p.1 #1 · Hasselblad X2D Mark II: Handheld or Tripod
Just for kicks, I have to see the difference between handholding the new Hasselblad X2D2 and using a light tripod. See for yourself. Here are two images taken with the Mark II and the XCD 20-35 E lens, one handheld and one on tripod. Of course, the handheld version depends upon your hands and how you hold it,. However, from my experience, although the handheld version is quite good, the tripod is considerably better, as I wondered about and expected. So, if I have the patience and time, I will continue use a tripod to get that difference, which is still there.
p.1 #5 · Hasselblad X2D Mark II: Handheld or Tripod
MichaelErlewine wrote:
Just for kicks, I have to see the difference between handholding the new Hasselblad X2D2 and using a light tripod. See for yourself. Here are two images taken with the Mark II and the XCD 20-35 E lens, one handheld and one on tripod. Of course, the handheld version depends upon your hands and how you hold it,. However, from my experience, although the handheld version is quite good, the tripod is considerably better, as I wondered about and expected. So, if I have the patience and time, I will continue use a tripod to get that difference, which is still there....Show more →
Certainly, it wouldn’t be worse, but without specifics isn’t this quite a generalization? Are we looking at IBIS with Phocus app active? At what shutter speeds are the benefits of using a tripod minimized?
p.1 #6 · Hasselblad X2D Mark II: Handheld or Tripod
I am not sure what your point is, given that the position of the camera is totally different. You probably are twice as close with the tripod shot.
IBIS impact is very much a YMMV situation. High magnification shots are the most demanding. Should you use a tripod or faster shutter with higher magnification? Yes. Photography 101.
You don’t even mention the shutter speed used.
A tripod will always be more still than not. Poor technique will always be worse than good technique.
Plenty of halfway decent photographers have obtained very sharp results at even 2sec handheld with that camera. Is that its ideal use case? No. If you can’t shoot a flower handheld with 35mm focal length at 1/5 sec on a modern camera body, the fault is technique.
p.1 #7 · Hasselblad X2D Mark II: Handheld or Tripod
Both photos taken with XCD 20-35mm lens
The top photo was F/6.3 and 1/13, ISO 50
The lower or second photo was F/8, and 1/25, ISO 50
Summer is gone and bitter winter is here. In mid-December were getting weather like late January, zero or -5 F.
Those photos were early on. I am so tripod oriented that if possible I still am using a tripod, just habit and I always get the best image. Where I have no time or whatever for a tripod, taking handheld shots works pretty often, yet depend on the wind, shaky hands, light, and all the regular conditions.
I have most of the XCD lenses I need. I sold my XCD 135 and teleconverter, but now I wish I had not. I will probably have to get another copy, because I like what it can do, although most of my work is still life. Here is a shot taken with the XCD135 and teleconverter. I don't really need the XCD 135; I just like it. I have not gotten the new XCD 35-100 although I might. It is just to big and heavy and I have the primes that will fit in that range. How important do you feel the XCD 35-100 is?
