What's going on with DJI / Hasselblad x2d II 100c lack of video mode?

[Andrew Reid]

Still no video mode on the X2D II.

The DPReview preview doesn't even mention it.

https://www.dpreview.com/reviews/hasselblad-x2d-ii-100c-initial-review?utm_source=self-desktop&utm_medium=marquee&utm_campaign=traffic_source

Yet they added IBIS and an articulated screen, like the GFX 100 II... it has the same sensor as the Fuji... yet doesn't even do 1080p, let alone 8K!

This is odd behaviour from DJI!

Also still no curtain shutter, so no adaptable lenses (electronic shutter speed is too slow).

DJI are not handling the Hasselblad brand very well in my view.

And X2D II sounds more like a star wars robot than a camera. X Two D... Two... Why the two twos?

Why isn't it called the X1D Mark 3?

[MrSMW]

4 hours ago, Andrew Reid said:

Why isn't it called the X1D Mark 3

I’d have gone with X1D3PO myself.

But otherwise I guess they are filling that niche of pure photo camera?

I’d have one as a my ‘one & done’ along with the new zoom lens, but I couldn’t justify the cost.

Instead, 2x S1RII’s + 4 faster primes than the Hassie lens, for a total of approx 1/2 the price (paid approx €2800 for each of my  S1RII’s and 3 of my lenses purchased used) and I can shoot 7.2k 30p open gate video.

I haven’t looked at a single Hassie review yet, but will in time, just for curiosity, but it still won’t ever be happening for me.

[ND64]

Serious landscape shooters don't need IBIS, but they improved it to 10 stop! Landscape shooters always shoot raw, but they added HDR Jpeg! Studio shooters shoot in controlled lighting environment, but they added LIDAR that helps in a random dark street! All the improvements, and even pricing, are in the direction of making MF mainstream, not serving the niche, yet it doesn't video, which is the key to become mainstream. 

[MrSMW]

For me, it would simply be a ‘one & done’ wedding photo unit, so all these new features are a bonus.

The only thing it really lacks is a fully adjustable screen for vertical shooting. A bit of a silly omission IMO.

Still wouldn’t be an obstacle for me buying one as that obstacle is purely price.

[Snowfun]

On 8/27/2025 at 12:04 AM, Andrew Reid said:

This is odd behaviour from DJI!

Unless the intention is to keep the brand exclusive and esoteric? 
DJI can, after all, release whatever they want under the DJI brand so I can see the attraction in maintaining a “not for everyone” product line.

(But why they then add Everyman features such as IBIS I have no idea)

[MrSMW]

IBIS is good for longer duration exposures without a tripod.

So for landscape photographers, use a tripod! Any serious one’s do.

It helps me with slightly longer handheld exposures on jobs in lowlight, but I could also be less of a lazyarse and use a tripod.

So required? Nope. So why include it? Dunno 🤷‍♂️

[BTM_Pix]

I can’t remember but did they get a lot of negativity when video was included in the X1D range so left it out of the X2D and haven’t bothered putting it back in?

It was a period of photographers whining about any sort of video sullying their purist fetish but most of that noise has died out these days.

Possibly literally in many cases.

I suspect it’s only a (paid perhaps) firmware update away from being included, particularly as the collection of bros they gave it to to “review” are hybrid shooters who would welcome the chance to generate some more “This changes everything” fluff a few months down the line.

I suspected the inclusion of IBIS was originally to facilitate a pixel shift mode for when 100mp isn’t enough (!) but that’s not in there either.

They just say it’s there for handheld shots of blurred streams and nighttime traffic streaks, which has it’s place I suppose.

 

[MrSMW]

1 hour ago, BTM_Pix said:

I suspect it’s only a (paid perhaps) firmware update away from being included

Yes, I was thinking the same and in 3-6 months there may indeed be some kind of (probably paid as the camera is cheaper than the older model) unlock code. And then we can get videos of mountain streams and city traffic lights as well as the photos. Yay.