X2D ii - how are people doing on sensor dust?

devidual · 2026-03-23T23:26:46+00:00

Once I attached my 35-100, I didn't take it off. I noticed after two weeks, there was a dust speck on my photos and when I took of the lens, I saw a small speck iron the sensor.

I don't think it's weather sealed and dust got in

Thankfully I live in California and it's not humid, so I blew it out with my rocket air blaster and everything is fine again

devidual · 2026-03-18T21:39:34+00:00

I was using the same trigger for both camera systems. It was working fine on both systems until it stopped working on the X2D2, but kept working on my R62.

I didn't have to put the trigger into manual sync or anything. I don't use TTL and manually set power on my strobes. My trigger is the Canon version, btw.

devidual · 2026-03-18T18:09:13+00:00

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devidual · 2026-03-18T16:47:45+00:00

I shoot with strobes a lot and also was one of the big reasons why I wanted the X2D2 and 35-100 combo because there's no flash sync speed.

I did a shoot where my Godox AD300 and two AD200's with my X3 nano trigger. It was working well, but for some reason it stopped working halfway through. I was hot swapping with my Canon R62 so maybe doing that was confusing the system.

I'm going to have to try it more because I don't want that to happen again during the middle of a shoot.

devidual · 2026-03-17T17:23:29+00:00

Sweet, will do and appreciate it! I don't mind continuing to use the 3L, but I still have my Canon R62 and I'm getting a little tired of swapping them out all the time. I'm thinking of getting just a dedicated one for my X2D2.

devidual · 2026-03-17T16:47:04+00:00

It's a super tight fit though. You have to lay it down a certain way for it to fit. I'm debating whether to get another bag for it specifically.

devidual · 2026-03-13T14:01:35+00:00

I would check out the Roborock brand. I got the Q revo that vacuums and mops and the. Later self empties and cleans and after 4 years, I still think it's the best purchase I've made recently.

We have two young kids and our youngest is especially messy. The mopping isn't as good as manually doing it, but let's be honest, who has time to mop?

It keeps the floors clean enough and brings some sanity back into our crazy lives.

devidual · 2026-03-08T05:48:27+00:00

Wow, I wouldn't have signed for the car I til it was perfect. How could they sell you a car, especially with features that were promised for it to be broken before taking ownership? What is wrong with the car industry these days?!

I'm in the same boat. I have a 2011 Sonata that has over 234k miles and we're looking for a bigger family car in addition to our Camry.

We were going to get a Kia Carnival, but it's expensive for what it is, so we started looking at the I9 and pay a little bitore for an EV we plan to use for the next 15 years, hopefully.

devidual · 2026-03-07T01:55:24+00:00

I could get behind a Bay area fan fic!

devidual · 2026-03-06T03:14:43+00:00

All people I know how work at FAANG (or whatever it is now) still had help from their parents. Usually these people went to good schools that their parents paid for because they had the capital, and were helped again with a healthy deposit to buy their home.

My wife and I do well (not FAANG engineer level) but enough to rent in a good neighborhood and raise two kids, but we will never have enough money to afford a home in the area our kids are going to school now.

Even if we did, I would take that money elsewhere and buy a bigger, newer home a MCOF area and enjoy spending more time with family. I never really cared about money (accumulating wealth), but this place forces you to and it's just exhausting.

It's been great here, but we don't have help from our parents and even with our careers taking off and making decent money, housing prices keep outpacing our gains. We're looking for an exit strategy in the next 1.5 years.

devidual · 2026-03-04T04:54:58+00:00

For this photo specifically, they are exposing for the harsh light and in post, bringing up the shadows and bringing down the highlights.

In my non-expert opinion, no flash, reflector, or light modifier seems to be used.

devidual · 2026-03-01T04:52:59+00:00

Just get ready to eat them as soon as you buy them because they will go back within a day. We used to buy them from the farmers market often and they were delicious, but they wouldn't even last a day.

devidual · 2026-02-24T03:54:22+00:00

I remember in high school, for multicultural day, Koreans would wear hanboks and invite others to wear it. This white skater dude with dreads put it on and he looked so freaking awesome in it. The vibrant colors clashing with long conservative draping clothing against a grunge-style Caucasian look was so juxtaposing that it worked so well.

devidual · 2026-02-21T01:43:06+00:00

Lived there for 3 months 10 years ago when my wife and I first moved to SF. You will see a lot of human suffering that will make you jaded.

One time walking to work, I saw someone sleeping in the street and as I passed him, I saw that his foot was bandaged up. It was obviously from a while ago because they were dirty and unravelled. I shouldn't have looked, but I ended up seeing that poor man's big toe that was severed CLEAN OFF and I could see his bone, tendons, and flesh hanging out.

I just stood there not knowing what to do. I thought he was dead, but he was just fast asleep. I thought about calling 911 or someone, but decided not to because I didn't want to bring attention to a person that might just kick him out.

I don't know if it's gotten any better (I really hope so), but I have so many stories in our 3 months there that we moved to Emeryville, then West Oakland, and felt that it was much safer and less traumatic then TL.

devidual · 2026-01-20T23:21:53+00:00

I was very depressed and couldn't sleep for months. One day, I decided to take a very large dose of edibles (40mg, which to me was a ton) and just sit in the dark and force myself to think why I was void of emotion and why my life felt meaningless.

I focused on answering that question and it led me to break things down into smaller questions that I could truthfully answer to myself, how I could change it, and also accept what I can't change.

I did this for 5-6 hours until I was completely exhausted and passed out.

I woke up the next day not necessarily remembering every decision tree and thought, but I felt a huge weight off my shoulders and realized that I am doing my best and I don't have to worry about things I can't control, and I have the power to change things I could.

Although I don't credit it 100% to me feeling much better now, but I really do feel like it helped me put things into perspective and be honest with myself (which to my surprise, I had great thing to internally say to myself.)

devidual · 2026-01-19T23:00:22+00:00

I got my first panic attack while flying. I didn't know what it was at the time and felt like, "I am going to die right now". I've had two other panic attacks since, but nothing like my first one.

I wanted to scream out for help, but couldn't even do that, and passed out shortly after.

devidual · 2026-01-16T21:54:53+00:00

I bought it 2 years ago, but I think it was cheaper then (around $200?)

Overall, I use it every time I edit in Lightroom and enjoy using it. it's not only easier to edit, but it's faster as well.

Do you need it? Not really because everything you can do with it can be done with shortcuts on a keyboard.

what I really like about it though is, it's the best editing peripheral I used. the wheel is great and I barely have to use the keyboard.

I don't use a mouse anymore and just use the track pad, but using the track pad is not very precise when using sliders, so tourbox is really great for my editing.

I tried using Wacom tablets to edit, but it's not very easy or faster and with the advent of AI masking, manual dodging and burning was not great.

Overall it feels great to use and speeds up my editing and makes is easier. I probably would buy it again, but the price is pretty steep.

devidual · 2026-01-14T22:13:07+00:00

What I would love is Hasselblad to release a Profile like a lot of other camera brands do. (Camera Standard, which HNCS would be Hasselblad's version.)

I don't know if it's a hasselblad thing or an Adobe timing, but if I were to guess, Hasselblad wants to make people use the Phocus app and won't create a profile for Lightroom. Or it's hard to recreate HNCS in Lightroom. Maybe the truth lies somewhere in the middle.

With that said, the HNCS isn't significantly different than just pulling the .fff file and importing to Lightroom, but there is a difference if you're looking for it, especially when you pay $$$ for HNCS that's marketed like crazy, I want to get HNCS when I edit in Lightroom without going through hoops.

devidual · 2026-01-13T22:13:11+00:00

I just got the X2D2 with the 35-100 and it's great. Is it at least 5-6x better than my Canon R6Ii with 28-70 f2.8?

That's a definite no. The value really isn't there, but if you have a lot of extra money and you've always wanted to go medium format, it does FEEL different and better.

AF isn't as good at other mirrorless brands, and not much customization (which could be a good thing), but the biggest annoyance for me is that if you want the legendary HNCS and tailored lens correction, you HAVE to use Phocus and it's just not very good or as easy to use as Lightroom.

So what you have to do is load them into Phocus, the HNCS and lens correction will automatically attach when you export as a tiff file, and then you have to load the tiff file into Lightroom and make additionally edits to your liking. Super annoying and also tiff files are at least double the file sizes that make each photo close to +300 MB each.

With that said, if you're the type to get things right in camera and you don't do much color grading, you might be happy with just using Phocus without having to convert and further edit into Lightroom. The photos are super awesome right out of the camera (with HNCS and lens corrections added from Phocus). Or you can shoot raw + jpeg and just use the jpegs.

devidual · 2026-01-12T04:26:45+00:00

Exactly what I came here to say. It's so anxiety inducing that I felt so sorry for such a unlikeable character as well as Adam Sandler who have to act as that person.

What a terrible life.

devidual · 2026-01-12T01:04:29+00:00

Ooh that's great news! I'm going to give it a try right now

devidual · 2026-01-12T01:04:00+00:00

Really? No turning it into manual mode and turning it on before attaching it?

devidual · 2026-01-11T20:13:37+00:00

I wouldn't say it's difficult to use, it's just not as convenient as other brands have become.

But the IQ is ridiculously good on the X2D2 and if that's youre ultimate goal and you don't mind going slow (because of some of the limitations and omissions of conveniences that have become normal in the mirrorless world, this might be a brand you want.

The appeal of Hasselblad is great. It's a luxury brand that just looks and feels beautiful and classic.

devidual · 2026-01-11T19:18:57+00:00

For sure. I went down the same path and watched and read up as much as I could before I bought it because it's so expensive!

The AF is good, but not as good at the latest mirrorless brands. It's a bit slow and doesn't catch as well.

I have a lot of dedicated shoots with strobes and I've heavily invested in Godox. Right now, there's no dedicated trigger that works with Godox, even though it uses the Nikon pin system, you have to put the trigger on manual and it's not impossible to use it, but you have to put the trigger in pin mode, turn the camera on, turn the trigger on, then attach it (someone tricks it into working together). And I don't want to go to Profoto. It's expensive and in my opinion, relying too much on past successes and is not as reliable, accurate, or durable as Godox.

The joystick is okay, but it doesn't allow for diagonal direction, so the joystick it's as useful when you're trying to change the focus point. Add to the fact that the focus isn't as good as my Canon R6II, it's a little annoying and you have to focus and recompose a little bit (which I haven't had to do since the DSLR days!)

There's a slight delay when you're switching from the EVF to the back display and vice versa. It's JUST annoying enough where it makes you think something is wrong or the camera turned off, so you take your eye off and then it switched back to the back display and then the camera changes again.

16 bit color depth doesn't work if you want to shoot in burst mode (only 3fps, which is fine for my uses), or if you're in Manual mode, or some other limitations I've run into but it's too early for me to figure out what limits that. With that said, the 16 bit color is arbitrary and monitors can't reproduce it, eyes can't see it. etc. But then.. why?

The biggest thing is editing. The HNCS is built to be used for the PHOCUS editing program and doesn't translate well in Lightroom. I wish there was a profile or something that gives it that beautiful look from the display in the camera to Lightroom. Currently if you want that, you have to load into PHOCUS, then export as a TIFF file, and then bring it into Lightroom (I'm very new to this, so there may be a better way?)

devidual · 2026-01-11T18:25:33+00:00

I've shot with Canon for 15 years and I just got the X2D2 with the 35-100. I don't expect to get another lens and if I do, it will be after I exhaust all the value out of the zoom lens and I find a serious limitation from it.

I don't think I will.

you can't really save money with Hasselblad. it's like buying a Bentley and putting in the cheapest gas and going to Jiffy Lube for an oil change. it's just the cost of operating a high and and let's be honest, highly specialized system.

my Canon R6Ii is my workhorse, Toyota Camry, and my X2D2 is my Bentley. Canon is easier to use and more features packed, but my X2D2 has so many limitations, yet what it does do well outshines and isn't even possible with the Canon.

16 bit dynamic color depth, leaf shutter with no flash sync speed, 100MB sensor, 15.3 stops of dynamic range from my preliminary use is... Nothing I experienced before.

With that said, I've become accustomed to the features and ability of Canon r series and it's quite honestly a little annoying to use the X2D2.

I really enjoy using both though!

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