Hasbled’s flagship medium format camera is cheaper by you.

We have spent most of the years talking about gadgets being more expensive. Thanks to our prices, prices are rising every few months, and even small upgrades have come up with big prices. So I was pleasantly surprised to know that the new Hasbled X2D 100c II would actually be cheap in his predecessor, which would come to the body “only” at $ 7,400.

Don’t think me wrong. This is far from cheap. But Hasel Blood is trying to take this camera into the hands of the wider audience. Ever since I started this review, I have been watching the balance of my account, trying to find out if I can justify buying for myself. I might not be able to – but not because I don’t want.

Here you need to know about digital medium format cameras like X2D. They are larger and slower than the entire frame or crop sensor cameras. They take more time to take action on the images and usually have auto -focus. And yes, their cost is very high. But you get almost perfect pictures with incredible detail and sophistication that you can get from another camera. And the pictures I got from the X2D II are some of the best pictures I have ever taken. The question is, are they able to sacrifice speed, size and money?

It’s been three years since the last X2D, and the new version comes with some interesting updates: it is using leather to help with auto -focus, it is the first medium format camera that is capable of taking HDR images, and has 10 stop -in body stability. It also has a new button and Joyce Stick! It may seem trivial, but it has allowed me to rely less on touch screen commands because of handling this camera very fast, which I was never fond of. Medium format cameras are affordable, so any kind of help!

But in many other ways, the new is similar to its predecessor. The body has the same handheld shape, it still takes 100 megapixel images, and it offers a similar dynamic range (15.3 vs. 15 stops). Want to shoot a video? In 2025, you can expect this option from a medium format camera, as you will be in Fijfil’s GFX line or a five -year -old ancient Lika S3. But we have to wait a few more years for this. It’s strictly a camera of photographers – fortunately, it’s great.

Last year, the DJI released a product called DJI Fox Pro Leather, which connects a leather sensor with a mechanism that connects your camera and allows you to use auto -focus with your manual focus lens. I’ve not used a single, but it is popular among some content creators. Leather has made a way to reach the cameras as part of the standard auto -focus system, and it is also the first original symbol of DJI influence on Hasbal Blood after acquisition in 2017.

The leather module on this camera is much smaller than the Focus Pro module, and it works in conjunction with the current phase detection and vice versa.

So, is that good? It’s good Is it impressive? It’s not bad. Is it flawless? Not enough. In my few weeks with X2D II, I found the Leather System Barleyable, Pin Point correct, and found Only Fast enough where it seems almost as a modern mirror -laying camera. Think like more than a Sony soldier: a little slow but still good.

But sometimes it seemed as if Leather was questioning himself. It often focuses on an article and then works forward, especially when you constantly use autofox. The same is the case for detection and eye auto -focuses: If this article was not looking directly to the camera, the system often decides to focus on the subject, not the eye. It happened more than people with animals (sorry, most of my friends are four feet) and sometimes I will lose potential pictures. On the other hand, it was also able to capture articles from far away. He worked well in the dark and low light.

Auto-Fox performed better with the lens that is releasing Hasel Blood with the camera-XCD 35-100 mm, which costs $ 4,599. In his press release, Hasble Blood called the lens “compact”, but it is not even closer. This is a huge lens. In fact, it is so large that Hasel Blood had to issue special UV and ND filters for the lens of 86 mm diameter. At least it is not too heavy for its size, at £ 1.97.

Hasel Blood X2D II Bullet comes with 1TB SSD, which makes these 100 MP images quite fast (I’m grading here on a curve). There is still some delay before reviewing your image on the screen, especially in Bristol mode – about four seconds per display. But it is so fast that it didn’t slow me too much. You can still continue shooting without any problem. I am not a spray and perry photographer. I am more deliberately with my shots, so it’s quite fast for me, but it can make it slow for some people. And yes, there is still a CF Express type B slot for additional storage, and when using them, I have no improvement or obstacles.

The photos of X2D II look like crisp and beautiful. The details are sharp, the edges look thinner, the bucia of the 25 mm prime lens that I mostly use is a silk, with this signature hosable 8 points with the star burst effect. (Make sure to download images from this folder, this folder.)

The camera has been ranked for 15.3 stops of the dynamic range, which has made 16 -bit photos extremely a lifetime. The pair that is with incredibly accurate colors, and I was constantly surprised by the consequences. I couldn’t really wait for each image to review every screen – especially with HDR, because it is the first medium format camera that is capable of capturing real HDR photos.

Generally, I’m not a HDR shape fan that you usually get out of a smartphone or action camera, but it seems more natural here. In some extreme and high contrast scenes, you will see a lot of processing, especially in the shadows, which are heavy, and you make noise. In more exhibitions, HDR processing and noise look much better and well. I encourage you to take a look at them on the HDR monitor and to focus on highlights, which maintain a lot of information and look good. If you are in this look .Leak, you will enjoy the things that come out of the X2D II.

When you connect this camera to the new Focus 2 app, you can overcome how much HDR processing you want to do. This is definitely the best way to act on HDR photos with this camera, and it has forced me to use HDR much more. Also, to make a minimal and simple fellow app, shout the Hasel Blood that looks great and works well. I have minor contact issues with it, but it is far less than other apps used in the past. (For HDR samples, download images from this folder.)

Both HDR and non -HDR are the noise in both images, and only around ISO 6400 it slowly begins to endanger the image. The camera is the lowest ISO 50, below 65 on X2D. If you are worried about the noise in this camera, you should not. But if you are, 10 stop stability will help you open this shutter for a while.

Hasel Blood says you can get a clean handheld display for “several” seconds. It’s hard to tail what means means actually means, but I was able to get some longloads of Waterfalls by handholding a camera up to three seconds on a bright day and Sunny day, albeit whyle Against the railing. Other pictures, I was comfortable for a second in handholding.

We live in a period where the camera’s sugars are slowly eliminating. Every digital camera shoots great images, all of them have tremendous auto -focuses, and they all find the same colors. Really it comes down how the camera feels when you use it: can it become an extension of someone’s self? Can this help you show yourself as a photographer?

This hospital blood is beautiful and courageous. Dark brown body and blurred end looks like a luxury super car. The grip is a new, very comfortable and good -looking structure. It looks great in your hand: strong, and every corner is well prepared. You feel like you’re on the driver’s seat, ready for a buckle and smooth ride.
Three -level tilt screen, buttons, Joyce Stick, Dials, and everything else is very hastable B (b (b ( Be careful and health. But it is also a heavy camera that will be tired of you after a long day of filmmaking. And to me, the novelty of carrying Hasl Blood began to go to the end of my review period – that is, until I looked back my pictures and memories I was able to make. And Gosh, I’m so glad I made these memories with a biggest camera I’ve ever used.

Photography via Vajran Puke / The Verge