Hasselblad Just Updated Phocus Mobile 2. One Feature Needs Clarifying

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.

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 and added an automatic Portrait Smart Mask on iPhone and iPad.