Hasselblad X2D 100C Review: The Ultimate 100MP Mirrorless Camera 📸

Tony Northrup reviews the Hasselblad X2D 100C ($8,200 at http://sdp.io/x2d) mirrorless camera, a 100-megapixel medium format camera with sensor stabilization! The image quality with Hasselblad’s new lenses is really unmatched, which Tony proves by comparing it to the Sony a7R IV (http://sdp.io/a7R4) in the studio. The X2D’s image quality even beats the 240-megapixel PixelShift mode of the a7R IV.

However, the Hassleblad’s leaf shutter didn’t perform as expected. With a leaf shutter, the shutter located within the lens, which is different from a traditional focal plane shutter where the shutter is located directly in front of the sensor. According to the specs, this provides a sync speed of up to 1/2000 without using high-speed sync (HSS) flash modes. However, in our testing, exposure from the strobe began to drop at 1/250th. While faster shutter speeds did not show a hard unexposed line like it would have on a focal plane shutter, our ideal sync speed was 1/125, which is worse than most cameras.

This is the first Hasselblad X camera with sensor stabilization, and it performed fantastic, offering 100% sharp shots at 3 stops below the reciprocal rule, and some sharp shots down to 2 second handheld exposures. Amazing!

0:00 Introduction
0:23 Scandinavian design
1:29 Simplicity
2:07 Minimalism
3:38 Functionality
6:27 Studio test
8:15 Leaf shutter sync speed
9:01 Hasselblad X2D vs Sony a7R IV
9:40 Where is the Fujifilm GFX 100S?
10:04 Hasselblad X2D vs Sony a7R IV (continued)
11:35 Sony a7R IV PixelShift results
11:49 Travel & casual photography
13:10 Sensor stabilization results
13:38 Theft & crime concerns
14:35 Summary