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Lukacs wrote:
On paper A7RIVa-A7RV(I) are superior over Hasselblad or Fuji GFX, the reasons are size/weight, price, AF, and lens availability. There are dozens of high resolution lenses, also with high aperture option which is lacking on MF. My best specification kit was A7RV with 20G, 35GM, 50 1.2GM, 65 APO.
Ended up with GFX100RF (still have an A7RIVa 35GM and 65 APO but considering selling them because the lack of usage). The ironic reason was Sony's capability, I wanted to shoot every scenario, lot of action shoots of my kids, chasing the best possible moments. And Sony kept serving perfectly, over 95% eye tracking accuracy, sticking AF points, tracking with perfectly in focus. I relied on GM's separation ability as I didn't have to care about composition, background. In time when you grow with your system at least starting to aware about lighting even if the shallow DOF handle the composition. I've became look like a professional, and also started to feel myself as a professional. Not the artist like, but as the workhorse wedding/event shooter. Selecting hundreds of identical look shots wasn't fun anymore, but time consuming work, unless it wasn't a paying job. I felt myself ridiculous chasing my kids with a huge setup, constant lens swapping, the decision which GM is the most suitable at the moment.
I didn't start photography with professional grade setup, just slowly upgraded over years, I love gear, I love experimenting with different lenses, cameras. I don't regret the route, and the invested funds at all.
Overall I wrote this litany about my personal experience as I totally get why are the upgrades to MF system from a perfect Sony. I have no experience with Hasselblad, but I can imagine it's more joy to use in certain expectations. Also sensor size still matters, I prefer GFX100RF output over Sony, even if I consider paired it with a far superior 50GM lens. I've never got bored with immerse of high resolution and high DR....Show more →
Yes, for sports, birding, range of lenses, the Sony outcompetes the Hasselblad. Anything fast and erratic, I’m sure the A7Rvi will outperform the A7Rv which betters the X2D2. Low light autofocus will likely find the X2D2 the winner in that it can use Lidar for near subjects. It is pretty surprising how much background blur you can get with f/2.5 on a medium format camera. The X2D2 slow shutter performance with IBIS is world class as is high the ISO performance. Lastly, size/weight of the Hasselblad body and lenses are surprisingly small/light. I believe that it is the leaf shutter equipped lens pricing that makes Hasselblad a difficult system to transition into. Leica and Hasselblad have far better menus. Hopefully, the A7Rvi will see Sony upping their game. Also, for me at least, the ergonomics of the X2D2 in hand bests the A7Rv.
Here is a comparison of two lenses with basically the same aperture and taken in the same area. The medium format lens is a bit wider. With regards to chasing kids, I must agree that a zoom lens on a Sony is ideal, but I have many rangefinder film images of my kids in very active environments.
Hasselblad X2D/90mm@f2.5
Sony A7CR/Loxia 85mmf2.4
 Loxia 85mm-1 by gary, on Flickr
Lens GM vs XCD Size/Weight
A7Rv vs X2D2 Body size/weight
Edited on May 06, 2026 at 07:30 AM · View previous versions
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