u/evanfelts

I'm a DP and photographer in Brooklyn. A big chunk of my stills work is interiors and portraits, almost all of it tethered into Capture One. I've been circling the X2D II for months and I'm very close to pulling the trigger (~$13K all-in with glass), but I keep hesitating on workflow.

Where I'm at:

• C1 has supported X2D/X2D II raws natively since 16.8.3 in July, which is huge.
• Tethering is still "later in 2026," with no firm date that I can find.
• C1 uses its own color profiles, not HNCS. From what I've read, if you want Hasselblad's color or HNCS HDR, you're still going through Phocus at the end of the day.

I feel like capture one is just a part of my workflow now and don't want to change anything.

So my questions:

1. Is anyone else holding off on buying until C1 tethering actually ships?
2. If you're already shooting the X2D II professionally, especially interiors or a setting where clients are looking at a monitor making decisions (not one single ipad), how are you working right now with that set up?
3. Any word on when tethering is actually landing?

I'd especially like to hear from working pros. Thanks in advance.

Has anyone with this configuration gotten a launch-day delivery date? My original Apple order was scheduled for October 15, but I cancelled it thinking B&H would get it to me faster here in NYC. Now B&H is saying they might receive stock sometime in October, with no firm date. In hindsight I probably should have kept the Apple order. Wonder if Microcenter will stock this high end spec

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I was sideswiped on the highway in late August — other driver changed lanes into my whole right side, fully documented on dashcam with a verbal admission at the scene. I filed under my own collision coverage since the other car was an old vehicle likely carrying minimum limits, and my insurer would subrogate. My car is a 2023 Model Y, about 46k miles, ACV around $33k. Six panels damaged, no airbags, no apparent structural damage, but the car pulls right afterward.

I took it to a Tesla-certified shop, which my policy allows. My insurer's estimate of record specified aftermarket CAPA parts for the bumper cover, fender, headlight, mirror, and a reconditioned wheel. The shop wrote a supplement swapping every one of those to OEM, because their Tesla certification contractually requires OEM replacement parts — the supplement is purely a parts-price difference, about $1,900, with zero additional labor. The insurer declined it. An adjuster went to the shop in person and no agreement was reached.

So now: my insurer says pay the $1,900 yourself. My shop says don't, because if you pay once they'll do it on every supplement — and there are more coming, since nobody has done ADAS calibration, diagnostic scans, or structural measurement, and nothing has diagnosed the pull. The check has already been issued. The car is sitting partially disassembled with OEM parts already ordered. If I move it, it goes out in pieces.

Has anyone gotten an insurer to fund OEM at a manufacturer-certified shop? Is there an argument beyond "the practical effect of your parts spec is that no certified shop in my area can perform this repair"? And has anyone taken the payout and sold the car damaged instead of repairing it — how did that math work out?

yo question...or advice

Been using a Mac Studio M3 Ultra 256GB / 4TB / 28c / 60c for a few months now. Mainly video editing/color work in DaVinci, capture one, photoshop.. It's been awesome, never struggled with anything.

Somehow managed to get my hands on a 512GB / 2TB / 32c / 80c version. The unicorn machine that Apple seems to be phasing out due to ram shortages.. Still sealed in box.

Now I'm torn on which one to actually use as my main.

256GB / 4TB

-already set up, dialed in for my workflow

-4TB internal is huge, I'd actually use it

-I've literally never come close to using all 256GB

512GB / 2TB:

-Beefier chip (32c/80c vs 28c/60c)

-Wild amount of RAM if I get into local AI stuff

-It's basically a unicorn at this point

The AI thing is what keeps nagging at me. I've messed with LM Studio a bit on the 256 and it's cool to be able to use some of the models there... Most of my AI use is just Claude and ChatGPT anyway. But part of me wonders if I'd actually go deeper on local stuff if I had the headroom. I'm using Hermes on my old MacBook Pro and I know I can set it to talk to my Mac Studio via ssh.

The 2TB internal is what bugs me most honestly. I'd need an external for project files and I keep about 1TB of Dropbox synced.

For anyone who actually owns or has used the 80c version — is the chip difference noticeable doing video work day to day? Anyone using 512GB for AI and finding it actually worth it or is it more theoretical?

Just want some real perspective from people who use these machines.