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Culling, backup, and the processing pipeline around a Hasselblad shoot.
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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
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.
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.
Culling a 1,500-Frame Hasselblad Shoot in Fifteen Minutes
Paid Members PublicHow I sort a 1,500-frame Hasselblad card in 10 to 15 minutes with Palomino, then hand clean keepers (and ratings) to Phocus.
Capture One's Hasselblad Support: What You Get and What Stays in Phocus
Paid Members PublicCapture One 16.8.3 opens Hasselblad 3FR files natively. What you get today, and what still needs Phocus: HNCS color, HDR output, FFF, tethering.
What Phocus Writes to the .phos When You Switch HNCS Presets
Paid Members PublicPhocus 4.1.x writes the HNCS preset name and slider values to the .phos sidecar on every commit, even though the toolbar dropdown won't show it.
Where Did My Star Ratings Go? Phocus Thumbnail Options
Paid Members PublicFound a non-obvious dropdown in Phocus 4.1.2 that controls thumbnail filtering, sorting, and display. Here's what each option does.
What You Keep and Lose When You Skip Phocus
Paid Members PublicHNCS color science, HNNR noise reduction, highlight handling - what Hasselblad's Phocus adds that Lightroom and Capture One can't replicate.
