I Love the Hasselblad X2D II 100C’s Design and Pictures, But It Still Falls Short of Perfection

The X2D II 100C uses a familiar image sensor, a 44-by-33mm BSI CMOS chip with support for 16-bit Raw capture, 10-bit HEIF, Ultra HDR JPGs (which use an 8-bit color space boosted and 10-bit gain map so they display properly on both HDR and SDR screens), and 8-bit SDR JPGs. I used the camera in Raw+JPG mode during the review and alternated between SDR and HDR capture.

XCD 35-100mm F2.8-4, 35mm, f/16, 1/2-second, ISO 50 (Credit: Jim Fisher)

The X2D II supports photography at ISO 50-25600, with its best…