Hasselblad X1D Bargain

I thought I'd give a bit of feedback after owning the X1D for over a week now..

https://hasselbladx1d.wordpress.com/

For the question of what can this do that my Sony can't - well I have been far more motivated to use this camera than the Sony, probably far more motivated to use it than any the Leica gear I've had. From start to finish, photography to processing, this camera provides a lot of joy.

I know I'm still probably in the honey moon period but I have a constant need to take photos with this camera.

The motivation the camera has instilled in me has allowed me to break barriers where I previously held myself back.

One of those barriers was approaching people to take a portrait.

So I've started photographing local musicians, just a quick simple portrait.

It has been a worthwhile investment :) and I have booked a holiday as well..

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They do look really good ~goes off to do the lottery :LOL: ~
 
dancook said:
Resolution will be nice, but I do want the tonality that comes with medium format, the colours that come with the Hasselblad - along with it's size, and styling.

I have an A9 for speed, the X1D will be good for portraits/city breaks and perhaps a bit of composed street
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I'm tempted I have to say. For landscapes this would be mega.
 
Let me know what Sony gear you'll be selling cheap when you buy your second X1D body ;)
The images look great and from the sounds of it, its been worth the price. :) Enjoy.
 
Looks lovely :D

I thought about saying this and maybe I shouldn't but I'll say it anyway. No offence meant and all that... I'm not a great lover of the tight head shot with 2 inches of depth. I suppose it's a personal taste thing but if I had to have a tight head shot I'd much rather see the head or at least most of it reasonably sharp. Come to think of it I'm not really a lover of studio type portraits at all, I'd much rather have an in situ shot with a bit of context but looking at the portraits I've liked most the vast majority tend to have some depth and tend not to be very shallow DoF ones.

Other than that. Lovely and glad you're enjoying it.
 
woof woof said:
Looks lovely :D

I thought about saying this and maybe I shouldn't but I'll say it anyway. No offence meant and all that... I'm not a great lover of the tight head shot with 2 inches of depth. I suppose it's a personal taste thing but if I had to have a tight head shot I'd much rather see the head or at least most of it reasonably sharp. Come to think of it I'm not really a lover of studio type portraits at all, I'd much rather have an in situ shot with a bit of context but looking at the portraits I've liked most the vast majority tend to have some depth and tend not to be very shallow DoF ones.

Other than that. Lovely and glad you're enjoying it.
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Cheers, I may experiment with that

I do like large format portraits, wet plate and such :D and there's often very little depth of field there in the one's i've liked and seen.. but I'm not going to be getting into large format photography any time soon!
 
dancook said:
Cheers, I may experiment with that

I do like large format portraits, wet plate and such :D and there's often very little depth of field there in the one's i've liked and seen.. but I'm not going to be getting into large format photography any time soon!
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Try it for landscapes, that 45mm you are going to buy would be a treat for a lot of shots.
 
dancook said:
Cheers, I may experiment with that

I do like large format portraits, wet plate and such :D and there's often very little depth of field there in the one's i've liked and seen.. but I'm not going to be getting into large format photography any time soon!
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I've just drawn up a new sliding back for my Chroma to mount an A7 body. Looking on screen I reckon 6 shot stitches should be possible to cover the image circle of the large format lens and get an (almost) LF result with a digital sensor. Obviously it's not going to be hugely practical for portraits, yours look awesome by the way, but for landscapes I think it will be a good compromise.
 
I had a play with Dan’s Hassie on Monday. It is gorgeous. As a piece of engineering it’s really superb.

The pics coming out of it are really jolly nice (though I’d say that a similar depth of field could be achieved with a 50 Lux for example). However, be that as it may, it is a lovely piece of kit. I would really like one myself. As Steve says, it would be very good indeed for landscapes as well as environmental portraits (ie with some context of the location etc).

I reckon you’d need a rather serious computer to handle the mahoosive files, so add that to the budget.

As per woof-woof, there’s a place for tight headshots, but also a place for wider, more context-inclusive portraits. A mix is the best thing. If you want to see how the pros do it, take a look at this website from a good buddy of mine who shoots documentary portraits for the Evening Standard amongst others. Having watched him at work, he’ll typically have 5-10 minutes from a subject, and in that time he’ll produce 15-20 publishable images which are full of variety in orientation, composition, context and shape. https://www.stellapictures.co.uk/portfolio
 
stevelmx5 said:
I've just drawn up a new sliding back for my Chroma to mount an A7 body. Looking on screen I reckon 6 shot stitches should be possible to cover the image circle of the large format lens and get an (almost) LF result with a digital sensor. Obviously it's not going to be hugely practical for portraits, yours look awesome by the way, but for landscapes I think it will be a good compromise.
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Sounds like the Brenizer Method, which is mainly used for ultra-shallow-DoF environmental portraits https://fstoppers.com/post-production/brenizer-effect-fantastic-examples-5696
 
dancook said:
I built this today :) Pagoda.

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After going to Japan.

That isn't a Pagoda, this is a Pagoda.

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:p

Nice IQ from the Blad btw….me wants….but must step out of this thread before I go bankrupt.
 
stevelmx5 said:
Cheers. I'm about to start assembling the first 11 cameras for delivery in the next few weeks (once I finish fitting my new kitchen!)
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YOU are Steve Lloyd?! Every best wish for success with the Chroma 4x5 camera, looks like a brilliant idea (y) (y) (y)
 
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