality on the X-series has always been impressive. The X2D II 100C is no exception.&nbsp;<\/span><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Files are as detailed as you\u2019d expect from a 100MP sensor. With the HDR pipeline, colors are rich and accurate. If image quality is your main objective in camera selection, this has some of the best I\u2019ve seen in any camera, ever.&nbsp;<\/span><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Images, in short, are superb. From the saturated colors of fall foliage to the skin tones in a portrait, the Hasselblad X2D II 100C delivers. In many ways, the image quality is the primary feature of this camera, with the design, autofocus, IBIS, and display secondary features.&nbsp;<\/span><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">However, the tradeoff with the high resolution of a 100 megapixel sensor is a higher amount of noise relative to lower resolution sensors, all else being equal.<\/span><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Image noise is a function of the size of the sensor and the number of pixels. A sensor needs to be covered from edge-to-edge in pixels, so when the number of pixels increases, they get smaller and closer together. It\u2019s the size of these pixels and their proximity to other pixels that determines the light-gathering abilities of the sensor.&nbsp;<\/span><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">You can think of this like putting a both a glass and a bucket outside in the rain. They both will have the same height of water after the rain stops, but the bucket will have more total water. When this comes to light, the bigger the bucket, the more light gathered.&nbsp;<\/span><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">So, a 100 megapixel medium format camera would have more noise in low light or high ISO than a 50 megapixel medium format camera sensor. There are technologies that change this equation. A Backside Illuminated Sensor (BSI) gathers more light than a traditional sensor due to how the wiring is structured.&nbsp;<\/span><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">In any case, the 100 megapixel X2D II 100C produces roughly the same amount of noise as the Sony a7R V at 61 megapixels. The sensor is smaller than medium format, but the lower resolution means bigger pixels.&nbsp;<\/span><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">If you don\u2019t need the 40 megapixel difference between the a7R V and the X2D 100C, then that Sony, or any mirrorless camera with a 60mp BSI sensor, would have the same low light performance. With the Sony, you get some of the best autofocus in the business, a smaller body, a larger selection of lenses, video capabilities, and a price that\u2019s a few thousand dollars cheaper.&nbsp;<\/span><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">To follow along with that math, a 50 megapixel camera would have even less noise, albeit at half the resolution as the 100 megapixel sensor in the X2D II 100C.&nbsp;<\/span><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">I don\u2019t think that most customers considering the Hasselblad are between it and a full-frame camera, just as I don\u2019t think most Leica customers are considering alternative systems.&nbsp;<\/span><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Despite any noise tradeoffs, the HDR workflow and 100 megapixel sensor are hard to beat.&nbsp;<\/span><\/p>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Who Is This For<\/span><\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">The Hasselblad X2D II is not a camera for the masses. It\u2019s even more particular of a camera than a Leica, in that it\u2019s designed not only for a specific type of customer, but a specific type of shooting.&nbsp;<\/span><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">That said, it&#8217;s much more flexible than one might expect. The new autofocus, the HDR workflow, the IBIS, and the image quality make it an incredible option for a photographer looking for the ultimate in portable medium-format photography.&nbsp;<\/span><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">The X2D II 100C feels faster, smarter, and more accurate than any Hasselblad X-series camera. 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