Hello:
Took delivery of the x2d II, and the 28P & 75P about a month ago. Couldn’t be more pleased. BUT, my enjoyment of the system is NOT because I can pull a 4mp crop out of the full frame raw! When looking at Instagram (and other) posts about this system, invariably you see a very very ridiculous crop from an image, with of course, fantastic image quality coming from a fingernail section. Super tight crops are the last of the benefits I’ve realized (and seldom utilize) from shooting with this system. Not in any specific order, this is what I like about the system (body & lenses)…
-The best menu design in the industry.
-Stellar color science, if a raw file is processed properly.
-Exemplary clean files even when shot at higher ISO’s. IF you need cleaner, using HNNR in Phocus Mobile II dispels ANY issues. I’ve even shot a few PR grip-and-grin events with the 28 mounted. 6400 ISO handheld available light and fire away! Great quality and a hidden benefit, people DO notice positively the type of camera I’m shooting.
-Sharp Sharp optics with fully synchro at any speed if needed and an almost silent shutter release, better than my now sold Leica rangefinders.
-The best (to me) shadow/highlight control in the industry. I’m still a Capture One guy; I just optimize in Phocus, (mobile or desktop) export to high res tiffs and if necessary finish my edits in Capture One. I AM getting more comfortable with Phocus, but still prefer the C1Pro sessions design and masking protocol.
-I don’t shoot sports but short of a Formula One racer, it’s more than capable.
-For my architectural and product shooting, I ALWAYS shoot with a tripod, (Stabilization disabled). BUT with stabilization enabled, I have no trouble shooting at stupid slow shutter speed.
-Built in 1TB SSD. I always have a 500GB card mounted for in camera backup regardless.
-Easy to enable manual focus (and other modes) if desired, without menu digging.
I literally never look at super tight cropping as being a necessity, but I guess good to have if needed. I really think the lunacy of these types of crop demonstrations almost does a disservice to a truly capable system, full of hidden benefits.
Super expensive? Use the wayback machine and look at MF systems from a decade ago and ask that question again!
At some point soon I'll plan to attach specific images referencing some of the above thoughts. Happy shooting your ‘Blad, I couldn’t be more pleased.
Took delivery of the x2d II, and the 28P & 75P about a month ago. Couldn’t be more pleased. BUT, my enjoyment of the system is NOT because I can pull a 4mp crop out of the full frame raw! When looking at Instagram (and other) posts about this system, invariably you see a very very ridiculous crop from an image, with of course, fantastic image quality coming from a fingernail section. Super tight crops are the last of the benefits I’ve realized (and seldom utilize) from shooting with this system. Not in any specific order, this is what I like about the system (body & lenses)…
-The best menu design in the industry.
-Stellar color science, if a raw file is processed properly.
-Exemplary clean files even when shot at higher ISO’s. IF you need cleaner, using HNNR in Phocus Mobile II dispels ANY issues. I’ve even shot a few PR grip-and-grin events with the 28 mounted. 6400 ISO handheld available light and fire away! Great quality and a hidden benefit, people DO notice positively the type of camera I’m shooting.
-Sharp Sharp optics with fully synchro at any speed if needed and an almost silent shutter release, better than my now sold Leica rangefinders.
-The best (to me) shadow/highlight control in the industry. I’m still a Capture One guy; I just optimize in Phocus, (mobile or desktop) export to high res tiffs and if necessary finish my edits in Capture One. I AM getting more comfortable with Phocus, but still prefer the C1Pro sessions design and masking protocol.
-I don’t shoot sports but short of a Formula One racer, it’s more than capable.
-For my architectural and product shooting, I ALWAYS shoot with a tripod, (Stabilization disabled). BUT with stabilization enabled, I have no trouble shooting at stupid slow shutter speed.
-Built in 1TB SSD. I always have a 500GB card mounted for in camera backup regardless.
-Easy to enable manual focus (and other modes) if desired, without menu digging.
I literally never look at super tight cropping as being a necessity, but I guess good to have if needed. I really think the lunacy of these types of crop demonstrations almost does a disservice to a truly capable system, full of hidden benefits.
Super expensive? Use the wayback machine and look at MF systems from a decade ago and ask that question again!
At some point soon I'll plan to attach specific images referencing some of the above thoughts. Happy shooting your ‘Blad, I couldn’t be more pleased.