Hasselblad X2D 100c & Hasselblad H2D | Film vs Digital

Get ready for a wild ride through the lens! I'm Daria Koso, a Miami-based fashion photographer, and in this video, I'm diving headfirst into a head-to-head battle between two photography legends: the Hasselblad X2D 100c digital and the classic Hasselblad H2D film camera.
Join me as I explore the vibrant Miami Downtown streets and shooting with stunning model Gabriela, capturing moments with both digital and film camera. Stay with me for unexpected challenges, especially when dealing with the unpredictable nature of film. Guess which camera will deliver the best results? Is the charm of film photography still worth the hassle in our digital age?
Stay tuned till the end for a surprising twist you won't see coming! This video is full of raw, unfiltered emotions and genuine first-time reactions to using the Hasselblad film camera. Let's find out together which of these photography titans reigns supreme!
#HasselbladX2d100c #FilmVsDigital #HasselbladH2d #MediumFormat
Daria Koso
Instagram / daria.koso.photo
Website www.dariakoso.com
TikTok / dariakoso
Model - Gabriella Bongiovanni
Instagram / _xoxogabriella
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[@sbills]

I had the Hasselblad H1 film camera and I really like that camera a lot. The image quality and sharpness of those lenses are really amazing. The 120MM is a magnificent lens. I had that Lens, the 35Mm and 50-110MM. All super sharp lenses imho. Bottom line is that all Hasselblad cameras are pretty awesome. Would love to see more film camera videos.

[@MaikPietrzak]

Very interesting comparison in action. In my opinion film camera's are not dead. I did my first steps in photography with a film camera too and I've learned so many about the basics. And of course the look of pictures can be amazing and sometimes a little bit special. That's great! Thank you so much for this experiment, like it! 👍🙏

[@DariaKoso]

I absolutely agree with you 😊 Thanks for sharing your thoughts

[@ChrisDPstudios]

Does size matter? Absolutely! Especially when it comes to...... shooting compressed RAW vs. uncompressed RAW-the size difference is no joke! 😄 But jokes aside, I was blown away by the video. That big lens really paid off, as the results were stunning! 💖 And with Daria behind the camera, it's always a guaranteed epic shoot. 🌟 I'd love to see some night RGB light shooting, maybe a car or music band concert style photoshoot with the film camera. The grain on film just adds that perfect touch! 🎥✨ Kudos to the whole team for an incredible job! 👏

[@DariaKoso]

I appreciate you taking time to share your feedback and thoughts with me 😇🙏🏻 glad you enjoyed the video

[@andyvan5692]

one tip, if you are shooting with that zoom or a prime tele lens, use Pv mode on the H2D as in Hasselblad H land, that is a Program variable mode, it keeps shutter speeds reasonable for the focal length, aka for hand holding, so less motion blur. [an added automation feature, and a boon for fashion work]- it sets faster shutter speeds for 300mm lenses, than the standard 80mm or a 35 mm for eg.

[@virus4188]

It's nice that you approach these cameras without any pompousness. I'm looking to buy X2D. You are one of the few people who uses this camera and not just talks about it. I'm very curious how AF in X2D works in your work? I know it's not a speed demon, but I wouldn't want to bother with it either. In one of the episodes you took street photography with it. Did anything come of it?

[@mahdimanesh4221]

Used the setup on the street with 45P. This was before the face AF and worked fine. It is no speed demon so you need to plan a bit more.

[@bobhelm8954]

found it very interesting and I didnt expect to like the film version better than the digital. was the digital SOOC without any adjustments?

[@johnsciandra-e9i]

I loved the video and yes do more comparisons. How about X2D vs 500 series film camera!

[@DariaKoso]

Thank you so much 😊 The new video comparing Hasselblad vs IPhone 16 pro is out today! Check it out - kzbin.info/www/bejne/aqbUlaCfrZyFlZY

[@depotmsa2362]

you can also add a digital back to the h2 hasselblad , I use a phase one digital back on mine

[@mhc2b]

Loved your video! I own all the same gear. I must say I am very impressed that you were able to "handle" the 120 lens so easily! A few minutes with it, and my arm is tired!

[@DariaKoso]

Great, thanks for your feedback. How do you like the camera? 😊

[@murasakistudio]

For many years I earned my living with a 500CM and later the 501CM shooting in Milan. When everything went digital I reluctantly switched to Canon digital and was never happy with the change in format. The 35mm format proportions just never worked for me and I was suddenly confronted by a mass of buttons with menu options that just got in the way.

[@samjohnson3124]

honestly I couldnt help but think that molecularly, the film should have more megapixels by a long shot over digital photos. i mean you're getting resolution (potentially) down to the molecule! which I dont think a CMOS chip could do, though I dont know how long the photo sensitive molecules are either. I'll have to watch this one, to find out more

[@DariaKoso]

It's a very interesting thought! 🤔

[@luissalazar2021]

Good job team, my perspectives film in the studio it’s amazing, thank you for sharing

[@DariaKoso]

I appreciate your feedback 😇🙌

[@photo818]

Great video and fun challenge! Shooting film is a learning curve, watching your video makes me want to bring out my film cameras and start playing with them😊 once again awesome shoot!😊👏🏼👏🏼

[@DariaKoso]

I really appreciate your kind words 😇🙏🏻

[@photo818]

@@DariaKoso you’re welcome!😊

[@efimpolevoi8672]

I found the comparison between film and digital is very interesting. As always in such a comparison, I like film more. I have been shooting with film for more than one year, including Pentax 645N which is a medium format 6x4.5 camera. To my mind, nothing comes close to a medium format film. But now I don’t have easy access to a lab so a digital camera would be nice. Somehow, I’m a bit underwhelmed by X2D. Why you compose with an LCD? Is the viewfinder of X2D not comfortable enough? By the way, your compositions are great, especially with the film camera 😉

[@DariaKoso]

Hi, thanks for your feedback 😇 Viewfinder is comfortable but I really got used to working with lcd screen.

[@bigrobotnewstoday1436]

Maybe do a Hasselblad vs Fuji medium format? Also I do like the colors out of the cameraman's cameras. I don't know what camera he's doing but I also like the colors from the video. I know some fashion photographers have used RED cameras a little but its a little of a pain shooting in video and then pulling a still out of the video when every second is 30 frames.

[@andyvan5692]

at 4:46 Daria, there is a valid reason for this 'gripe', if one can term it that, the AF on the H2D is CONTRAST detect only, NOT PHASE detect, like most cameras today, and the H2D has only one focus point, in the center, so that's why the 'struggle', it isn't a fast paced device, it can only shoot 1-1.3 FPS in continuous shooting, due to its size, and the fact its a MF dslr with a leaf shutter in the lenses, so all that has to move around.

[@danieltang2488]

This photographer is so cute😊

[@ThePoisonDrummer]

I just got the X2D last month and I love it!

[@DariaKoso]

Congratulations 😇🔥 glad you like it

[@MikeT-yy3]

Hi Daria, I watch all your videos, also you are so beautiful. I am testing the X2D with the new 90mm lens which can sync up to 1/4000 second outside. I am using a Nikon Trigger and Nikon flash for Off Camera Flash and have a problem that I hope you can help me solve. Up to 1/1000 sync speed there is no problem at 1/1600 sync speed I lose about 1 stop of flash power, at 1/4000 second sync speed I lose a lot more power if it actually works at all. I would appreciate your advice.

[@sovietmind]

You are right! 2 Hasselblad’s better then one 😁 Try H4D-31 and see 3CCD microlens magic 😉

[@DariaKoso]

Noted 😊 thanks

[@anatoliy9804]

This is the case when the model is more professional than the photographer. She knows more about film shooting than an enthusiastic girl who has picked up a film camera for the first time. The processing is also quite deplorable. By the way, Hasselblad H has excellent portrait lenses such as 150/3.5 and 100/2.2, rather than a macro lens for shooting objects. The model is no longer the youngest and her skin is strongly emphasized by this high-contrast glass.

[@DariaKoso]

Noted 😂

[@andyvan5692]

at 15:35 good film shots!, but a reason for this "wow" factor, the 120 mm lens!!, its an iconic Portrait/macro lens, for the H system (HCD lenses), and a leaf shutter, so has the right number of iris blades (for best bokeh performance, round, not pentagonal); and fyi, its $8K-12K in its own right, NOT with the camera, just by itself!- no wonder it knocks your socks off!!!

[@bigrobotnewstoday1436]

I use to shoot Bronica when I was shooting weddings on film. My boss would shoot Hasselblad. The problem shooting medium format today all the film is 120 and you only get 12 shots now. Also I would keep my jacket on all day at a wedding so I always had a film back loaded and ready to swap out.

[@murasakistudio]

I started with a Bronica SQ-A in the 1980s before switching to Hasselblad later on. Two backs were essential, but we sure did get fast changing those rolls on a shoot. I always felt a bit sorry for the guys shooting with the RB67 because it was just so big and clunky.

[@itsobviousobviously3596]

@dariakoso - can you do a full fashion shoot with the Hasselblad X2D 100C and talk about how fast or slow it was to captures your shots, thanks.

[@mrs.enigma3278]

Great camera 🎦🎬 Great choice 🙌

[@DariaKoso]

Thank you so much 😊

[@TheGoanin]

Фотограф красивее своих моделей :))

[@DariaKoso]

Спасибо 🙈

[@stupendously_creative]

Superb video

[@DariaKoso]

Thank you so much 😇🙏🏻 I appreciate your feedback

[@andyvan5692]

so sorry to hear that the H2D shots didn't work, as this is a mechanical advance camera/ film back, you load, DOUBLE check the spool has got the film leader! ; if it 'slips' that's why you don't get any shots! Another quirk for this symptom is that this HM16-32 back has a CR2032 button cell on the bottom shelf INSIDE the magasine, this is ESSENTIAL, as if the power to the H2D is disconnected (aka you remove the handle),the film counter resets to zero!, so winds off as if a fresh roll was installed, wrecking the roll. The CR cell holds the internal magasine settings (format/asa/film count) in electronic memory, so you CAN safely depower the camera body, to charge the Li-on battery, or replace the Three CR123A cells used in the normal battery tray in the handle.

[@andyvan5692]

Daria, its NOT 24 its only 16 shots, or 32 shots, as it is 6x4.5 cm camera system, in 120 Not 220 (it would be, if you had 220 roll in a hasselblad 500C\m with an A24 back mounted onto it{as that is 6x6 format}; or 32 if 220 was used in this camera back); but another note, H2D's are the last H series to allow film backs, they had to be modified (the camera body), designated H2F f for film capable, compared to a plain H2; I have a H2 & H1, the i-express back (older ccd sensor CFH) goes onto it, at 22/39/45 MP depending on version ordered, I got my H2f with the 22MP back, great digital platform, but unfortunately my version can't mount any non CFH back onto it, like my Phase One P45+ (for the H1), the film HM16-32 CAN be mounted, so is at least an "all-in-one" both film and digital.

[@kubulajagodzinski4355]

GABRIELLA IS BEAUTIFUL

[@DariaKoso]

She really is 😇🔥

[@rainer-christophermandel5270]

looking for x2d vs h6d

[@DariaKoso]

😊👍

[@kubulajagodzinski4355]

HELLO DARIA YOU LOOK BEAUTIFUL

[@DariaKoso]

Thank you so much ☺️

[@dannyrusly296]

yes...maybe you should try again with differen location.....😄

[@TheMor01]

When I used film camera... in the past... it happened to me. Film in, shooting, counting shots... and... surprise! Film was not insert correctly and was not rolling as I was shooting...

[@DariaKoso]

Ohh it happens lol 😂🙈

[@Sam77-sp1ut]

✌️

[@andyvan5692]

one suggestion, why not compare a 500 c\m to this H2D camera, then you can compare the macro 120 CF lens with this HCD 120 lens, to see the differences, also, these are meant to be Complimentary tools 33x44 sensor (X2D), 6x4.5 (H2D-film) & 6x6 (500C/M-film) so you get similar results, to compliment a package of shots, depending on use case.

[@sooooooooooos2300]

Hi Endy do you have experience working with the H system? I just got the H5D and really looking for some suggestion because there is very little information on internet.

[@PlayGameToday]

Привет, как определить, что вы действительно Дарья Косо, а не человек, который выдает ее за себя? Я не вижу галочки верификации на канале.

[@ulyssesnathanialowen3831]

same problem can happen with digital , cards might not save or corrupt ... or read ... any piece of equipment can fail at any time .. maybe make sure the equipment is working and you know how to use it before doing the shoots !!

[@DariaKoso]

Noted 😂

[@Pavel-23ag-67v-hj5]

Да не размер главное а умение! Накипело 😂 Ого, x2d дорогущий

[@DariaKoso]

😂🙈

[@knight6229]

H2D, huge and heavy camera! how is your sense about it? which of their quality is better? H2d or X2D?

[@jacksonebendick9592]

Daria is such a cutie

[@DariaKoso]

It’s my pleasure 😇🙈🙈

[@BogeeDee]

Дашуля лучшая 😊

[@DariaKoso]

😇🙈

[@AmbercoolPhotography]

The film quality looks better

[@DariaKoso]

Thanks for your feedback 😊

[@rramoreproductions2083]

so the H2D Is a digital camera that a film back was able to be put onto so not truly a film camera.the film photos I Shot my H6 50D For years its all digital i also have the x2d and a proper Hasselblad 500c film camera i used for years much harder to use that camera if your not use to it.

[@nothingc]

I think she can achieve these shots with any cheapo small sensor cameras so I wonder why medium format

[@NetvoTV]

Hey Daria, my name is Johnny and I'm a freelance logo designer, currently I'm looking for more works, do you know anyone would love to have a logo for their channel and business's branding to have a memorable graphic based monogram logo to help their audience recognise and follow their channel easier? I would love to design a photography themed logo inspired by their direction for them! Let me know if you know anyone interested to make it happen! :-)

[@DariaKoso]

Hi, you can email me your contacts and I’ll definitely keep you in mind 😊

[@MikhaMakha]

привіт )

[@Newstechmobile]

Why break your head with film when we have digital that is much more convenient?!

[@DariaKoso]

I really like how film shots turned out! 😇 Many still love shooting on film 🎞️

[@Newstechmobile]

@@DariaKoso Yes I understand ! ☺️

[@lensman5762]

The old one makes you look like a photographer, the new one, well it doesnt. I do rate you as photographer, so please ditch the LCD screen and look through the viewfinder. Sorry to be blunt, Daria.

[@virus4188]

Brilliant. So someone who doesn't tear off their arm with heavy, large equipment is not a real photographer?

[@lensman5762]

@@virus4188 No, I said look through the viewfinder. Its that LCd that does the damage. I am all for lighter equipment.

[@JoshuaJonesPhoto]

Lmao wow 😂

[@wrtlprmpft2]

She is making better photos that way than I will ever using the viewfinder.

[@EricMoore790]

Could she be any more beautiful?

[@LofiHopix]

so you have spend 4-8 hours creating this video i and others have spent almost 17min and yet no conclusion about knwoing which was better because at the end you didn't clarify what is best for what situation and basically this video is has no ending!? creative idea but no ending could have said one is for this situation and the other for something else or you didn't like the quality of this one over the other i mean 100 ways to finish this video with cancelation this way i and others didn't learn anything from this video and for this reason i will not subscribe or like your video with all the effort you did because i don't want to end up watching another of your video spending another 17 min have no conclusion or learning anything !!! all i watch fancy stuff with nothing absolutely nothing. you really have to value peoples time specially this days that 90% people only watching 1 min max video so an audience spending 17min watching your video and at the end up nothing to learn from it.

[@DariaKoso]

Thanks for your feedback 😇🙌