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Hasselblad XPan II

Hasselblad · XPan mount · 24×36mm standard or 24×65mm panorama on ordinary 135 cassettes, switchable frame by frame with the format selector, exactly as on the XPan. The 24×65 frame is not in this site's frame-size list, so only the standard frame is indexed above. · 2003

Also known as: Hasselblad XPan II · Hasselblad XPan 2 · Hasselblad X-Pan II · Hasselblad Xpan-ii · XPanII · Fuji TX-2 · Fujifilm TX-2 · ハッセルブラッド XPan II · フジ TX-2

Variants & identification

Variant Mount Years Serial ranges Production
Hasselblad XPan II XPan 2003–2006 — Hasselblad's history page gives approximately 5,500 XPan II cameras between 2003 and 2006; whether the Fuji-badged TX-2 is inside that figure is not stated
Fujifilm TX-2 XPan 2003–2006 — No separate figure published; Hasselblad's 5,500 may or may not include it
  1. Feature deltas from camera-wiki's XPan II page; the shutter, transport and meter specifications are carried from the XPan entry on the basis that camera-wiki and Sunrise Camera describe the structure as unchanged. The XPan II instruction manual has not been consulted, so no weight or dimensions are given here.
How to tell them apart (expand)
  • Same long, low body as the XPan — format selector on the top plate, 24×65mm gate visible with the back open — but with a rear LCD carrying ISO and compensation, no front ISO dial, and shutter speed shown in the finder
  • Self-timer with 2-second and 10-second delays (the XPan has 10 s only)
  • Lenses marked 'Hasselblad 4/45 mm', '4/90 mm' or '5.6/30 mm Aspherical' on the XPan II; 'SUPER-EBC FUJINON TX' on the TX-2

Hasselblad XPan II:

  • 'HASSELBLAD' on the front plate and 'XPan II' logotype on the top plate; Kamerastore lists the body under product code 3014020 (the XPan was 3014010)
  • No ISO dial on the front and no exposure-compensation ring on the drive dial — both moved to a rear LCD and its buttons (camera-wiki); the front plate is therefore plainer than the XPan's
  • Shutter speed displayed inside the finder, alongside the −/o/+ exposure symbols
  • Black finish, as on the XPan

Fujifilm TX-2:

  • 'FUJIFILM' and 'TX-2' engravings in place of the Hasselblad marks; lenses engraved SUPER-EBC FUJINON TX
  • Black finish — unlike the unpainted TX-1, so the TX-2 and XPan II differ only by engraving (camera-wiki)

Serial-range notes

Hasselblad-badged bodies
The XPan carried Hasselblad's post-1990 form — numeric product prefix (11) plus a two-letter VHPICTURES year code (SP = 2003, SI = 2004, SC = 2005, ST = 2006 would be the XPan II years). Whether the XPan II kept the 11 prefix, and how Fuji numbered the TX-2, has not been documented in any source consulted.

Specifications

Format
24×36mm standard or 24×65mm panorama on ordinary 135 cassettes, switchable frame by frame with the format selector, exactly as on the XPan. The 24×65 frame is not in this site's frame-size list, so only the standard frame is indexed above.
Finder
Coupled coincident-image rangefinder/viewfinder with ambient-light bright frames that switch for the lens fitted (45 or 90) and the format selected; shutter speed now displayed in the finder · 45mm, 90mm framelines · automatic — by lens fitted and format selected · automatic parallax correction
Shutter
Vertically travelling metal focal plane, electronically controlled — the XPan's shutter · 8s–1/1000 and B; B extended to 540 s (9 minutes) from the XPan's 270 s (camera-wiki; 35mmc) · flash sync 1/125 and slower, hot shoe; sync selectable at the start or the end of the exposure (camera-wiki) · self-timer
Film advance
Built-in motor, pre-wind type as on the XPan: the roll is wound onto the take-up spool on loading and each exposed frame is rewound into the cassette; automatic repositioning on a format change; single and continuous modes. The XPan II adds a leader-out rewind option (camera-wiki) and a multiple-exposure control.
Back
Hinged, non-removable; DX contacts; rear LCD with buttons for ISO, exposure compensation, self-timer and the new functions; the film-transport IR emitter/sensor sits behind it with reworked seals
Meter
TTL centre-weighted averaging as on the XPan, aperture-priority AE and manual; ISO 25–3200 by DX or by menu on the rear LCD (the XPan's front ISO dial is gone); exposure compensation set on the LCD rather than by the ring on the drive dial
Motor drive
Compatible — Built in — there is no manual advance and the camera does nothing without its two CR2 cells
Country
Japan
Original price
¥205,000 (JPY) for the Fujifilm TX-2 body at the September 2003 Japanese release, per AstroArts' report of Fuji's announcement. No US or European list price for the XPan II has been found. (today ¥233,000)
Accessories
Viewfinder XPan 30 — shoe-mounted finder with spirit level, supplied with the 30mm lens · Centre filters XPan 49mm (45mm lens) and 58mm (30mm lens) · Lens shades XPan for the 45 and 30 · Eyepiece correction lenses (interchangeable diopters) · Cable release

Camera-wiki lists the in-finder shutter-speed readout as the XPan II's addition; the exposure indicators (−, o, +) carry over from the XPan. Neither generation's manual publishes a magnification or rangefinder base length. The 30mm lens is framed with the separate shoe-mounted Viewfinder XPan 30, as before.

Figures we worked out rather than found: The VHPICTURES letter pairs for 2003–2006 (SP, SI, SC, ST) are this project's reading of Hasselblad Historical's code; no XPan II serial has been checked against them

Where sources disagree

First
  • 2003 — Hasselblad's XPan history page; camera-wiki's XPan II page; AstroArts (TX-2 released 4 September 2003)
  • 2004 — camera-wiki's Hasselblad overview page (2004–2006)

Better supported: 2003 (Hasselblad; AstroArts' dated release report)

Production
  • Approximately 5,500 between 2003 and 2006 — Hasselblad's XPan history page
  • 'A few tens of thousands across two generations' — Matthias Jambon-Puillet, Casual Photophile (for both generations together)

Better supported: Approximately 5,500 (Hasselblad)

Hasselblad does not say whether the Fuji-badged TX-2 is inside its figure; no Fuji figure has been found

What reviewers say

History

The XPan II is a revised control layout on an unchanged camera. Hasselblad’s own history page dates it 2003 to 2006 and gives its production as approximately 5,500 bodies; camera-wiki’s page on the model calls it “a minor revision” of the 1998 XPan, and Sunrise Camera’s Japanese account says the same of the TX-2 — improvements from user feedback with the structure left alone. The maker was, as before, Fuji Photo Film: Marco Cavina’s account of the first XPan has it developed entirely by Fuji, and AstroArts’ report of the TX-2 announcement describes the two badges as a joint development released simultaneously. In Japan Fuji announced the TX-2 on 22 August 2003 for sale on 4 September 2003 at ¥205,000 for the body; that is the only list price found for either badge, and the Hasselblad-badged camera’s American or European price is unknown.

The changes are well documented because they are all that changed. Camera-wiki’s list: the ISO dial left the front plate for a rear LCD and its buttons, which also took over exposure compensation from the ring on the drive dial; the shutter speed became visible in the finder next to the −/o/+ exposure symbols; a 2-second self-timer joined the 10-second one; B was extended from the XPan’s 270 seconds to 9 minutes (540 s, per 35mmc and others), still electronically timed on the two CR2 cells; flash synchronisation could be set to the start or the end of the exposure; a leader-out rewind and a multiple-exposure control were added; and the seals around the film-transport infrared sensor were reworked to reduce the fogging of infrared film that the XPan manual had warned about. Hamish Gill’s 35mmc review records the trade the redesign made — the finder readout was, in his word, indispensable, but ISO and compensation ended up “locked in clumsy menus”, so that the original XPan looked easier to use.

Everything else is the XPan. The dual 24×36/24×65 format switched frame by frame, the pre-wind motor transport, the 8 s–1/1000 vertical electronic shutter with sync at 1/125, the centre-weighted TTL meter, the coupled rangefinder with frames for the 45 and 90 and a shoe finder for the 30, and the three lenses — which interchange between generations — are all carried over; the specifications in this entry’s table are the XPan’s on that basis, since the XPan II manual has not been consulted and no weight or dimensions are asserted here. Cosmetically the second generation is black on both badges: camera-wiki notes that the TX-2 abandoned the TX-1’s unpainted finish, so an XPan II and a TX-2 differ only in their engravings, where the first generation could be told apart at a glance.

Production ended in 2006, Hasselblad says, when EU regulations on electronic components would have required a redesign that was not undertaken — the RoHS reading is the usual one, though Hasselblad’s page does not name the directive. Its figure of about 5,500 is a fraction of the roughly 16,800 first-generation bodies, and it does not say whether TX-2 sales are inside it; Matthias Jambon-Puillet’s “a few tens of thousands across two generations” in Casual Photophile is the only competing estimate and is not sourced. Camera-wiki’s Hasselblad overview page lists 2004–2006 against 2003 elsewhere, which the dated Japanese release settles in favour of 2003 for the TX-2 at least.

Long-term reports are mixed in the way the XPan’s are. David Mantripp bought an XPan II after losing his XPan to seawater and kept using it; Gill sold his after eighteen months and five rolls. What remains open: a Hasselblad launch date and price for the XPan II itself; the body’s weight and any serial prefix or block, since no XPan II serial has been checked against the VHPICTURES code; whether 5,500 counts the TX-2; and whether any internal change beyond the sensor seals accompanied the new controls. ePHOTOzine’s contemporary review, found by search but not read for this entry, may hold the UK launch price.

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Related: Hasselblad XPan

Lenses for this body: Hasselblad 30mm f/5.6 (XPan) · Hasselblad 45mm f/4 (XPan) · Hasselblad 90mm f/4 (XPan)

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