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Jan 11, 2019 10:10:27   #
IDguy Loc: Idaho
 
dpReview just published a comparison of the latest Sony and Nikon mirrorless cameras image stabilization systems. The results are interesting for a number of reasons and likely typical of other current generation image stabilization systems.

They show that the old rule of thumb for 1/lens mm for full frame was a pretty good rule for full frame cameras without image stabilization. But image stabilization blows that away. The test also shows the utility of taking multiple images and picking out the sharpest ones.

I’d post the link but then the thread will get moved to links and no one will look at it.

I’d appreciate discussion of the test and results. What should our new rule be with image stabilization?

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Jan 11, 2019 10:16:20   #
Fotoartist Loc: Detroit, Michigan
 
Shooting multiple images works frequently for me.

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Jan 11, 2019 10:19:28   #
Mac Loc: Pittsburgh, Philadelphia now Hernando Co. Fl.
 
IDguy wrote:
I’d post the link but then the thread will get moved to links and no one will look at it.


Your assumption that posts in Links and Resources are not looked at is incorrect. Maybe you don't look in L&R but that doesn't mean that others don't. There is a lot of good information in L&R and it is worth visiting. Give it a try, you will also see that more people than you imagine are there looking too.

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Jan 11, 2019 10:27:15   #
bsprague Loc: Lacey, WA, USA
 
"What should our new rule be with image stabilization?"

That no longer works. There is no rule. That's because it will vary by brand, model, lens and how shaky the shooter is.

I have a camera with stabilization that "talks" to a lens that also has stabilization. I can shoot at senseless, rule breaking shutter speeds. It is a new normal.

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Jan 11, 2019 10:34:18   #
Tomcat5133 Loc: Gladwyne PA
 
Good question. I am not much on numbers. Like to use product and see how good stabilization is.
I have Sony camcorder and FF mirrorless a7s II with stabilization now. I think their stabilization is quite good. Have seen the youtube running with the camera videos that is helpful. What amazes me is this camcorder I owned had a floating lens that was amazing. Like you were working with a steadicam. Footage was good etc. Sony HXR-NX30U Palm Size NXCAM HD Camcorder with Projector & 96GB HDD (Discontinued by Manufacturer) I sold mine after shooting Triathlons and sporting events with it. Sold in a few days and ought Sony PXW X70. This camera was under 2k I think. Its system was too good. I have the Sony a6300 a great aps-c. Doesnt have stabilization. Lens are stabilized. The camera without a stabilized lens will really tell you what happens. It is really not good without it handheld. Testing seem to me not helpful.
If you know about shutter speed and how to hold the camera in different situations you should be OK.
Here is the NX30U. I had great results. Sony put it back on the shelf it was good. Good luck.



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Jan 11, 2019 10:48:20   #
CHG_CANON Loc: the Windy City
 
What is effective to avoid being sent directly the L&R is to post the link URL later in the results rather than the text of the first post. I believe it's a software sweeper rather than human that does the reassignment to L&R.

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Jan 11, 2019 11:22:23   #
Linda From Maine Loc: Yakima, Washington
 
My rule changed when I became more wobbly, or as bsprague says, "how shaky the shooter is." That is first consideration for many. Otherwise, why not just test the limits of one's own gear by taking multiple shots whenever possible, until a "personal number" is established.

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Jan 11, 2019 11:24:16   #
bsprague Loc: Lacey, WA, USA
 
This might be the article: https://www.dpreview.com/articles/5876118090/image-stablization-showdown-nikon-z7-vs-sony-a7r-iii

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Jan 11, 2019 11:28:26   #
CHG_CANON Loc: the Windy City
 
Linda From Maine wrote:
My rule changed when I became more wobbly, or as bsprague says, "how shaky the shooter is." That is first consideration for many. Otherwise, why not just test the limits of one's own gear by taking multiple shots whenever possible, until a "personal number" is established.

You'd have to shoot rather than read and rant on the internet ....

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Jan 11, 2019 11:29:57   #
Linda From Maine Loc: Yakima, Washington
 
CHG_CANON wrote:
You'd have to shoot rather than read and rant on the internet ....
This topic has started out optimistically and thoughtfully. By tomorrow, your projection will likely have come true.

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Jan 11, 2019 11:55:06   #
Brokenland
 
here's what image stabilization means to me. technically IS is used for composing video work and not so much still photography as the tripod would or should be used. I had the notion to use IS when shooting still life without a tripod simply because my hand shake. But with the correct aperture and ISO setting, the speed of the camera should make up for the shakiness. So I've had my eyes set of mostly IS lenses, but realize IS may or may not allow me the freedom to capture a subject as I would have expected. Thus IS should be used for video work and not single or still photography.

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Jan 11, 2019 12:17:01   #
CHG_CANON Loc: the Windy City
 
All the vendors will surely mourn the loss of the one misinformed customer who limits their photography to situations and lighting where they have a third-party tripod available. Meanwhile, the industry will continue to build and sell lenses and bodies for all forms of photography, selling more than 25-million cameras to the worldwide market in 2017. The use of VR/IS enabled lenses or in-body stabilized mirrorless cameras is not mutually exclusive to using a tripod.

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Jan 11, 2019 12:41:26   #
speters Loc: Grangeville/Idaho
 
IDguy wrote:
dpReview just published a comparison of the latest Sony and Nikon mirrorless cameras image stabilization systems. The results are interesting for a number of reasons and likely typical of other current generation image stabilization systems.

They show that the old rule of thumb for 1/lens mm for full frame was a pretty good rule for full frame cameras without image stabilization. But image stabilization blows that away. The test also shows the utility of taking multiple images and picking out the sharpest ones.

I’d post the link but then the thread will get moved to links and no one will look at it.

I’d appreciate discussion of the test and results. What should our new rule be with image stabilization?
dpReview just published a comparison of the latest... (show quote)

I frankly can not see anything that's new or news in here.

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Jan 11, 2019 17:45:58   #
IDguy Loc: Idaho
 
speters wrote:
I frankly can not see anything that's new or news in here.


Try reading the article.

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Jan 11, 2019 18:44:53   #
IDguy Loc: Idaho
 


It is.

One thing I didn’t like about the report, and maybe the test, is that it doesn’t take into account photographer variation on hand holding technique. They should replicate the results with at least three photographers. They don’t explicitly state if one photographer took all the test images.

Nonetheless it graphically illustrates that with image stabilization you can get sharp handheld images at shutter speeds much less than the rule of thumb. Maybe a starting new rule should be the lens mm divided by 16 (4 stops)?

It also shows that image stabilization is quite effective for wide angle lenses.

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