vieri
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Hello Ron,Is the new Hasselblad X1DII still lacking a live Histogram?
I've read through the available manual (online) and while there is mention of luminosity and RGB histograms, the manual suggests that they are available in review mode, since they are stored with the images. This was the case with the original X1D, and IMO was a major omission. And in this regard, I have yet to find a modern day camera that does not offer a live, histogram visible either in the LCD or EVF. OK, maybe there is one, but I haven't stumbled across it.
yes, at the moment that is still the case, as you can see in my review which I am linking again for you here: https://www.vieribottazzini.com/2019/08/a-first-impression-hasselblad-x1d-ii-review.html, see the conclusions if you don't want to read it all. However, the camera I reviewed is a Demo unit, and firmware is very likely not final, so this can change. If we take the X1D as an example, Hasselblad has shown their commitment to constantly improving the camera via FW updates, and I hope this will continue to be the case with the X1D II. So, even if Live View histogram will not make it into the launch version of FW, I am hopeful it will make it into future updates.
One more thing that makes me hopeful is that it has been said that, for the X1D, the absence of LV histogram was a hardware limitation. Many understood this to be a limitation of the sensor, mistakenly in my opinion since the GFX 50 had LV histogram with the same sensor. What it could have been instead is a limitation of the surrounding processors, something that should have been solved now with the new processors of the X1D II, so I am hopeful that we'll see LV histogram eventually.
Let's wait and see. Best regards,
Vieri