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finally a holistic review of this masterpiece =) great job!

The best review to date !!!! Which also gives us a look at the grip and viewfinder THAAAANK YOOOUU!!!

Stunning! Thanks for the video

Thanks for the video. Since I inherited a 500 C/M and SWC I'll be saving my nickels and dimes for the CFV II 50c. The fact that the 907x comes with it is an added bonus! Once again, thanks for taking the time to produce this informative video.

Nice! Awesome review. Thanks so much for showing how it's used with strobes. That was one of my biggest questions.

I don’t really watch camera reviews but I was intrigued by this one and not disappointed. Excellent review.

Comprehensive review. I dig the way you showcased it in real world. 🍻

the way this camera reproduces colours is outstanding

Great review, enjoyed it and glad you took some lights out, watched Kai wonder around with it like anyone would with their cell phone 🤣

loving these cameras

Amazing. Simply amazing.

Hasselblad and Billingham in one video....I’m salivating

Great video!

It does look amazing.

I have no words to express how rich those photos are. I'm stunned.

Great review-straight and to the point, and good images to showcase dynamic range, color reproduction, highlight roll-off, etc. Wow! What a beautiful camera, something to aspire to owning some day. That being said, how could you not mention the lack of an EVF option! You came so close when saying it was difficult in sunlight, and again when critiquing the lack of hot shoe. How a camera like this that has such a history of studio fashion, product, and portraiture photography could omit a hot shoe for flash syncing without a janky cable implementation and an eye level viewfinder option is baffling. Also, not being able to tilt the LCD while in portrait mode would be a bit annoying, and I find that shooting with an eye level viewfinder while kneeling is an easier way to get lower angles than using a panel (especially a fixed one). It’s like they took the 6x6 design and forgot that you have to turn it on its side to get portrait angles and didn’t really consider a very important use case. They should have taken the opportunity to offer a $2k+ (or whatever crazy Hassy taxed price) rotating eye level EVF as another blingy accessory along side the $700 grip. I am dreaming, since I have no justification for dropping this kind of money on this beautiful machine, however enticing...

Love it, highly recommend the optional grip. I change the crop to 6x6, similar to the analog Hasselblad so no portrait vs. landscape difference.

What trigger did you use for the flash? I've got a few off camera Prototo flashes that I want to use with this camera system. Thanks!

Great video mate!

Thanks Osman. Terrific idea. If wanted this camera since it was first announced. Not sure that the images are that much better than say my D850 and I’ve been hoping for the 100 mp sensor to really separate it from Dslr world. Still this is the camera for those of us who have shot with 500 c/m etc. thanks again and keep up the good work

Wow. Sensational

good review bro

Firstly, I found the review to be excellant and not too engaging in any particular portion. I have a 503cw and a 500cm and love them both and at 75 years of age have been looking to upgrade. Your review has given me just enough information to wait a little longer. The flash problems and such are a little off putting. But thank you; hopefully I'll be around long enough to seesome changes to 907X 50C that will justify the cost.

Lovely! :) Have a good day!

Great video :)

A true square format back (albiet small) would have hit this one out of the park.

Cool video and great shots! Those colors are really something 👌🏻 What strobe brand did you use ? Godox?

Hey I’m just curious have you ever used the phocus hasselblad software and what your thoughts are of it? Especially shooting tethered. I wonder how it compares to capture one. Thanks for videos.

hi, what is that means: Hasselblad CFV II with the 907X? Is that the first or second generation? thank you.

Shooting portrait on a square sensor would be the same as shooting landscape wouldn’t it, or is it not medium format?

I love this camera! Great design. Huge potential. And I think that even the lack of a hot/cold shoe isn't that big of a problem really. I mean, we can attach something like a flash bracket to the bottom of the camera (the tripod mount) and put our transmitters there, among other things :). Of course, a larger sensor would be very nice. But, it's quite expensive as it is and a larger chip would make it cost even more, astronomically more. Plus, I'm not sure if the XCD lens family can provide large enough image projection to cover the 53.4x40 chip.

Nice one mate. With which camera u shot this video ? Looks nice

Thanks for your review. Any issues with getting dust on the sensor especially when matching it with the analog system?

I settled on the X1D II because of the lack of hot shoe on the 907x. And the price difference too but... I really did want that 907x + CFV 50c.

The 503 series film Hasselblad is still the best camera Hasselblad ever made.

Nice video dude! No hotshoe and no eye level EVF is a deal breaker for me. This would be my favourite camera and I would buy it if it had an EVF. I can live without a hotshoe...maybe. But not being able to shoot portrait format easily and at eye level with an EVF is just crazy to me. I can't understand it. Shame, I agree it's the best thing going otherwise.

How do you think the 45P lens would cope as a daily driver for all around portrait, street and landscape? It's the most affordable lens, I mean for hobbyists this is like owning 1/4 of a Porsche.

Awesome analysis however re your comments on shootibg portrait: I thought it was a 6 x6 square sensor size. So no need for prtrait mode...? I coukd be wrong maybe ?

Cool video Question: what kins of card it takes C fast cards or standard SD cards ?

It’s perfect.

what version of the godox trigger are you using? I have the 907x but can't get mine to work with the trigger unit i have, I might have to switch over to godox and pick up some units just to test it out.

I have profoto flash and 907X. will my profoto sync work with it?

Why couldn't they have engineered the back to mount vertically? The older Phase One backs do on my 500cm and it works perfectly for portrait shots. C'mon, Hasselblad! :(

Medium format cameras are very nice. If you don’t mind hauling the heavier gear that will be great. You will not disappoint the results.

Can we get a video with how it performs with other xcd lens

You mentioned you want Hasselblad to produce a true 6X6 MF but would you buy it at those price range? I am guessing Hasselblad will price it at $25,000 or higher?

A full frame back would be perfect.

can you do a video on the xpan mode compared to original xpan

Price difference to the X1D II isn’t that big. I went for the 907X because i still have my 500 Classic. I’ve found that the system freezes quite a lot. Resolved by restarting or battery out, but I wish it didn’t.

This looks more like a victory of style over function. Hasselblad used to make cameras with those two the other way round

Why do you need to turn a medium format camera for portraits? Isn’t it a square sensor?

Hasselblad needs to make something similar to Sigma's LVF-11 LCD viewfinder for fp.

I would think a higher resolution back will be available later.

You don't have to worry about the missing cold shoe for the flash. You can simply buy an appropriate camera cage and attach the flash trigger to the cage, that simple. I wish the sensor size to be bigger too. Like you say, they have the 53x44mm H6D sensor which is still only 55% size of 645 film; but the H6D sensor sells for $26,000+. But bigger makes it more meaningful only if you are going to snap it into a V-back and use it on a view camera. However, with the right lens choice, such as the Rodenstock 100mm f/4 Apo-Sironar digital HR Lens ($4,800), the image circle is well matched to the 907X sensor size, and all is well as is, (Marriage made in Heaven). What is more debatable is Fuji has now shown the world, with its new GFX 100S market entry, that this size sensor can accommodate 100MP. I say this Blad needs to go back to the drawing board. Now!!! For it is already obsolete.

no vertical grip :(

You have a film Hasselblad there with you and you don't show how the CFV II can be mounted on it? I think a lot of people will buy the 907x with little intention of using it: just for the back. You can mount it on an old Hassy, or on the back of a view camera with an adapter.

Love your comment about the sensor size. I really like the concept of this camera. The sensor size is the dealbreaker. I like my V-System optics and this huge crop isn’t gonna work for me. A 6x4.5 or even a 6x6 would be a dream together with the option to use HCD and XCD optics. I think I’m not the only who would consider paying 15 to 20k for such thing. I really don’t need a Mercedes. I’m happy with a Skoda, when I can afford a camera like that in return :D

Nice, but can you attach Canon tilt shift lenses to it?

👍👍👍

Hasselblad is great and awesome! usually medium format cameras Never arrives here in the Philippines, cause only a few can afford, its very very expensive for us filipinos.

Wow. Billingham hiring an Asian photographer with Asian models for promoting their products 👍🏽

Why would you shoot portraite, when the image is a square?

Can we get Sony a7riii review in 2020

This camera is not for the hobbyist simply because of the cost. You would take better photos using a more affordable camera and lenses along with a good tripod, flash and or led light setup. Hobbyists should keep in mind, it’s important to take good photos but don’t forget the main objective, “It’s about having Fun!”

How can you be so sure it is a 14 bit sensor? At least in this youtube video i could not see any color flaws.

why are your highlights blue

I'd prefer GFX 50r if im honest

The 907 is a "digital version" and a tribute to the 500 series. Putting a hotshoe on top of this camera would be like the titanic without chimneys. With the film Hassies you look at mirror via the top, which is there is NO HOT SHOE 😅 Luckily there is the xd series 👍🏼

These sensors are 14bit all up till date x2d ii 907 x 2024 ????

When will camera companies learn that ergonomically, then gripping like that (and with just about every camera) the obvious place for the shutter button is on the front side, not the top? That's why guns have a trigger with a vertical surface, it's ergonomic.

My Dream Camera ♥️♥️♥️♥️

No weather sealed. That’s really bad

If it had IBIS it would be worth considering. Until they come out with a version II with IBIS....I'll pass.

Bloody h.. those prices

I am sorry to say but the color science looks exactly the same as on the Nikon D300/D700 as it uses the same 10 year old cmos sensor but cropped into a bigger sensor.

What an amazing camera, the best thing Hasselblad has ever made: FINALLY dual SD card slots, lcd that is hard to read/see in light, more money for a grip (with awkward shutter) , more money for a viewfinder, the latter works with only three lenses (does not with his favorite portrait lens), no hotshoe to attach the remote trigger... but yeah the best camera they've ever made. Meanwhile for $6G you buy a Canon top of the line with 12 bit images and same color quality. For the same money you get top of the line Sony and a lens. What a joke. Large format cameras are nowadays just as good as medium format.

Add cell phone tech to camera’s and more people, many more people will buy them. It’s sadly still the other way around

The ugliest part is the 90s style design viewfinder, the other parts I'm also not convinced

the square format is asking for so many many years I thing hasselblad is deaf . They sold their soul long long time ago about square.

Nowadays it should have a EVF…

It’s 16BIT, Not 14bit. You said 14bit color. 16 BIT

It's manna........

I think the Hasselblad people should ask real photographers to design their cameras. Shame on Hasselblad for being so minimalist to the point that those lacking features are like walking with a stone inside de shoe.

youve complain about the price a little, and you wanted a bigger sensor. ur pushing it a little bit. to be honest, the sensor size is right on point with its price. anything bigger wont be feasible and will just drive the price up. besides, ur not that great with using it. ur lighting and composition is all over the place with the images u showed. master that first before you complain a lot of the system.

700$ the grip ! Men, I just going to stay with Sony...

You sound like an American reviewing an Apple product! You call it the best thing to happen to medium format but you continue to make excuses for its shortcomings.

Tx, but what is this stupid music for?!

Value for money is a subjective statement .. doesn’t exist in reality .....

are there white people in london?

This camera is ghetto

Title: best thing to happen to Medium Format Video: everything about this camera is annoying af

BS system .

Great review-straight and to the point, and good images to showcase dynamic range, color reproduction, highlight roll-off, etc. Wow! What a beautiful camera, something to aspire to owning some day. That being said, how could you not mention the lack of an EVF option! You came so close when saying it was difficult in sunlight, and again when critiquing the lack of hot shoe. How a camera like this that has such a history of studio fashion, product, and portraiture photography could omit a hot shoe for flash syncing without a janky cable implementation is baffling. Also, not being able to tilt the LCD while in portrait mode would be a bit annoying, and I find that shooting with an eye level viewfinder while kneeling is an easier way to get lower angles than using a panel (especially a fixed one). It’s like they took the 6x6 design and forgot that you have to turn it on its side to get portrait angles and didn’t really consider a very important use case. They should have taken the opportunity to offer a $2k+ (or whatever crazy Hassy taxed price) rotating eye level EVF as another blingy accessory along side the $700 grip. I am dreaming, since I have no justification for dropping this kind of money on this beautiful machine, however enticing.