Wide Angle Lens Envy - Hasselblad XCD 25V Lens Review With the X2D Medium Format Camera

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Hasselblad sent their new XCD 25V wide-angle prime lens over for a review, but they didn't send it to me! I'm not gonna lie; my ego is bruised.

With the offer of some toffee popcorn, I quickly relieve Amanda of the burden of doing a lens review in a chance to show off my astrophotography prowess.

We head to the beach to test the limits of the Hasselblad XCD 25V to see how it copes with a dark sky landscape. The results are fascinating.

With a bit of pixel peeping, we can see how this wide-angle lens performs at 10" exposures, but I'm curious how it handles a one-hour exposure. Why? Because I can!

I explain three methods of focusing on the stars, and Hasselblad has a unique method that's supposed to work every time. Does it work?

We also went to the forest to see how a wide-angle prime lens with an f/2.5 aperture renders its bokeh. If you've always wanted to see Amanada's photography in action, here's your chance.

Of course, no bokeh test is complete without a shot of Leo posing for the camera.

Which of the three lens-focusing methods do I prefer, and what does my face look like at 2 AM? How did my one-hour astrophotography exposure turn out, and did you hear me correctly when I said, "Book plug"?

There's really only one way to find out.

VIDEO CHAPTERS:
🔘Hasselblad XCD 25V Arrives: 0:00
🔘How This Lens Works: 1:15
🔘Focusing The XCD 25V To Infinity: 2:31
🔘We Get An Early Night: 4:55
🔘Driving To Meat Cove: 6:14
🔘Best Astrophotography Camera Settings: 8:09
🔘My Astrophotography Shot With the XCD 25V: 9:35
🔘Hasselblad X2D Raw Files With XCD 25V Prime Lens at f/2.5: 10:10
🔘Hasselblad X2D Raw Files With XCD 25V Prime Lens at f/3.2: 11:32
🔘Spherical Aberration & Vignetting: 12:36
🔘One Hour Exposure With XCD 25V Prime Lens: 13:35
🔘Bokeh Test With XCD 25V Prime Lens: 15:18
🔘My One Problem With XCD 25V Prime Lens: 16:54
🔘Fototripper Bloopers: 18:03

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