First Model Shoot With The X2D

[Mads Bjerke]

So after acquiring the Hasselblad X2D a month ago I have started to implement it into my studio workflow.
I have spent a few weeks getting everything setup as I need it and becoming familiar and fully up to speed with Phocus.

I have done a lot of testing to see which RAW convertor extracts the best results from the X2D and it is clear to me that Phocus is the way to go.
The colours are just a little better than ACR and the image has a certain quality to it with Phocus that I cannot fully retain if I develop in LR.

Since I have been fully invested in LR and Photoshop for all my processing work I had to figure out how Phocus can slot into that workflow.

What works for me is to shoot tethered into Phocus during the shoot and apply any basic adjustments here. Once I am satisfied I will export to Photoshop as a PSD file and finish the image there.

Once PS work is done, the PS file is saved and a TIFF copy is saved to disk.

I use Hasselblad RGB colour space in Phocus and convert to Adobe RGB in Photoshop.
The TIFF is also Adobe RGB.

In LR I have added the folder that contains the Phocus FFF files as well as the PS and TIFF files. LR acts as the overall library catalog.

I like the way Phocus embeds the editing data into the FFF file and no catalog is required.

Anyway, here are some of the images from this shoot.
I used the XCD 1.9/80 for all the images and focused manually on the eye. I haven't done enough testing to see if AF would work reliably when eye focus is critical.
I will test this out when time permits.

Lighting was as follows:

Elinchrom ELB500 with a 100cm Deep Octa for the key
Elinchrom ELB500 with a 100cm Shallow Octa above the head providing some fill
Elinchrom ELB500 with a 90x130cm soft box for front fill







This was also first time I had a chance to use my new Gravity canvas backdrops.
Very pleased with the results.

--
Mads Bjerke
__________________________________________________________________
www.madsbjerke.com
https://www.instagram.com/madsbjerkephoto/

 

[bobby350z]

Any reasons to use 1/250?

 

[Mads Bjerke]

Any reasons to use 1/250?

Not really in this case as the ambient light is low. and the model is sitting still.
I could have used 1/125s or something else.

The X2D uses leaf shutter lenses so the sync speed can be anywhere within the lens capability. The only thing to be aware of is to use a shutter speed that doesn't exceed the flash duration.

 

[adew1]

So after acquiring the Hasselblad X2D a month ago I have started to implement it into my studio workflow.
I have spent a few weeks getting everything setup as I need it and becoming familiar and fully up to speed with Phocus.

I have done a lot of testing to see which RAW convertor extracts the best results from the X2D and it is clear to me that Phocus is the way to go.
The colours are just a little better than ACR and the image has a certain quality to it with Phocus that I cannot fully retain if I develop in LR.

Since I have been fully invested in LR and Photoshop for all my processing work I had to figure out how Phocus can slot into that workflow.

What works for me is to shoot tethered into Phocus during the shoot and apply any basic adjustments here. Once I am satisfied I will export to Photoshop as a PSD file and finish the image there.

Once PS work is done, the PS file is saved and a TIFF copy is saved to disk.

I use Hasselblad RGB colour space in Phocus and convert to Adobe RGB in Photoshop.
The TIFF is also Adobe RGB.

In LR I have added the folder that contains the Phocus FFF files as well as the PS and TIFF files. LR acts as the overall library catalog.

I like the way Phocus embeds the editing data into the FFF file and no catalog is required.

Anyway, here are some of the images from this shoot.
I used the XCD 1.9/80 for all the images and focused manually on the eye. I haven't done enough testing to see if AF would work reliably when eye focus is critical.
I will test this out when time permits.

Lighting was as follows:

Elinchrom ELB500 with a 100cm Deep Octa for the key
Elinchrom ELB500 with a 100cm Shallow Octa above the head providing some fill
Elinchrom ELB500 with a 90x130cm soft box for front fill







This was also first time I had a chance to use my new Gravity canvas backdrops.
Very pleased with the results.

Lovely shots, Mads. Very painterly. (Oops! I'm sure that word will trigger some people here, LOL)

Looking forward to hearing about your experiences with AF in a future model shoot.

Thanks, too, for the info on your workflow. Being a dyed in the wool C1 user, managing a Phocus workflow is something that is holding me back a little in my decision whether or not to buy the X2D. Relatively minor consideration perhaps, given that I currently use C1, Photoshop and, sometimes, Affinity, on the same file!

--
"Don't worry. It's not about the camera." Peter Lindbergh

 

[Mads Bjerke]

Lovely shots, Mads. Very painterly. (Oops! I'm sure that word will trigger some people here, LOL)

Looking forward to hearing about your experiences with AF in a future model shoot.

Thanks, too, for the info on your workflow. Being a dyed in the wool C1 user, managing a Phocus workflow is something that is holding me back a little in my decision whether or not to buy the X2D. Relatively minor consideration perhaps, given that I currently use C1, Photoshop and, sometimes, Affinity, on the same file!

Changing workflows is alway a bit tricky.

The good thing about Phocus is that there is no catalog. All the edits are embedded into the FFF file. You can process in Phocus and catalog with C1 or LR or similar.

Phocus has very limited masking so advanced editing is best done outside Phocus.

I use the Phocus - PS - LR route.
You could use Phocus - C1 instead.

If I am correct you cannot process X2D raw files in C1 so you would need to export the Phocus files to TIFF to continue working in C1 whilst retaining the Phocus processing.

I must say that the images produced by the X2D and Phocus are the best I have personally used. I do prefer the overall feel of the images compared to what I got with the GFX100 and LR.

 

[adew1]

Changing workflows is alway a bit tricky.

The good thing about Phocus is that there is no catalog. All the edits are embedded into the FFF file. You can process in Phocus and catalog with C1 or LR or similar.

I always use Sessions in C1, not catalogues, so I'm quite happy with Phocus working in the same way.

Phocus has very limited masking so advanced editing is best done outside Phocus.

Yes, agreed. I had quite a play with Phocus when I had the X2D on loan. C1's AI masking is particularly good and I think I would miss that. However, as you mention below, I could import TIFFs into C1 for the edits that need this capability.

I use the Phocus - PS - LR route.
You could use Phocus - C1 instead.

If I am correct you cannot process X2D raw files in C1 so you would need to export the Phocus files to TIFF to continue working in C1 whilst retaining the Phocus processing.

Correct, I would not be able to use C1. However, I could manage with Phocus -> PS. However, I will miss C1's superior rating system and keyword management.

I must say that the images produced by the X2D and Phocus are the best I have personally used. I do prefer the overall feel of the images compared to what I got with the GFX100 and LR.

My limited time with the X2D gave me the same impression. I just need to be more confident that using face detect AF will not be a negative vs dedicated eye detect. The GFX100ii is not foolproof but my keeper rate is much higher than it was with the GFX100s.

 

[Mads Bjerke]

I use the Phocus - PS - LR route.
You could use Phocus - C1 instead.

If I am correct you cannot process X2D raw files in C1 so you would need to export the Phocus files to TIFF to continue working in C1 whilst retaining the Phocus processing.

Correct, I would not be able to use C1. However, I could manage with Phocus -> PS. However, I will miss C1's superior rating system and keyword management.

The way I use Phocus is as a front end to further processing in PS.
It is the RAW convertor and I do all basic adjustments of exposure, white balance, lens corrections and keystone adjustments here.

Phocus saves all its adjustments in the raw file.
There is no Phocus catalog.

If all I need to do to the image is accomplished in Phocus (no need for further processing) I will save the image as a TIFF (critical client work) or a JPG (general images).

Important:
Any processing done in Phocus cannot be carried over into another RAW converter.
LR or C1 will not read any Phocus processing data from the RAW file. You will start from scratch if you open the files from Phocus.

The only formats that retain the Phocus editing are TIFF, PSD (Photoshop) and JPG.
The PSD file is no longer a RAW file.

Exporting from Phocus as a DNG does NOT retain the Phocus processing.
It is simply a basic DNG.

I keep all the images on a drive that is accessed by Phocus, LR and PS.
The RAW files can be added to LR and cataloged as normal.
I also add the TIFF, PSD and JPG files to the LR catalog.

If I need to re-edit an image that was processed in Phocus I simply open the RAW again in Phocus and and continue the editing.
Once complete, I save again as TIFF or JPG to the same locations as before.

In LR I then synchronise the folders and the new edits appear.

You can do this in C1 too.

Use C1 as your catalog for rating and organising your images.
Use C1 for further refinements to your exported TIFF files (JPG not recommended for any further editing).

If you find that you need to work from the RAW file in C1, simply work on the RAW file.
It will no longer have the Phocus processing applied, but you have all the RAW data.

If you work on the RAW file in C1 you can still open the file in Phocus and all the original Phocus processing will be intact. Any work you did in C1 will not show in Phocus.

 

[Greg7579]

So after acquiring the Hasselblad X2D a month ago I have started to implement it into my studio workflow.
I have spent a few weeks getting everything setup as I need it and becoming familiar and fully up to speed with Phocus.

I have done a lot of testing to see which RAW convertor extracts the best results from the X2D and it is clear to me that Phocus is the way to go.
The colours are just a little better than ACR and the image has a certain quality to it with Phocus that I cannot fully retain if I develop in LR.

Since I have been fully invested in LR and Photoshop for all my processing work I had to figure out how Phocus can slot into that workflow.

What works for me is to shoot tethered into Phocus during the shoot and apply any basic adjustments here. Once I am satisfied I will export to Photoshop as a PSD file and finish the image there.

Once PS work is done, the PS file is saved and a TIFF copy is saved to disk.

I use Hasselblad RGB colour space in Phocus and convert to Adobe RGB in Photoshop.
The TIFF is also Adobe RGB.

In LR I have added the folder that contains the Phocus FFF files as well as the PS and TIFF files. LR acts as the overall library catalog.

I like the way Phocus embeds the editing data into the FFF file and no catalog is required.

Anyway, here are some of the images from this shoot.
I used the XCD 1.9/80 for all the images and focused manually on the eye. I haven't done enough testing to see if AF would work reliably when eye focus is critical.
I will test this out when time permits.

Lighting was as follows:

Elinchrom ELB500 with a 100cm Deep Octa for the key
Elinchrom ELB500 with a 100cm Shallow Octa above the head providing some fill
Elinchrom ELB500 with a 90x130cm soft box for front fill

This was also first time I had a chance to use my new Gravity canvas backdrops.
Very pleased with the results.

Very interesting as usual Mads. You are a top product pro, switched from GFX to high-end Nikon for your work, and not delve into portraits with a new Hassy! I have several comments and /r questions.

- First, I didn't know you were a portrait pro too. Do you shoot clients along with your high-end product work? Or is that for enjoyment?

- Is the model your wife / friend / relative? I've seen here before on here and it was probably you.

- Great backdrops! If I were still dabbling in portraits, I would buy them.

- Great lights and lighting. I know that you know lighting. Is lighting humans different than lighting products? Well, yes, but I'm sure good lighting principals apply.

- Posing is hard and you did a great job, but I bet other portrait pros would oick at you.

- Do you like Hassy better than GFX?

- I am amazed that you go to all that trouble avoiding LR or ACR for your fine color tuning. There has to be a way.... No way would I do that. But you have your reasons, as you well explained.

- F8! See guys? Mads buys a bazillion dollar F1.9 MF portrait lens and he has the good sense to shoot that beautiful woman at F8 so we can actually see her face and body in focus and not one half an eyeball sharp with the rest in an artistic fuzz. Aha! Mads, you know I'm right about all this MF DOF stuff I've been on for the past 5 years. Tell them Mads.... Help me out here Man.... There are a lot of guys here who don't understand and son;t shoot GFX Hassy so they are going off of their FF experience. Preach it Mads....

- Last comment.... You Brits always misspell color.

 

[Mads Bjerke]

Very interesting as usual Mads. You are a top product pro, switched from GFX to high-end Nikon for your work, and not delve into portraits with a new Hassy! I have several comments and /r questions.

- First, I didn't know you were a portrait pro too. Do you shoot clients along with your high-end product work? Or is that for enjoyment?

With covid behind us I enjoy mixing it up and working with people too

- Is the model your wife / friend / relative? I've seen here before on here and it was probably you.

No, this is a model called Irida. She lives local to me and I really enjoy working with her.
She is very expressive, needs little direction and always arrives with good outfits so I don't need to pretend I know what I am doing ;-)

- Great backdrops! If I were still dabbling in portraits, I would buy them.

- Great lights and lighting. I know that you know lighting. Is lighting humans different than lighting products? Well, yes, but I'm sure good lighting principals apply.

It depends what you are shooting, but all the same principles will apply.

I work in a really small space for these portraits so I am limited with my options.
Ceiling height is only 210cm and the floor space is around 3x3m.
Placing lights around a model is harder in a space like this since the model is much bigger than most products I shoot.

- Posing is hard and you did a great job, but I bet other portrait pros would oick at you.

This is why you should always hire and pay for good models. They cover up my posing skills :-D

- Do you like Hassy better than GFX?
- I am amazed that you go to all that trouble avoiding LR or ACR for your fine color tuning. There has to be a way.... No way would I do that. But you have your reasons, as you well explained.

I do in some ways.

I shoot a lot with strobes and the leaf shutter is really helpful for me. I can sync the lights as fast as the lens shutter will go. This really comes into play outdoors.

The ergonomics are excellent and the camera is smaller.
It is actually a great travel system.
The X2D with a 30 or 45mm lens is the perfect small package.

The operating system of the X2D is really nice. Icon and touch based. Very quick to access the settings.

The colour output.
This is the big one for me. With Phocus I get the full benefit of the famed Hasselblad Natural Color Solution. It is a fancy way to describe camera profiles, but it works so well.
There is just something about the look of the files that clicks with me. I do much less editing on the fils than I would normally be tempted to do in LR with the GFX.

- F8! See guys? Mads buys a bazillion dollar F1.9 MF portrait lens and he has the good sense to shoot that beautiful woman at F8 so we can actually see her face and body in focus and not one half an eyeball sharp with the rest in an artistic fuzz. Aha! Mads, you know I'm right about all this MF DOF stuff I've been on for the past 5 years. Tell them Mads.... Help me out here Man.... There are a lot of guys here who don't understand and son;t shoot GFX Hassy so they are going off of their FF experience. Preach it Mads....

- Last comment.... You Brits always misspell color colour ;-)

When I work in the studio the working distance is very short due to the small space I have.
I am at best 2m away from the model.
To get the models important features in focus I need at least f8.
F8 and ISO 100 worked fine for this shoot.

Ideally I would use f11 and ISO 64, but that is 1.6 stops darker and then I am pushing the lights much harder.

Shooting at wide open apertures has its place, but it wasn't the look I wanted for these images.

You may wonder why I returned to MF since I also have the Nikon Z9?

The big reasons are this;

Leaf shutter
The Nikon Z9 is electronic shutter only and whilst it works well for most things, there is a problem. Banding with high speed sync above 1/200s.
The only lights I have found that work in HSS with the Z9 are Nikon Speedlights.

This is a problem for me since I shoot with Elinchrom lights, a lot.
The leaf shutter design removes this obstacle.

Aspect ratio
3:4 aspect ratio is much easier for portraits. With the Z9 I would always either crop the top to get 3:4 or extend the sides in PS to get more room.

2:3 is very tight and feels unnatural to me in a vertical orientation.

Resolution
For fine art work it is helpful to have that little extra.

Colour
This will be subjective, but the Hasselblad rendering is just spot on for me. The images are rich with a lovely contrast curve.

Phocus
This is actually surprisingly good software.
It lacks some of the advanced editing features of LR and C1, but what it does it does very well. And it is fast.

The tethering is quick and the camera control is great.
This is important when working fast with a model.
Images pop up on screen near instantly.

To get the most out of the Hasselblad you need to process in Phocus.
I have compared files with LR and the images just look better in Phocus in most cases.

The downside is adding another piece of software to the production chain, but I feel I have found a way that isn't too painful.

--
Mads Bjerke
__________________________________________________________________
www.madsbjerke.com
https://www.instagram.com/madsbjerkephoto/

 

[mujana]

So after acquiring the Hasselblad X2D a month ago I have started to implement it into my studio workflow.
I have spent a few weeks getting everything setup as I need it and becoming familiar and fully up to speed with Phocus.

I have done a lot of testing to see which RAW convertor extracts the best results from the X2D and it is clear to me that Phocus is the way to go.
The colours are just a little better than ACR and the image has a certain quality to it with Phocus that I cannot fully retain if I develop in LR.

Since I have been fully invested in LR and Photoshop for all my processing work I had to figure out how Phocus can slot into that workflow.

What works for me is to shoot tethered into Phocus during the shoot and apply any basic adjustments here. Once I am satisfied I will export to Photoshop as a PSD file and finish the image there.

Once PS work is done, the PS file is saved and a TIFF copy is saved to disk.

I use Hasselblad RGB colour space in Phocus and convert to Adobe RGB in Photoshop.
The TIFF is also Adobe RGB.

In LR I have added the folder that contains the Phocus FFF files as well as the PS and TIFF files. LR acts as the overall library catalog.

I like the way Phocus embeds the editing data into the FFF file and no catalog is required.

Anyway, here are some of the images from this shoot.
I used the XCD 1.9/80 for all the images and focused manually on the eye. I haven't done enough testing to see if AF would work reliably when eye focus is critical.
I will test this out when time permits.

Lighting was as follows:

Elinchrom ELB500 with a 100cm Deep Octa for the key
Elinchrom ELB500 with a 100cm Shallow Octa above the head providing some fill
Elinchrom ELB500 with a 90x130cm soft box for front fill







This was also first time I had a chance to use my new Gravity canvas backdrops.
Very pleased with the results.

Great portraits! Thank you for sharing. I especially like the second one. Also because of that veil. A close number 2 would be the first one. I like it that the model doesn't smile. Gorgeous eyes, by the way!

 

[Mads Bjerke]

Great portraits! Thank you for sharing. I especially like the second one. Also because of that veil. A close number 2 would be the first one. I like it that the model doesn't smile. Gorgeous eyes, by the way!

Glad you like them.
I prefer portraits without a smile too

 

[Mads Bjerke]

Here are a few more from the shoot.











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[mujana]

Here are a few more from the shoot.

Again....the veiled lady for me. Did you brighten her eyes..a little?

 

[adew1]

This is why you should always hire and pay for good models.

Totally agree.

Aspect ratio
3:4 aspect ratio is much easier for portraits. With the Z9 I would always either crop the top to get 3:4 or extend the sides in PS to get more room.

2:3 is very tight and feels unnatural to me in a vertical orientation.

Again, I totally agree.

Resolution
For fine art work it is helpful to have that little extra.

Another "totally agree" from me.

 

[Mads Bjerke]

Here are a few more from the shoot.

Again....the veiled lady for me. Did you brighten her eyes..a little?

The iris of the eye has a curve adjustment in the highlights. The white part of the eye is natural.



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[Greg7579]

This is why you should always hire and pay for good models.

Totally agree.

That is why I gave up on portraits. I was terrible at posing and talking to my subjects (victims) while barking orders at them. I was good at lighting and studied it hard.

But I needed beautiful supermodels with great clothes, makeup and skin.

Then I would have been really good.

I have a lot of respect for family portrait shooters. It's hard to make everyone look good.

 

[mujana]

So after acquiring the Hasselblad X2D a month ago I have started to implement it into my studio workflow.
I have spent a few weeks getting everything setup as I need it and becoming familiar and fully up to speed with Phocus.

I have done a lot of testing to see which RAW convertor extracts the best results from the X2D and it is clear to me that Phocus is the way to go.
The colours are just a little better than ACR and the image has a certain quality to it with Phocus that I cannot fully retain if I develop in LR.

Since I have been fully invested in LR and Photoshop for all my processing work I had to figure out how Phocus can slot into that workflow.

What works for me is to shoot tethered into Phocus during the shoot and apply any basic adjustments here. Once I am satisfied I will export to Photoshop as a PSD file and finish the image there.

Once PS work is done, the PS file is saved and a TIFF copy is saved to disk.

I use Hasselblad RGB colour space in Phocus and convert to Adobe RGB in Photoshop.
The TIFF is also Adobe RGB.

In LR I have added the folder that contains the Phocus FFF files as well as the PS and TIFF files. LR acts as the overall library catalog.

I like the way Phocus embeds the editing data into the FFF file and no catalog is required.

Anyway, here are some of the images from this shoot.
I used the XCD 1.9/80 for all the images and focused manually on the eye. I haven't done enough testing to see if AF would work reliably when eye focus is critical.
I will test this out when time permits.

Lighting was as follows:

Elinchrom ELB500 with a 100cm Deep Octa for the key
Elinchrom ELB500 with a 100cm Shallow Octa above the head providing some fill
Elinchrom ELB500 with a 90x130cm soft box for front fill

This was also first time I had a chance to use my new Gravity canvas backdrops.
Very pleased with the results.

Very interesting as usual Mads. You are a top product pro, switched from GFX to high-end Nikon for your work, and not delve into portraits with a new Hassy! I have several comments and /r questions.

- First, I didn't know you were a portrait pro too. Do you shoot clients along with your high-end product work? Or is that for enjoyment?

- Is the model your wife / friend / relative? I've seen here before on here and it was probably you.

- Great backdrops! If I were still dabbling in portraits, I would buy them.

- Great lights and lighting. I know that you know lighting. Is lighting humans different than lighting products? Well, yes, but I'm sure good lighting principals apply.

- Posing is hard and you did a great job, but I bet other portrait pros would oick at you.

- Do you like Hassy better than GFX?

- I am amazed that you go to all that trouble avoiding LR or ACR for your fine color tuning. There has to be a way.... No way would I do that. But you have your reasons, as you well explained.

- F8! See guys? Mads buys a bazillion dollar F1.9 MF portrait lens and he has the good sense to shoot that beautiful woman at F8 so we can actually see her face and body in focus and not one half an eyeball sharp with the rest in an artistic fuzz. Aha! Mads, you know I'm right about all this MF DOF stuff I've been on for the past 5 years. Tell them Mads.... Help me out here Man.... There are a lot of guys here who don't understand and son;t shoot GFX Hassy so they are going off of their FF experience. Preach it Mads....

- Last comment.... You Brits always misspell color.

Nah…”Brits” speak English. Americans speak American (Americanish?). A kind of dialect, I think.

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[Ramon Vaquero]

Good job and great explaining about the workflow including Phocus, it’s an underrated software and besides Hasselblad color processing it works like a charm when shooting tethered with the X2D.

Congrats on achieving such a polished portraits in a small space, there’s when a good photographer skills are an evidence.

 

[Greg7579]

So after acquiring the Hasselblad X2D a month ago I have started to implement it into my studio workflow.
I have spent a few weeks getting everything setup as I need it and becoming familiar and fully up to speed with Phocus.

I have done a lot of testing to see which RAW convertor extracts the best results from the X2D and it is clear to me that Phocus is the way to go.
The colours are just a little better than ACR and the image has a certain quality to it with Phocus that I cannot fully retain if I develop in LR.

Since I have been fully invested in LR and Photoshop for all my processing work I had to figure out how Phocus can slot into that workflow.

What works for me is to shoot tethered into Phocus during the shoot and apply any basic adjustments here. Once I am satisfied I will export to Photoshop as a PSD file and finish the image there.

Once PS work is done, the PS file is saved and a TIFF copy is saved to disk.

I use Hasselblad RGB colour space in Phocus and convert to Adobe RGB in Photoshop.
The TIFF is also Adobe RGB.

In LR I have added the folder that contains the Phocus FFF files as well as the PS and TIFF files. LR acts as the overall library catalog.

I like the way Phocus embeds the editing data into the FFF file and no catalog is required.

Anyway, here are some of the images from this shoot.
I used the XCD 1.9/80 for all the images and focused manually on the eye. I haven't done enough testing to see if AF would work reliably when eye focus is critical.
I will test this out when time permits.

Lighting was as follows:

Elinchrom ELB500 with a 100cm Deep Octa for the key
Elinchrom ELB500 with a 100cm Shallow Octa above the head providing some fill
Elinchrom ELB500 with a 90x130cm soft box for front fill

This was also first time I had a chance to use my new Gravity canvas backdrops.
Very pleased with the results.

Very interesting as usual Mads. You are a top product pro, switched from GFX to high-end Nikon for your work, and not delve into portraits with a new Hassy! I have several comments and /r questions.

- First, I didn't know you were a portrait pro too. Do you shoot clients along with your high-end product work? Or is that for enjoyment?

- Is the model your wife / friend / relative? I've seen here before on here and it was probably you.

- Great backdrops! If I were still dabbling in portraits, I would buy them.

- Great lights and lighting. I know that you know lighting. Is lighting humans different than lighting products? Well, yes, but I'm sure good lighting principals apply.

- Posing is hard and you did a great job, but I bet other portrait pros would oick at you.

- Do you like Hassy better than GFX?

- I am amazed that you go to all that trouble avoiding LR or ACR for your fine color tuning. There has to be a way.... No way would I do that. But you have your reasons, as you well explained.

- F8! See guys? Mads buys a bazillion dollar F1.9 MF portrait lens and he has the good sense to shoot that beautiful woman at F8 so we can actually see her face and body in focus and not one half an eyeball sharp with the rest in an artistic fuzz. Aha! Mads, you know I'm right about all this MF DOF stuff I've been on for the past 5 years. Tell them Mads.... Help me out here Man.... There are a lot of guys here who don't understand and son;t shoot GFX Hassy so they are going off of their FF experience. Preach it Mads....

- Last comment.... You Brits always misspell color.

Nah…”Brits” speak English. Americans speak American (Americanish?). A kind of dialect, I think.

The Colonies have ruined your language. You should hear it in San Antonio!

 

[widi5006]

Nice Lighting and composition...great portraits, love the color palette.

Thanks for sharing your experience with the X2D ...been looking hard at that one, but hard to give up my GFX100s.