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How can you take good-looking photos? This is a question Tony has been thinking about since he got into photography when he went to college.
is not afraid of jokes from bad friends. Since I came into contact with photography, Tony has felt that equipment accounts for a large proportion of photography, so he has changed no less than five or six cameras:
Initially, in order to pursue the lightweight Sony Black Card 5, later in order to make it more playable, he changed the Nikon D7200 and Canon 80D, and later because of Fuji's film color, then the Sony A7M3 as a productivity, and now the X-T3.
Whenever I see good-looking photos shared by others on the Internet, while being poisoned, in addition to paying attention to the composition color and emotions of the photo itself, I still focus more on the body and lens used to shoot it.
and so for a long time, Tony, I am a complete equipment party. After saving enough money, I just plan to play between several full-frame cameras of different brands.
The size of the general sensor determines the positioning of the camera's high and low end
The sensors of the mobile phone camera are below 1 inch (13.2*8.8mm)
Camera sensor size: Medium format Full frame APS-C4/3 Frame
0 The reason why the range is full frame is because in the subconscious mind, the 1-inch card machine is considered an introductory, and 4/3 APS-C frame camera is considered a mid-range, and the full frame camera is naturally high-end.
As for Hasselblad , Feisi, Leica and other top-level cameras, they are expensive at tens of thousands or even hundreds of thousands. As an ordinary photography enthusiast, I would never think about it.
Until he had the chance to get started with Hasselblad’s medium format mirrorless (wisp is what we commonly call a micro-single camera) X1D II 50C, Tony felt that the focus of his photography should no longer be on the quality of the equipment, but on the photography itself.
After all, take photos with a top-level camera. If you still can’t take photos well, you will never make excuses to blame the camera for not being good enough.
How expensive is this camera
When it comes to Hasselblad brand, many bad friends may be unfamiliar with it. Tony himself is the same. Before he gets to know it in depth, his impression of it is only at the level of high price.
I never thought that it landed on the moon as early as 1969 with the Apollo spacecraft's first voyage, and those photos of humans who are well-known as us were taken with the Hasselblad camera .
Apollo 11 space shuttle moon landing
Picture source NASA
As for this predecessor X1D I of Hasselblad X1D II 50C, it is the first Mid-style mirrorless appearance in the world.
This has made Tony change his original prejudice that he just sells it at a high price according to his feelings.
Hasselblad has experienced a long 78-year camera history since its establishment. During this period, Koda went bankrupt, Lulai was acquired, Kangtai Times fell, and without some technical strength, it will not be prosperous.
is natural. The Hasselblad camera with historical heritage and technology is naturally not cheap.
The unit in Tony's hand is 39990. If one or two lenses are matched, it will easily reach more than 100,000 yuan.
It is also because of this that Tony was always careful when using this camera, for fear that if he accidentally slipped his hand, he would be lost in an instant by falling tens of thousands of dollars. . .
However, compared with the market prices of its predecessors and other medium format cameras, the price of this Hasselblad is already quite competitive.
Not so medium format appearance
When I first saw the camera, Tony felt the exquisiteness it revealed from the inside out.
simple square shape, the all-metal matte body is matched with graphite gray color, and the Hasselblad logo engraving directly above, which is low-key but has no lack of texture.
Especially this yellow shutter button, it looks refreshing, and it is comparable to the red Coke logo on the Leica camera.
In Tony's used cameras, if the design of Sony cameras gives me the feeling that it is industrial, Fuji is literary, Canon is comfortable, and Nikon is pragmatic.
Then Hasselblad is more simple and pure, so pure that there is no unnecessary burden on the whole body, just for photography.
In addition to the exquisite craftsmanship design, Tony was also surprised that a medium format camera could actually be so small.
In theory, the larger the sensor size installed on the camera, the larger the body size of the machine is in order to accommodate a larger sensor.
left medium format, right full-frame
so full-frame is often larger than the volume of the residual-frame camera. If the sensor size is medium format, the volume will be even larger.
But it controls the weight to the same weight as a full-frame camera, and the size is also the smallest among other medium-frame mirrorless cameras.
The compact body is extremely friendly for people like Tony who have not yet developed the Kirin arm, and there is almost no pressure to carry it out.
Extremely simple control
Tony thought that this camera would be a bit difficult and threshold to operate, after all, the camera itself is positioned in a higher-end and more professional field.
But when I really use it, I can say very responsibly that Hasselblad's UI control is the most intuitive and comfortable among all the cameras I have ever used. After
is turned on, parameters such as ISO/aperture/shutdown speed are obvious on this huge touch display.
adjusts the parameters, and you can adjust it by touching and sliding it directly on the screen. The main menu interface of
camera adopts a simple nine-grid design.
Drag or long press to customize the layout of the menu. It can be said that it is a fool-like operation logic.
In addition to its UI that is comparable to that of the elderly machine, its control is also simple.
Aperture/Shutter priority and other commonly used mode switching for cameras is directly adjusted by the turntable. Pressing the turntable can also lock the mode to prevent accidental touch.
manual (MF)/automatic (AF) one-click switching. ISO and white balance also set the switching buttons separately. If you think it is not commonly used, you can re-customize the functions of the two keys in the menu.
shortcut key plus front and rear pulsators, combined with the five function buttons on the side and screen touch, there is almost no learning cost to get started.
photos can also be viewed and enlarged by multi-finger touch. Even if you use the viewfinder to framing the view, you can also slide your fingers on the screen to focus.
On this largest screen in the interchangeable lens camera, Hasselblad is really not wasted at all. It makes full use of it to the extreme, and the screen view can also be called delicate.
All the operations and feedback of the entire camera give Tony an illusion that he is playing with his mobile phone. The
body comes with a hot shoe (a seat used to connect accessories), two SD UHS-II card slots, Type-C charging port, 3.5mm microphone and headphone interface. The interface configuration and expansion are not much different from mainstream flagship cameras.
If you have to say anything, it is that its screen is fixed and cannot be flipped left and right, or up and down. Not all the time can the viewing can be fetched comfortably through the viewfinder.
The camera's autofocus speed is suitable for shooting still life or moving objects at a slow speed, so it may be a bit difficult to capture.
Now this camera cannot take videos for the time being. If you want to take videos, you will have to wait a while before Hasselblad updated the firmware to support it.
Impeccable picture quality
Of course, for a camera with medium format, picture quality is the real reason for people to choose medium format.
I believe that the bad friends who play cameras have heard of the saying that the first level of the camera is to kill people. It is not just a saying, but a basic fact.
Left APS-C, full frame, right mid-frame
This is because the larger the sensor size of the camera, more light can be obtained per pixel, and the more details the photo will capture, thus having better color restoration and higher tolerance.
Before Tony used APS-C and full-frame cameras to clearly experience the gap brought by the sensor size. On this mid-frame camera, the gap brought by the sensor becomes larger as the sensor becomes larger.
50 million The megapixel sensor is not covered, and the photos taken are still clear and sharp after enlarging, satisfying the ultimate pursuit of details by Tony's group of hair-counting parties like Tony.
You can see the scenery in her eyes through the model's eyes
16bit color depth (the number of binary digits used to store 1 pixel color) and 14-stage dynamic range (the light and dark levels that the camera can shoot). While the color and light and dark transition are natural, Tony was so moved that he cried after its image quality and tolerance in the later stage.
Especially in dark light environments, the picture can still have pure performance, and the space for adjustment in the later stage is still very large.
1/60 seconds ISO800 f1.9
1/60 seconds ISO400 f1.9
1/60 seconds ISO400 f1.9
1/500 seconds ISO100 f1.9
all pictures are taken by Hasselblad X1D II 50C with XCD 80mm F1.9. The pictures have been processed, and the uploaded photos inevitably undergo secondary compression by WeChat.
At this time, Tony finally realized where the camera is so expensive.
Less than 40,000, is it equivalent to giving away for free?
In the past, Hasselblad gave people the impression that it was not a camera brand suitable for most photography enthusiasts to buy. It was not that its camera was not good enough, but because its price threshold itself was relatively high.
But this time the Hasselblad X1D II has a body price of less than 40,000 yuan, and the price can be said to be halved compared to the previous generation, which is not uncommon.
If you ask me if it's worth buying, if you have a pursuit of picture quality and can tolerate the shortcomings mentioned above, Tony will definitely say it's worth it. The ultimate picture quality and ultra-high resolution brings the benefit that the photos can withstand post-cropping and adjustment, and withstand enlargement and printing, thus having more possibilities and creativity in landscape, tourism, and cultural photography.
During the whole process of using it, I felt pure photography. Whether it is the camera excellent or the faith bonus, the feeling of devoted myself to photography is indeed something I have never experienced on other cameras.
When the equipment is no longer a restricted factor, then what determines the quality of your photos is the aesthetics of the people behind the camera.
" laji Hasselblad, I will not refuse even if I give it to me for free!"
