Hasselblad X1D-50c vs. Sony Alpha6500 ILCE-6500

Camera Comparison, Reviews and Tests

Detailed comparison and review of Hasselblad X1D-50c and Sony Alpha6500 ILCE-6500. With our comprehensive overview, you can simply compare design, sensors, proximity characteristics, memory capacities, but also other key features of both cameras and easily decide which one is the right choice for you. Our goal is to help you identify the main differences between products and find the camera that best fits your needs and expectations.

Camera Specifications Comparison

Hasselblad X1D-50c vs. Sony Alpha6500 ILCE-6500 Comparison Chart
DESIGN AND DIMENSIONS Hasselblad X1D-50c Sony Alpha6500 ILCE-6500
Product Type Digital camera - 1080p - mirrorless system with Live View mode Digital camera - 4K - mirrorless system
Lens Included Body only Body only
Height 9.8 cm 6.69 cm
Width 15 cm 12 cm
Depth 7.1 cm 5.33 cm
Weight 725 g 453 g
Weight Details Camera body only: 725 g Camera with battery and memory card: 453 g
Body Material - Magnesium alloy
Protection Weatherproof Dust-resistant, moisture-resistant
Digital Zoom - 4x
Navigation GPS receiver -
SENSOR Hasselblad X1D-50c Sony Alpha6500 ILCE-6500
Sensor Resolution 50.0 Megapixel 24.2 Megapixel
Optical Sensor Type CMOS Exmor CMOS
Total Pixels - 25,000,000 pixels
Effective Sensor Resolution - 24,200,000 pixels
Optical Sensor Size Medium Format (43.8 x 32.9 mm) APS-C (23.5 x 15.6 mm)
Frame Rate (Max Resolution) 25 fps 30 fps
Sensor Dust Reduction - Yes
Sensor Features - Dust Reduction (image sensor vibration), Anti-Dust coating
Image Stabiliser - Optical (5-axis image sensor shift mechanism)
Built-in Optical Image Stabiliser - Yes
Sensors - Digital level metre
PROCESSOR Hasselblad X1D-50c Sony Alpha6500 ILCE-6500
Image Processor - BIONZ X
LENS Hasselblad X1D-50c Sony Alpha6500 ILCE-6500
Lens Mounting Type Hasselblad X system Sony E-mount
FOCUSING Hasselblad X1D-50c Sony Alpha6500 ILCE-6500
Auto Focus TTL contrast detection TTL contrast and phase detection
Auto Focus Points (Zones) Qty - 425
Auto Focus Features - Focus Peaking function, Predictive Focus Control
Face Detection - Smile Shutter
VIEWFINDER Hasselblad X1D-50c Sony Alpha6500 ILCE-6500
Viewfinder Type Built-in - electronic Electronic - OLED
Viewfinder Colour Support - Colour
Viewfinder Diagonal Size - 0.39"
Viewfinder Resolution 2,360,000 pixels 2,359,296 pixels
Optical Viewfinder Field Coverage - 100%
Optical Viewfinder Magnification - 1.07x
Optical Viewfinder Dioptric Correction Range - -4 to +3
Field of View Crop Factor - 1.5
Features - Viewfinder brightness control, colour temperature control
EXPOSURE & WHITE BALANCE Hasselblad X1D-50c Sony Alpha6500 ILCE-6500
ISO (Max) 25600 51200
Native ISO - 100-6400
Extended ISO (Max) - 25600
Light Sensitivity ISO 100, ISO 800, ISO 400, ISO 200, ISO 1600, ISO 6400, ISO 3200, ISO 12800, ISO 25600 ISO 51200, ISO auto (100-6400), ISO 100-25600
Exposure Metering Centre-weighted, spot Spot, average, highlight spot
Exposure Metering Zones - 1200
Exposure Modes Programme, manual Programme, bulb, automatic, manual, aperture-priority, shutter-priority
Bracketing Modes - Dynamic Range Bracketing, Flash Exposure Bracketing, white balance bracketing
Shooting Programs - Landscape, portrait mode, macro, night portrait, night scene, sports mode, sunset, handheld twilight, anti-motion blur
Special Effects - Black & White, Sepia, Neutral, Vivid, sunset, soft focus, illustration, landscape, portrait, Water Colour, miniature, clear, deep, light, autumn leaves, Retro, partial colour, Toy camera, Posterisation, High contrast monochrome, Pop Colour, HDR Painting, Rich-tone monochrome, Soft High-key, Night Scene, Standard, Style Box
White Balance Custom, presets Custom, automatic, presets
White Balance Presets - Incandescent, cloudy, Flash, daylight, shade, fluorescent light (cool white), fluorescent light (daylight), fluorescent light (warm white), Underwater, 2500K - 9900K, fluorescent light (daylight white)
Shutter Type - Mechanical electronically-controlled
Max Shutter Speed 1/2000 sec 1/4000 sec
Min Shutter Speed 3600 sec 30 sec
Exposure Compensation - ±5 EV range, in 1/2 or 1/3 EV steps
Auto Exposure Bracketing - 3, 5, 9 steps in 1/3, 1/2, 2/3, 1, 2 or 3 EV steps
White Balance Bracketing - Yes
X-sync Speed - 1/160 sec
Exposure Range - EV -2-20 (ISO 100)
DISPLAY Hasselblad X1D-50c Sony Alpha6500 ILCE-6500
Type 3" LCD display 3" LCD display
Touch Screen Yes Yes
Display Format 920,000 pixels 921,600 pixels
Display Form Factor Built-in Built-in
Display Features - Display brightness control
FLASH Hasselblad X1D-50c Sony Alpha6500 ILCE-6500
Camera Flash - Pop-up flash
Guide Number (m / ISO 100) - 6
Flash Modes - Fill-in mode, rear curtain sync, auto mode, flash OFF mode, red-eye reduction, slow sync
Red-Eye Reduction - Yes
Features - AF illuminator, flash +/- compensation, wireless off-camera control, high-speed synchronization (HSS)
VIDEOGRAPHY / CAMCORDER Hasselblad X1D-50c Sony Alpha6500 ILCE-6500
Digital Video Format H.264 AVCHD, H.264, XAVC S
Image Recording Format JPEG, TIFF, RAW + JPEG, 3FR (RAW) JPEG, RAW, RAW + JPEG
Max Video Resolution 1920 x 1080 3840 x 2160
Audio Signal Format - Dolby Digital AC-3 (2 channel), Linear PCM, AAC
Surround Sound - Dolby Digital AC-3 (2 channel) recording
Microphone Operation Mode - Stereo
MEMORY Hasselblad X1D-50c Sony Alpha6500 ILCE-6500
Memory Card Slot Dual SD card Memory Stick PRO Duo card, SD card
Supported Memory Cards SD Memory Card, SDHC Memory Card SD Memory Card, Memory Stick PRO Duo, SDXC Memory Card, SDHC Memory Card, Memory Stick PRO-HG Duo, SDHC UHS-I Memory Card, SDXC UHS-I Memory Card
Memory Card Included No No
Image Storage 3FR (RAW) 8272 x 6200 - 65 MB
TIFF 8272 x 6200 - 154 MB
6000 x 4000
4240 x 2832
3008 x 2000
6000 x 3376
4240 x 2400
3008 x 1688
Video Capture H.264 - 1920 x 1080 p - 25 fps XAVC S - 3840 x 2160 p - 30 fps - 100Mbps
XAVC S - 3840 x 2160 p - 24 fps - 100Mbps
XAVC S - 3840 x 2160 p - 30 fps - 60Mbps
XAVC S - 3840 x 2160 p - 24 fps - 60Mbps
XAVC S HD - 1920 x 1080 p - 60 fps - 50Mbps
XAVC S HD - 1920 x 1080 p - 30 fps - 50Mbps
XAVC S HD - 1920 x 1080 p - 24 fps - 50Mbps
XAVC S HD - 1920 x 1080 p - 120 fps - 100Mbps
XAVC S HD - 1920 x 1080 p - 120 fps - 60Mbps
AVCHD - 1920 x 1080 p - 60 fps - 28Mbps
AVCHD - 1920 x 1080 i - 60 fps - 24Mbps
AVCHD - 1920 x 1080 i - 60 fps - 17Mbps
AVCHD - 1920 x 1080 p - 24 fps - 24Mbps
AVCHD - 1920 x 1080 p - 24 fps - 17Mbps
H.264 - 1920 x 1080 p - 60 fps - 28Mbps
H.264 - 1920 x 1080 p - 30 fps - 16Mbps
H.264 - 1280 x 720 p - 30 fps - 6Mbps
XAVC S - 3840 x 2160 p - 25 fps - 100Mbps
XAVC S - 3840 x 2160 p - 25 fps - 60Mbps
XAVC S HD - 1920 x 1080 p - 50 fps - 50Mbps
XAVC S HD - 1920 x 1080 p - 25 fps - 50Mbps
XAVC S HD - 1920 x 1080 p - 100 fps - 100Mbps
XAVC S HD - 1920 x 1080 p - 100 fps - 60Mbps
AVCHD - 1920 x 1080 p - 50 fps - 28Mbps
AVCHD - 1920 x 1080 i - 50 fps - 24Mbps
AVCHD - 1920 x 1080 i - 50 fps - 17Mbps
AVCHD - 1920 x 1080 p - 25 fps - 24Mbps
AVCHD - 1920 x 1080 p - 25 fps - 17Mbps
H.264 - 1920 x 1080 p - 50 fps - 28Mbps
H.264 - 1920 x 1080 p - 25 fps - 16Mbps
H.264 - 1280 x 720 p - 25 fps - 6Mbps
BATTERY AND CHARGING Hasselblad X1D-50c Sony Alpha6500 ILCE-6500
Battery Type Lithium Ion - manufacturer-specific Sony NP-FW50 Lithium Ion
Details Li-ion rechargeable battery - 3200 mAh (included) Sony NP-FW50 Li-ion rechargeable battery - 1080 mAh (included)
Battery Life - Photo shooting - 310 shots (EVF on)
Photo shooting - 350 shots (LCD Monitor on)
Video recording - 1.08 hours (EVF on)
Video recording - 1.17 hours (LCD Monitor on)
CONNECTIONS Hasselblad X1D-50c Sony Alpha6500 ILCE-6500
Interface HDMI, USB 3.0, IEEE 802.11a/b/g/n/ac HDMI, USB 2.0, IEEE 802.11b/g/n, NFC (Near Field Communication), Bluetooth 4.1
Print Standard - DPOF support, Exif Print support, PRINT Image Matching
Computer Connectivity Mac, Windows -
Flash Terminal Hot shoe Hot shoe
Connector Type USB 3.0 (24 pin Micro-USB-C)
HDMI output (19 pin mini HDMI Type C)
Audio input
Audio output
USB 2.0
HDMI output (19 pin micro HDMI Type D)
Microphone (mini-phone stereo 3.5 mm)
Remote control
FEATURES Hasselblad X1D-50c Sony Alpha6500 ILCE-6500
Self-Timer Delay - 10 sec, 2sec, 5 sec
Continuous Shooting Speed 2.3 frames per second 8 frames per second, 3 frames per second, 6 frames per second, 11 frames per second
HDR Mode - Auto HDR mode
Additional Features Histogram display Built-in speaker, sharpness control, camera orientation detection, histogram display, saturation control, Sweep Panorama technology, shadow point display, highlight point display, contrast control, Dynamic Range Optimizer, built-in help guide, Dolby Digital Stereo Creator, Chromatic Aberration Compensation (CAC), x.v.Colour technology, Multi-Frame Noise Reduction, Eye-Fi Card Ready, noise reduction over long exposures, high ISO speed noise reduction, PlayMemories Camera Apps support, silent shooting, distortion correction function, Clear Image Zoom 2.0x, peripheral shading correction
OTHERS Hasselblad X1D-50c Sony Alpha6500 ILCE-6500
Included Accessories - Eyepiece cover, body cap, shoulder strap, AC power adaptor, micro-USB cable, hot shoe cap
Software Hasselblad Phocus, Adobe Photoshop Lightroom -
Max Operating Temperature 45 °C 40 °C
Min Operating Temperature -10 °C 0 °C
Service & Support Limited warranty - 1 year -
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