I made Like No. 1000 and I think it deserves even more! Great work! Thanks 🙏🏻

@toddkorolphoto

Жыл бұрын

Many thanks!!🍾

Great job Todd, you make average pictures looks amazing. Best Regards Daniel

@toddkorolphoto

Жыл бұрын

Thanks so much!🙏

Thank you for sharing this experience. I appreciate this.

@toddkorolphoto

Жыл бұрын

Thanks for following along. Cheers

Great content! And amazing images! Thank you!

@toddkorolphoto

6 ай бұрын

Thanks for the kind note, and thanks for watching!

Todd - I find your pictures awesome and inspring, and I would really like to take my kit and come over, rent a car and explore your great country and just taking pictures. Thanks so much for your video!

@toddkorolphoto

Жыл бұрын

Many thanks. Come on over, lots of great places to explore✌️ 🇨🇦

Great video Todd...I really like your layering of foreground, mid-ground and background in many of your shots. Can't wait to see your next adventure. Subscribed.

@toddkorolphoto

2 жыл бұрын

Thanks for coming along.

Stunning place and very impressive Hasselblad x1dIi,excellent video Todd!!

@toddkorolphoto

2 жыл бұрын

Thank you, more coming soon.

Great video again Todd. I’ve never had the pleasure of using either the 500cm or this newer digital. When I do see one I’ll be looking forward to picking it up.

I have had it since it was released, and I still regard it as one of the best I have ever had. I also have 500cm and a triplet of lenses plus a Hasselblad H3D, but they fit different purposes. The X1D is favored when trekking and climbing due to its light way and small form factor, the others are more for near surroundings and studio work. Go for the X1D, you wont be disappointed.

Really excellent video and images, Todd. I do hope you continue with your really excellent analog film and large format content, as well. Thank you for sharing!

@toddkorolphoto

2 жыл бұрын

Thanks, yes will never give that up.

@renepirolt

2 жыл бұрын

Fantastic!

Excellent B&W images.

Lovely pictures; wonderful compositions

@toddkorolphoto

2 жыл бұрын

Thanks very much!

Wonderful images and looking forward to your project

@toddkorolphoto

2 жыл бұрын

Many thanks!

Todd, impressive videos and imagery as is usual from you. I was born and raised in Drumheller and visit many of the places you've shown here constantly. I see a lot of comments about the expense of the X1D compared to film and I think it comes down to your methodology, what works for you. Either way you'll be spending a lot of your hard earned cash. I have owned the GFX50s and thoroughly loved it. Lenses were fantastic and the files were very impressive and I would imagine quite comparable to what you are able to get from the X1D. The size of the X1D is what I see as a huge bonus. Right now I am enjoying the craft of medium and large format film and still occasionally shoot digital with a couple of the Sigma Quattro cameras, which are also designed for a slow, contemplative approach, and with gorgeous files. Cheers!

Lived in Drumheller back in the 80’s. This video brought back a flood of memories. Really enjoying your work. Brilliant camera. Exceptional captures. Cheers

@toddkorolphoto

2 жыл бұрын

Oh thanks, yes I love the whole valley down there, it's a great part of the province.

Excellent quality

@toddkorolphoto

2 жыл бұрын

Yes it sure is!

I am a square photo enthousiast too. Love to see you and your Hasselblads

@toddkorolphoto

2 жыл бұрын

Thanks, classic cameras, classic design, really lovely cameras. New video coming soon. ;-)

Amazing images!! The camera seems to really help set a mood to the image as well as a very talented photographer 👍📸

@toddkorolphoto

2 жыл бұрын

Thank you very much, that's very kind!

I have a couple of friends that shoot with the X1D II, I was really impressed with the camera design and the files. Another friend passed me his Fuji GFX 50 (on two occasions) and I handed it right back to him, I could not bond with that at all. The CFV 50 C II digital back has your name all over it, would integrate well into your system and workflow, utilizing your current lenses, I see from a comment that you've already got a bead on that one. Thanks for the video!

@jdpst20

2 жыл бұрын

I am strongly considering a GFX50s as the lenses are more in my price range however I had the chance to use the Original X1D when it was released for taking my own wedding photos on a tripod with the help of a friend to push the focus and shutter button. I was blown away by the detail and results. I do have an Xt3 which I Love the Fuji files but there was something about that form factor and IQ of the X1D I'm still lusting over it.... I also own a 500CM too so I'm a bit biased to Hasselblad.

Cool series of pictures Todd.

@toddkorolphoto

Жыл бұрын

Thank you, some really interesting places out in the country here.

Love the video! If the camera wasn’t bonkers expensive I would have one rn! Nice to live vicariously through you

@toddkorolphoto

2 жыл бұрын

Yes, struggling with that myself. Having said that the new Canon R3, Nikon Z9, Leica SL2 and Sony A1 are all more expensive.

Thanks for a great video. I enjoy the inherent pace of my Hasselblad 500 cm and large format cameras. Your interpretation of the XID II shooting experience exactly matches why I am looking into the pre-owned market for my own copy. For fun I have been adapting my V series lenses to my Sony mirrorless camera. My response when asked why is simply…because I can. Keep up your unique video presentations.

@toddkorolphoto

Жыл бұрын

Great response, sometimes it's just fun to do it because you can!

The photos say more about your considerable skill as a photographer than they do about the camera, Todd. All the same, the whole business of squaring the format and turning the viewfinder to B&W is very appealing. As is the glimpse we get of rural Alberta.

@toddkorolphoto

2 жыл бұрын

Thanks, the square just really works for this.

Coming from a background in large and/or medium format analogue photography the speed, or lack there of,with this camera is not an issue and can even been viewed as an asset in many applications. As the digital age of photography begins to mature, and become less disposable, it's nice to see companies like Hasselblad (DJI) and Leica retaining their heritage of superb industrial design and build quality merged with excellence in image quality and optics. Thanks for another inspiring video!

@toddkorolphoto

2 жыл бұрын

Thanks so much for coming along for the ride!

@heidecker

Жыл бұрын

@Quinton Gordon: Good point you made. Same here, coming from the analogue world and having done most of my analogue work on 6x6, 6x7 or 4x5, I fully agree. I am using the Hasselblad X1D (Ver1) for years and in parallel I have started with the Leica S System as my nature/landscape backbone, I am often asked on the speed (lack of) of both systems, thre crapy AF and so forth - but I don't care. I am still working as if I would use my view or MF camera, getting the right angle, getting the right view, lighting and so forth and then working from a sturdy tripod, having the workflow clean end-to-end, think twice before you press the button...I tend to think that this was a good and precious school for me...and I still keep my 4x5 Toyo and Arcas, shooting b/w from time to time, just to keep my brain awake...

Hi Todd, great review as usual ! I'm using a 500CM with great pleasure ... I own about all the glass that fit to this body and I love the slow process ... Finally I bought a Phase one 45+ for my 500 that give me great results, I'm very happy with it !

@toddkorolphoto

Жыл бұрын

Hi that sounds like a great system. I have a friend who also uses the P45+ back and the results he gets are beautiful. Looking forward to seeing your work.

@8:50 WOOOWOWOWOW

I have it, I really like the high speed flash sync up to 1/2000 by its leaf shutter that makes taking daylight shooting with flash more flexible and versatile

@toddkorolphoto

2 жыл бұрын

A big plus of the system!

@BBnose

2 жыл бұрын

@@toddkorolphoto Absolutely😀

wonderful black and whites of the prairies , love the look of them. nice to see a something different then a fuji all the time for med format. hope u get the hasselbald

@toddkorolphoto

2 жыл бұрын

Such nice files, thanks.

Great video and some superb mono shots you observed and captured there too. I dare say that you as a creative photographer though could no doubt take great shots with an old 35mm film camera with a decent lens on it - so it’s not what you’ve got but how you use it that counts. All the same, a camera that’s a joy to hold and use, is something which never fails to excite an urge to shoot.

@toddkorolphoto

Жыл бұрын

Many thanks, thanks for watching.

this video is perfect that I want to make, a square photo with properties and landscape

@toddkorolphoto

Жыл бұрын

Thank you. I love the square format.

A nice video, that camera I have lusted for some time, while being for a long time very happy with M camera, without wasting a second to thinking about "getting a better camera".

@toddkorolphoto

2 жыл бұрын

It's nice for sure...

Hi Todd, first of all thank you for 10 interesting minutes. A quality video and absolutely great stills as well. I was waiting for some comparison on as to if or not the X1D gave you the same feeling and tonality as you film camera. Maybe next time. Great video anyway, thx.

@toddkorolphoto

2 жыл бұрын

Hi thanks, I am going to do another video directly on that, wanted to just get a feel for this camera the first time. Thanks.

Coming from Leica M I switched to this 1 month ago, but swithed back to Leica M. With what you will use it for it will most likley be a superior camera! The files are stunning and it's a really nice camera. But the speed and size made me switch back, also I'm not a big fan of EVF, after 2 years with a Leica M I really prefer OVF :)

@toddkorolphoto

8 ай бұрын

Yes not the same kind of experience at all. I am very fast with my Leica M, with this Hasselblad, I slow right down, use it a lot on a tripod. The files are amazing, but the camera is slow. It all depends on what and how you want to take photos. But both are great.

That shot at 7:29 is pure "oh fuckin' right, eh bud?" Love it.

@toddkorolphoto

2 жыл бұрын

Thanks, what Canada is all about eh!

@SeeMick1

2 жыл бұрын

@@toddkorolphoto Now, if the Flames and the Leafs could just meet in the playoffs...

@toddkorolphoto

2 жыл бұрын

@@SeeMick1 Oh dude, that would be epic!

非常感谢你的分享，看到你用x1d2拍出来的影响，真是震撼到了我，太美了，同为摄影师的我替你感到高兴，能拍出美丽的、令人愉快的画面是每个摄影师的荣幸，再次感谢你的分享，我非常喜欢。

Nice one Todd. Thank you for sharing. The images are great. I would love to have that camera. You can use files to create digital negatives and print images with some of the alternative printing processes. The final images from your trip are great.

@toddkorolphoto

2 жыл бұрын

Thanks, yes that's the other thing I am looking at using it for, is copying my negatives.

Nice work Todd! Looks so much like the north central plains communities in Oklahoma.

@toddkorolphoto

2 жыл бұрын

Nice, would love to travel that area one day. Cheers

Nice video :) I'm fan of 907x & CFV II 50C too :)

@toddkorolphoto

2 жыл бұрын

Yes the files are wonderful...

Love working with the both Hassey 500 CM and the H3Dii. Bought the H3Dii used a few years ago at the Camera store in Calgary. For me the approach to shooting is the same as yours: manual everything. Don't need all those fancy buttons nor autofocus. Rarely shoot 35 mm anymore. Still love the darkroom aspect of photography though.

@toddkorolphoto

2 жыл бұрын

Yes the 500 is simply a classic. I came close to getting a H3 or 4 a few times, I should have. Just didn’t understand the real slow down part yet. Those are great cameras as well.

Good timing. Partly for the reasons that you explained at the beginning, I'm thinking about replacing my large format camera with medium format digital, either Hasselblad or Fujifilm :)

@toddkorolphoto

2 жыл бұрын

I've avoided it as long as I can but the time has come I think. Really can't go wrong with either. They are both slow, but it's about image quality, it's like shooting a film camera.

@roryonabike5863

2 жыл бұрын

@@toddkorolphoto I look forward to seeing more of your work with, and views on, the Hasselblad.

I love the Hass system - I sold my film cameras for the H6D100c and then sold that for the 907x and an X1Dii - I am intrigued by the left hand side bracket you have there - what is it? Could be ideal for the 907x where a flash bracket is pointedly missing from the system? Great video.

Todd, awesome images. Rural Alberta is a great backdrop. Was home in the 80's. Not too often do you see Hassey users rockin triple denim? Keepin it real on the prairies. Love the channel. Mark, Vancouver Island

@toddkorolphoto

2 жыл бұрын

Thanks, the triple denim works for the prairies ;-)

Thanks for sharing, Maybe you will like to try the back? Same sensor but you could continue to use your lenses. directly and combine film and digital with he same camera. In theory after all this years, is seems Hasselblad is going to update the X if they do I hope that used cameras are going to hit the market. Best regards,

Love the pictures. I have been using Fuji for about 5 years now. Started with an xt2 and now have the 100s after a couple years of using the 50r. When i bought it i had said to myself if i wasnt satisfied aka excited, id get out of the Fuji GFX system altogether. I also enjoy shooting bnw and square and 2:1. First camera I’ve really ever customised with a few shooting modes. I can see a jump in quality from the 50r. I was a bit worried id hate the non analogue feel of the dials and the complex menus. I have a couple of Leicas and they are so much simpler. But all that said the quality of the files (dependent on my skill and judgement) has been really satisfying. The Hasselblad does look great though and the pictures are a pleasure to see. Best wishes, Roger

@toddkorolphoto

2 жыл бұрын

Thanks, yes no doubt, I love the images from the Fuji, but love the feel of the Hasselblad.

@rogerhyland8283

2 жыл бұрын

@@toddkorolphoto I bet you do. I cant say I’m in love with the style of the 100s but its a very easy camera to use once set up how you want it and very programmable. I get the design simplicity and ergonomics of the European brands like hasselblad. I’d love to try and compare the images with the hasselblad lenses. Maybe one day.

@toddkorolphoto

2 жыл бұрын

@@rogerhyland8283 Yes no question, the 100s is great. I do not fall into the category of "it's just one camera and I hate the rest" I think it's great we have so many choices, and each camera company pushes the other one to do better. The Fuji's are really nice and the files are great. But there is something about the Hasselblad files that are just really special, it's just like comparing 35mm to medium format, tonal separation, the depth, just really great files. Everything is so good these days.

@rogerhyland8283

2 жыл бұрын

@@toddkorolphoto so you’d say the Hasselblad is next level over the Fuji?

@toddkorolphoto

2 жыл бұрын

@@rogerhyland8283 seriously I don’t think you can go wrong with either. The Fuji is a lovely camera. Personally I like the actual feel of the X1D better and for me I like the files better out of the Hasselblad. But I really do think both are great!

Great beautiful images, where did you buy the lateral grip for x1d?

It looks like you were. using the XCD 65mm lens. Any others? Very fine video. I've used just about every model of Hasselblad over the past few decades, and while the H6D-100c was wonderful, I rarely used it after I acquired the X1Dii.

@toddkorolphoto

2 жыл бұрын

Mainly for this video I used a 65 & the 45. I also have the 30mm and the 90mm.

Hi Todd, X1D II is a hell of a digital file maker, beautiful clean and great colours. But remember you go from making photographs to getting digital files. Sorry I am joking. Cheers mate

@toddkorolphoto

2 жыл бұрын

Thanks, and I hear ya ;-)

How do you get the white backgrounds? I love that.

Todd, I'd love to see a direct comparison and your opinion on X1D/CFV 50C versus 5x4, at a size of 12"x16" say. Could you ever be truly satisfied with MF digital ? Further, have you shot any Prairie Portraits with the X1D, or your 500 V ?? Be great to see and listen.

Good job Mate, please post some more images.

@toddkorolphoto

2 жыл бұрын

Thank you, I will

Very compelling photographs. I like the photograph you made at 9:00, the house the looked like it was being moved, had such great light. Well done! Pricing of film … yeah it sucks. I know it is a repackage of mediocre film but I was thrilled to see Kodak made Gold available in 120. Why it matters? It is a step in the right direction.

@toddkorolphoto

2 жыл бұрын

Many thanks!!

Love this video and the work you do. Quick question: what is that grip you are using? Never mind, just say the reference to the L-bracket. You were gripping it like a handgrip.

@toddkorolphoto

2 жыл бұрын

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Hi! I enjoyed your video a lot. I was wondering about the l bracket you used. Could you provide a link. Thanks!

@toddkorolphoto

2 жыл бұрын

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I think the CFV 50Cii digital back paired with your 500 C/M body would be a much better combo for you.

@toddkorolphoto

2 жыл бұрын

That's a great combo as well.

Hello, thanks for all your helpful videos. I've been shooting with my Linhof Technika IV for over 20 years and for each of those 20 years have been wondering when digital cameras will get to the same print quality as a 4x5" and be slightly affordable! And now 4x5" colour film is so extraordinarily expensive I'm looking harder! I've been looking at the XD II for past couple of years for all the simplicity reasons you've described. It just looks like a classic film camera. I've owned a Hasselblad 500CM and have to say that I enjoyed my good old Mamiya C3 student camera more than it. I've always found the looking down to look ahead really awkward. However I do love medium and large format film cameras for the print quality. That Hasselblad have released a camera that is medium format quality but you can use like a 35mm SLR is really attractive to me! What would be the largest size you would print to without getting into too much fancy software enlarging with the XD II? I know I could find this on camera review sites but I feel much more comfortable asking someone who actually still uses film! I often print over 1x1m prints for exhibitions.

@toddkorolphoto

Жыл бұрын

I’ve seen amazing 40x50” prints from the X1D II. The files are just great.

@sirihayes1554

Жыл бұрын

@@toddkorolphoto Thank you - that is great to hear.

Wonderful photos. What brand/model is that handle on the X1D ? Also, which lenses did you use for your trip on the X1D ?

@toddkorolphoto

Жыл бұрын

The bracket is a ProMediaGear bracket, I have the 30, 45, 65 and 90mm lenses for the Hasselblad.😉

@moky99

Жыл бұрын

@@toddkorolphoto Thank you

a curiosity about the X1D format - isn't it square as a Hasselblad should be? 😁 hmm -checking specs - I see is is not square Very nice work, that's a great project, documenting the disappearing culture of the prairie

@toddkorolphoto

2 жыл бұрын

The X1D II is not square it's 546 format, but, you can set it up in the menu to shoot in square format so you are looking through the viewfinder in the square format. When you download the RAW, you get how it was cropped but you still get the whole 645 image the camera shot, best of both worlds.

Can you say how you sett the viewfinder in bw mode on the camera, please? I have the X1D and the 907x and love them, but did not know that you can set the viewfinder to black and white.

@toddkorolphoto

2 жыл бұрын

Sorry you can't but I have a bit of a work around. I was going to explain but then I thought I would confuse too many people, so I am going to do a separate video on my settings. Depending on the lighting, I set my colour temp way up and then play around with the tint, I can make the image look pretty monochromatic or with a bit of a sepia look. It will freak people out when then bring the image into the computer, but of course when you shoot just RAW, it's just one click to get it back into daylight, and of course I convert everything into b&w. I realized after I uploaded the video I should have explained that much better. My apologies.

@GoranEkeberg

2 жыл бұрын

I've tested that myself, but I have to try it again. A monochrom setting for the display and viewfinder would be awesome. Keep up the good work👍 High five ✋

interesting, and esp. since the Hasselblad brand has been out of business for a while now ( the x1d/xcd cameras as well as the H6D/907x are now made by a drone company DJI ); which is a real shame, like a classic car, their design was unique, quirky, expensive, yes, but still has its place in the market.

@deanmitchell7795

2 жыл бұрын

This isn't correct and the Hasselblad brand hasn't been out of business! Like many other companies, they are owned by parent companies (Hasselblad have had quite a few over the years) but the products are still designed and (mostly) built in Sweden including the latest 907x. DJI just happen to be the current owners of Hasselblad

@phantumdrummer

2 жыл бұрын

@@deanmitchell7795 Much like Ferrari is owned by Fiat. Because their parent company isn't the best doesn't mean their own quality has to be lowered. They still make some very good quality equipment.

@toddkorolphoto

2 жыл бұрын

Correct, it is owned by DJI but still made by the people who have designed and run Hasselblad in Sweden.

Did the autofocus on the x1d ii 50c ever get better with any firmware updates ?

@toddkorolphoto

10 ай бұрын

Nope. It’s still slow and sometimes frustratingly it can’t find focus. But, I use it like a medium format film camera and just go slow. The quality of the files is still amazing, I was using it on assignment today and the results are great. I just don’t use it for anything that needs fast focus.

@sdhute

10 ай бұрын

@@toddkorolphoto thank you

RICKY MAYNARD Great work and so important. I am going through a similar transition film to digital with my documentary work, but what's stopping me is the digital printing and longevity of these materials. My work goes to museum collections and will be around for several centuries. I am older now and wish for the a lighter load in my backpack and needing the immediacy of digital rather than heavy 4x5 and hassie cm. I live in fear, what do you think.

@toddkorolphoto

2 жыл бұрын

Well with some of these papers and inks they say it will last 2-300 years. The printing I am doing with my paper really looks amazing. Everyone I show them to loves them.

@ricky53305

2 жыл бұрын

Thanks Todd, I will continue with you on your journey,great work, But what are Carbon prints?

I ordered the X1D when they were first introduced in 2016. I took delivery in 2017, and have used it since. My sentiments mirror yours. I too, take my time and concentrate on one shot at a time. As a result, after 5+ years of shooting with it, my frame count is still below 10k. I also came from over 30 years with a square film Hasselblad. Interesting that Hasselblad spent years trying to convince photographers to shoot square, and after me finally succumbing to their propaganda, what did they do!? They ditched square for rectangular sensors. O well... Curious about a couple of things you do - Do you use Phocus to initially edit your files? I import them into Phocus just to save them from 3fr to .fff files. I hear that embeds useful data which would be lost otherwise. From there I go to LR to PS. Also, when you set the viewfinder to a square format, does that follow into post, or, once in post, do your files return to the original 4x3 format? Love your square b&w prairie images. So glad I found you on You Tube a while back. My equipment, and the way I use it just echoes exactly the same type of methodology & philosophy you incorporate. (Including the Sekonic light meter!)

@toddkorolphoto

2 жыл бұрын

I use a program called FastRawViewer to look at the RAW files, it's very quick and I make my selects, the ones that I will work with on that program. And yes they come into that program as the full 4x3 colour files. I then move my selects to a folder then open up Phocus and import them into Phocus. I work on the files in there, not a great program but great colour science. I do my final weeks in photoshop. Sounds like a lot of work, but really very quick and seamless. I am not a fan of LR. Your process sounds great, for me it's all about slowing down and trying to make a really nice image. Cheers and thanks for watching!

..Gday Todd..I enjoyed your 'vlog...& in particular the colour rendering,I also noticed your prints,...interested in knowing what size are your prints in the background of your living-room....also following you on ig.

@toddkorolphoto

2 жыл бұрын

Hi thanks. The actual image size is 16x16", they are carbon prints. From a show a while back, both shot with the Hasselblad.

@dmystify1381

2 жыл бұрын

@@toddkorolphoto ...Thanks Todd.

Which lenses did you use for the X1D ?

@toddkorolphoto

2 жыл бұрын

You know after I uploaded the video I realized I didn't mention that. I have a few but for all of these shots I just used the 45mm, but when you crop it square it gives you the equivalent of around a 75mm on a film camera.

What lens were you using?

@toddkorolphoto

2 жыл бұрын

Mostly the 45mm and sometimes the 65mm as well.

The cost of the X1D II body alone buys you 300 rolls of film with processing. Even though film costs are going up, the marginal cost is still fairly reasonable.

@toddkorolphoto

2 жыл бұрын

True, but with the 4x5 colour film I shoot, and medium format colour film plus developing scanning etc, I could easily rack up a $15-20K film bill a year...

@notopogadane5153

2 жыл бұрын

@@toddkorolphoto and is really the quality, tone range, etc., the same?

I’m the reason for the blue fence around that yellow building next to the grain elevator I was in there taking photos with some friends two of us climbed all the way to the top of the elevator and peaked out the hatch on the top next week there were no trespassing signs all over and that fence

@toddkorolphoto

2 жыл бұрын

Nice, I can’t do the heights though. 😬

Hi Todd, you're gone crazy. This camera costs a tone of money and you need a lot of computer power too. But anyway your images are great and I love the video!

@toddkorolphoto

2 жыл бұрын

It is pricey, I have the computer power already ;-)

@martin-f5482

2 жыл бұрын

@@toddkorolphoto Hi, why didn't you choose a digital film back on your Hassi 503?

@toddkorolphoto

2 жыл бұрын

@@martin-f5482 Issues acquiring one.

I pretty much agree with everything you stated in this video. I have an X1D-50C with the 45P lens which is a great combo. Additionally I have an XH lens adapter which allows me to use my HC lenses on that camera. I do have a H1 Film and 500CM cameras also, and I'm of the same mindset as you- no way I'm selling those cameras. Just out of curiosity, what are you printing the X1D images out on (both printer and paper)?

@toddkorolphoto

2 жыл бұрын

Yes just a lovely little system, that new 45 P is crazy good. I am printing on an Epson P900 on Canson Platine Fibre Rag, just amazing paper.

Recent cameras owned include Arca Swiss 6x9cm, Master Technika, Rolleiflex, Nikon F5 (and 3), Sony A7R3, Leica M4, Leicaflex SL 1 and 2 (film), R9 and R6.2, various Olympus from OM1 and 2 to EM5, Fuji XEs, X1V, XT2 and XH1, Canon 5DSR and now back to Canon EOS1 RT and EOS1n HS and… … if you don’t like zFujis fine, your choice of course and mine were sold (and my mad range is because I have struggled to find a preference / or to justify the cost of 4x5 film) BUT to say they feel plasticky and lightweight is just so off. The XT2 felt every bit as solid and well made as pretty much anything I’ve used. Stated on grounds of, “Fair’s fair,” and not liking injustices!

@toddkorolphoto

2 жыл бұрын

Man your camera collection sounds like mine! ;-) Haven't tried that Fuji I was referring to the Fuji GFX 50R medium format. Personally I just found the Hasselblad made out of metal seems more solid. And also, Both take great images! In the end it's all about the image.

@kronkite1530

2 жыл бұрын

@@toddkorolphoto Thanks for the reply, and the clarification... I get it now. I don't like the look of the medium format Fujis but have considered them for the future, but realise now your remarks weren't aimed at the XT range, which seem as well built to me as most. As for the collection, sadly little left now. After ridiculous chopping and changing (and stupid financial losses - sold the M4 and M4P just before the explosion in prices for 1/2 what they would cost me now; ditto the R8, R9 and R6.2), just two EOS1s. mint OM2 and scruffy Om1 and 3 Minoltas (SRTs and an X5 worth about $25 !) and a beautiful Alpa 10D (now that IS well built!). Plus an old mint Zeiss Contaflex just because it looks so nice. I didn't mention the Horseman 4x5 monorails (excellent), the Super Technika - traded before even used, like the Arca Swiss, doh - the Gandolfi (overrated), Penatx 645 sold for a loss with 3 lenses after 2 rolls (much of this "get, lose, re-get, re-lose..." triggered by my vulture of a very expensive and selfishly absorbed Ex - she is one I don't regret losing!) and a Leica Monochrom 246. I regret giving in on that so soon but it came, new, with a filthy sensor and was forever getting dust spots even without lens swapping. Others reported the same - so much for legendary build quality there. But back to the Fuji XT 2 - great little camera, should have kept it!

@toddkorolphoto

2 жыл бұрын

@@kronkite1530 You have had some great cameras. I too have had and unfortunately gotten ride of some many camera I kick myself. A Pentax 645, a Contax 645, Pentax LX, a Makina, a great Arca Swiss field camera. I did however keep my Leica M6 from over 20 years ago, will never git rid of that. Also I don't fall into the camp of one camera system is definitively better than another like Fuji vs Hasselblad. I think they are both great. I often tell people who ask, go and try a system out, see what feels best in your hands, and what menu system you like the best. You really can't buy a bad camera these days. For me, I love the feel of the X1D and how I have to use it, it keeps me slow like a film camera and hopefully thinking more.

@kronkite1530

2 жыл бұрын

@@toddkorolphoto My trouble is that the operative word is “had”! Terminal GAS. But, I will return to the digital fold at some point. A Hasselblad back to fit the 500cm would be rather nice!

@toddkorolphoto

2 жыл бұрын

@@kronkite1530 Yes those are great!

Did you try the 907x?

@toddkorolphoto

2 жыл бұрын

I have and love that as well!

Todd would you ever consider using a Hasselblad CFV 50 or Hasselblad CFV II 50C digital back on your Hasselblad film camera?

@stevebills2427

2 жыл бұрын

This is what I'm thinking about purchasing in 2023. I think it would be a great combo.

@gelbebond

2 жыл бұрын

Wonderful video as ever. Thanks for sharing. I agree, this looks like a reasonable solution to the film world. Would be wonderful to see if you (Tod) could compare the CVF to the X1D. Or perhaps a Phase One back…? Thank you!

i'm hearing rumours of an X2D to be released some time this year....

@toddkorolphoto

2 жыл бұрын

I would bet. It almost time for them to release a new one.

@anthonyrock5039

Жыл бұрын

Mine will be here soon. I'm looking forward to it with that, I have a45p already waiting to sit on it to capture life.

The images were very nice. You didn't show what was different between film (photos) and the digital (images). I prefer look of film. Digital way more convenient. I used Mamiyaflex c-series in my studio with a 65mm, 80mm and 180mm Portraits. Wen i closed studio, i traded for a Pentax 6x7. It was simply too big, too heavy.. Lenses were stunning. I kept Rolleiflex Automat. Truth tell it's slightly wide 75mm. I don't miss the extra lenses or the weight. I crop. Now my question why shoot hundreds of rolls? Medium format can be view camera slow! How may films would it take to match price of the digital Hasselblad ? I bleed slowly with price of film, not sacrifice major monies.. My personal opinion.

@toddkorolphoto

2 жыл бұрын

Oh don’t get me wrong, I still Love film!! But for some things I am doing now it’s becoming impractical. 400 rolls of 120 film pretty much now buys you a digital medium format body and lens. For me it’s a little bit more about work. I will always shoot film, it’s just become very hard and expensive now.

I don’t know why, but cropping to square in digital doesn’t have the same look at 6x6 film. It’s almost like you can tell it was cropped to a square somehow. I’ve tried it many times and it never looks like natural square photography

@toddkorolphoto

Жыл бұрын

I think sometimes it doesn't look natural because people are actually cropping the image in photoshop, but this just shoots in a square format, I find it's a lot more natural than cropping an image. You are seeing square.

@nickfanzo

Жыл бұрын

@@toddkorolphoto yes maybe. I sometimes use a Nikon d850 and shoot in square but I still dont like how it looks. Just me

People these days have an illogical obsession with speed and frivolous features, only because the marketing gurus make them believe that it is of paramount importance. X1D was never designed to compete with Sony A1 or Nikon Z9. It is primarily a slow camera demanding a slow methodical approach, very much an analogue approach to photography. Yes, The price of film and associated chemicals has gone through the roof. A pack of 5 Kodak TMY-2 120 is now approaching £ £50.00 in the UK and the more old fashioned Tri-X is even more expensive. Foma used to be reasonable and compared to Kodak it is still a cheaper option, but the Ilford films are quickly catching up with Kodak. Doesn't look good for film photography. Shame, greed is killing the film not Digital. PS: The one at 9:07 is an outstanding photograph.

@toddkorolphoto

2 жыл бұрын

Yes Kodak film here in 50% more than Ilford film, it's crazy. And camera stores can't get Kodak film direct from Kodak they have to go through distributors who also crank up the price. It's very sad to see it all come down to this. The photo at 9:07 was about 3 minutes of great light that often happens out here after a day full of clouds. Cheers!

I own a Fuji GFX 100S and I've handled the Hasselblad at the camera store and I have to say I think you have the characterizations backward. To me, the Hasselblad felt cheap and plasticky by comparison. And the ergonomics of the Fuji are objectively better.

@toddkorolphoto

2 жыл бұрын

I think The GFX 100s is an amazing camera. But the Blad is made out of solid metal…

This is what happens when a real photographer uses the X1D II...

@toddkorolphoto

Жыл бұрын

Thank you 🙏

"Film is $15 a roll, so let's use a $6,000 digital camera instead" I mean...???

@toddkorolphoto

2 жыл бұрын

Well, just did my taxes and my b&w and colour film, developing and darkroom bill for all my formats, 35mm, 120, 4x5 and 8x10 was a lot more than the camera, so not just $15 a roll. But yes, not cheap.