Hasselblad Firmware Tracker
Current firmware for every X System camera, lens and 907X back, checked daily.
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Hasselblad X2D II RAWs Record Focus Distance. No Editor I Tested Reads It
Paid Members PublicEvery X2D II 3FR since firmware 1.2.7.11 records recoverable focus distance. Verified against marked distances. No RAW editor I tested reads it.
Hasselblad XCD 35-100E vs the V Primes: I Owned Both and Chose Twice
Paid Members PublicA variant of this question lands on almost every Hasselblad forum almost every week in some form. "Help me bridge the gap: 35-100mm zoom or the 55V prime?" "35-100 or 90V + 38V?" "One lens to rule them all?" The answers inevitably split
A Complete Hasselblad RAW Workflow: Cull, Phocus, 16-Bit TIFF, Lightroom
Paid Members PublicEvery week the same question surfaces on r/hasselblad, in the Facebook groups, or in my inbox: what does a sensible Hasselblad workflow actually look like, start to finish? The answers people get are usually fragments. Someone explains their culling setup, someone else defends Phocus, a third person says they
Hasselblad X2D 100C: RAW Bit Depth, Buffer, and Continuous Shooting Specs
Paid Members PublicSearch for the X2D 100C's RAW bit depth or its continuous shooting buffer and Google mostly hands you an article about a different camera. The Hasselblad X2D II shares a sensor lineage with the original X2D 100C, but the two bodies handle continuous shooting differently enough that specs
How HNCS Actually Works: Hasselblad's Color Science Explained
Paid Members PublicHNCS isn't baked into your files at capture. Here's how Hasselblad's render-time color pipeline in Phocus actually works, mechanism by mechanism.
What Is Hasselblad Phocus? A Free RAW Editor for Mac
Paid Members PublicIf you just bought a Hasselblad X System camera, or you're deciding whether to, "Phocus" is the word you might keep running into and nobody quite defines. It's Hasselblad's own photo editing software, it's free, and depending on who you
Phocus, Capture One, or Lightroom? I Measured Instead of Guessing
Paid Members PublicThe same Hasselblad RAW, measured in Phocus, Capture One, and Lightroom: tone, color, and lens handling differ more than you'd guess.
Hasselblad X2D II Firmware 1.3.16.1 is Available
Paid Members PublicHasselblad published firmware 1.3.16.1 for the X2D II 100C today, the same day Phocus Mobile for Android V1.0.0 landed. No press release for the firmware, no email, nothing on their news page. My firmware tracker caught it this morning. The release notes list exactly two
