Trabor

With all the discussion of High pixel cameras (eg D800 ) long telephoto lenses tripods etc one related item seems to have not been discussed, the relatively new "Filter/sharpen/shake reduction"

I have the D800 with the new Nikon 80-400G zoom which I carry on my bird walks, thinking of adding a monopod

Even with the rather good VR I sometimes find that shake blur is noticeable at anything less than 1/1000, which frequently is fine on a reasonable day particularly if one is flexible on higher ISO,s

So I have been playing with the aforementioned shake reduction filter, which I find in some limited situations to provide remarkable results.
It works best with low noise shots without any prior sharpening

One of the interesting features of the software is a graphic of the routines analysis of shake and other noise if any in the picture- I think that it has helped in improving my technique by proving visual feedback

And dispite what the book says it can help with birds in flight as long as wings are not flapping

However I have not found any particularly useful tutorials on use of the routine, books will just list the controls and give them names without really explaining (well smoothing is obvious and artifact suppression adjusts the amount of correction where high numbers give less correction)

Has anyone had any experience or thoughts on this subject

imageal Loc: Ocala, FL

Thank you for posting this question. I too have been perplexed by the lack of useful information on the specific impact of the settings in this filter. Lesa Snider, in a webinar, said to just apply the settings that Photoshop CC presents since the filter is doing what she thinks is the best possible analysis. I tend to question whether that is actually true. I hope you get some good responses to your post.
-imageal

Rongnongno Loc: FL

That filter uses linear motion correction. As such you cannot correct a bird flapping as the motion is curved and in two directions. You also cannot correct motion that is jagged.

You can try to use a selection and correct some of it but it will look funky.

The 'shake' filter is useful, up to a point. Do not rely on that particular filter to improve your pictures. This is a crutch, a good one but not one desirable in the future.

minniev Loc: MIssissippi

Though it is not a substitute for sufficiently high shutter speed and appropriate technical capture variables, it does help as a last resort in trying to make the most of a shot with accidental motion blur. Here's a link to a photo I tried it on, posted both with and without the "shake reduction" filter. These guineas were hustling to get away from me, and they are serious head bobbers so I had two kinds of motion going on in addition to what I was creating myself while trying to keep up with them. Not perfect but it helped. I just let the filter figure itself out.
http://www.uglyhedgehog.com/t-177536-1.html

Trabor

I am glad I am not the only one
In my experience the default setting will sometimes work, but almost always with my setup, a minimum setting (10 px ) for "blur trace bounds"
whatever they are , will work better as the default usually way overdoes things, likewise for the artifact control, larger numbers are usually better

Yes does not work on birds when wings are flapping, the analysis graphic will tell you if linear motion is detected with no flapping

The functionality of the Noise setting is also unknown

This is a Tool. if it improves imperfect pictures that are imperfect for reasons beyond my control and brings them closer to reality then I will use it