I took identical pictures with a full-frame Nikon Z6 II and the Hasselblad X2D 100C to take a deeper look at exactly what's different between the cameras. And that's where things get more interesting. But image quality and depth is more than just depth-of-field. There's no real advantage to medium format for depth of field, then.
FULL FRAME VS MEDIUM FORMAT SAMPLES FULL
So, a full frame 50mm f/1.8 lens can match it and then some. Its equivalent full-frame focal length and aperture (for depth-of-field only, I should stress) is 43mm f/2 approximately. This is because there are wider aperture full-frame and crop sensor lenses available that can counteract the difference that sensor size for depth of field.įor instance, I used the XCD 2,5/55V lens (that's a 55mm f/2.5) with the X2D. And the hard truth is that, if control over depth-of-field (or blurring backgrounds to make your subjects stand out) is your primary concern, there is no real-world advantage to medium format compared to other cameras. This means the focus is very much on image quality. After all, it's a more expensive format than smaller ones like full-frame and crop sensors, plus medium format cameras are slower, too. "Do you really need medium format?" is a question that's often thrown around in photography circles. The big selling point is the quality of the pictures – and that's want I wanted to look at in the most depth. But people don't just buy Hasselblad because it looks, feels and handles differently. Yes, the X2D is a purist's photography experience that lets you focus on creating pictures. Other shutter types are limited up to 1/250sec, which is why portrait photographers who use flash love Hasselblads.Īs you'd expect of Scandinavian design, the menus are stripped back to the bare essentials, too.
The benefits are a quieter and less aggressive shutter action, but also that flash sync is available with any shutter speed – in the X2D, that's up to 1/2000sec. The X2D 100C's shutter design also sets Hasselblad apart, with a 'leaf shutter' type built into the lenses instead of the camera.
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