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# Hasselblad Just Updated Phocus Mobile 2. One Feature Needs Clarifying
- URL: https://blog.tonalphoto.com/hasselblad-just-updated-phocus-mobile-2-one-feature-needs-clarifying/
- Published: 2025-12-05T11:45:14.000Z
- Updated: 2026-08-19T22:52:46.000Z
- Author: Konrad Michels
- Tags: Phocus

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Hasselblad just pushed out a fresh update for **Phocus Mobile 2**, and there are a couple of noteworthy additions, including **16-bit TIFF export** and a new option labeled **“HDR-enabled TIFF export.”** If you haven’t seen it yet, here’s the highlight reel.

## The big clarification:

that new *HDR TIFF* wording does **not** mean TIFF files now display true HDR brightness on HDR-capable screens. TIFF still has no PQ/HLG metadata or gain-map support, so it remains an **SDR-only** format.

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### What Hasselblad actually changed is this.

If you enable **HDR Effect** in Phocus Mobile, the app now correctly bakes those tonal adjustments into exported TIFFs — smoother highlights, better recovery, nicer rolloff, improved detail. In other words, it’s a **tonal improvement**, not HDR luminance.

So:

- TIFF export = **always SDR**
- You *do* get cleaner tonal behavior when HDR Effect is on
- True HDR output still lives exclusively in **UltraHD JPEG**, which includes HDR metadata + a gain map

Hasselblad has kept refining the app since. [v4.3.0 improved EXIF retention on export](https://blog.tonalphoto.com/phocus-mobile-2-v4-3-portrait-mask/) and added an automatic Portrait Smart Mask on iPhone and iPad.

Hasselblad also launched Phocus Mobile for Android in July 2026, alongside camera firmware with an Android connection fix: see [X2D II Firmware 1.3.16.1 is Available](https://blog.tonalphoto.com/x2d-ii-firmware-1-3-16-1/).

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