Hasselblad X2D + XCD 2.8/135 + 1.7x TC | Landscape Photography with Tele Compression

This is my comprehensive review of the Hasselblad XCD 135mm f/2.8 lens shot on the Hasselblad X2D for tele compressed landscape photography. I have a special photo location in Switzerland where I wanted to take a photo for a client with a tele lens so that the city of Zug, the Swiss mountains in the background and Lake Zug in between get compressed closer together. I tried to do this with the Hasselblad XCD 35-75mm lens @75mm but 75mm on the X2D sensor corresponds to a 60mm focal length Field of View on a full frame sensor and just did not provide enough tele compression effect. So I decided to do the same shot with the XCD 135mm lens and this then worked much better for my desired field of view. Of course I will show sample images and explain everything you might want to know about the XCD 135mm and the 1.7x tele converter which came in a bundle with a Hasselblad tripod mount ring. At the beginning of the video I do a quick unboxing to show what’s included in that Hasselblad bundle with tele lens, tele converter and tripod mount ring.

Content:
00:00 Introduction
02:05 Unboxing of three boxes coming with the Hasselblad bundle
05:49 A first look at the Hasselblad XCD 2.8/135
06:26 Protecting the glass of the lens with a Carl Zeiss UV filter
07:48 Mounting the Hasselblad XCD 2.8/135 onto the Hasselblad X2D
08:28 Specifications and features of the lens and the tele converter
11:46 Weather sealed and very robust construction and build quality
12:18 Newest firmware of the Hasselblad XCD 2.8/135
12:47 Autofocus performance and Field of View with and without converter
15:32 Live shooting in Canton Zug with the XCD 2.8/135
16:02 Sample images and Field of View XCD 35-75@75 versus XCD 135
21:24 Conclusions: by chance I found another great photo location

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