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Does optical stabilization help with slow shutter speed handheld photos? and got a better answer
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Well, don't get your hopes up with a big one. Let's say you have a Kit lens 18-55mm. If 18mm without the stab will let you shoot handheld at 1/30 or so, with the stab you can shoot at 1/20 - 1/18 if you have a sniper shutter speed?
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Well, don't get your hopes up with a big one. Let's say you have a Kit lens 18-55mm. If at 18mm without the stab it will let you shoot handheld no longer than 1/30 or so, with the stab you can shoot 1/20 - 1/18 if you have a sniper shutter speed.
Well, don't get your hopes up with a big one. Let's say you have a Kit lens 18-55mm. If at 18mm without the stab it will let you shoot handheld no longer than 1/30 or so, with the stab you can shoot 1/20 - 1/18 if you have a sniper shutter speed.
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uh-huh.
uh-huh.
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It helps, but not really. The best stabilizer is a tripod.
It helps, but not really. The best stabilizer is a tripod.
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Of course it helps. That's its primary purpose in photography.
Of course it helps. That's its primary purpose in photography.
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Only when you're shooting stationary objects. people don't usually fall into that category.
Only when you're shooting stationary objects. people don't usually fall into that category.
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Very helpful, especially with the stack on the sensor. The xf18-55 2.8-4 lens allows you to shoot handheld at a shutter speed of 1/15 sec. The stab on the sensor in the Olympus allows you to shoot at a shutter speed of 1 sec, some athletes manage to hold up to 15 sec, but those are isolated cases.
Very helpful, especially with the stack on the sensor. The xf18-55 2.8-4 lens allows you to shoot handheld at a shutter speed of 1/15 sec. The stab on the sensor in the Olympus allows you to shoot at a shutter speed of 1 sec, some athletes manage to hold up to 15 sec, but those are isolated cases.
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it helps, and it's not bad, especially if it's a 5-axis stab on the sensor
it helps, and it's not bad, especially if it's a 5-axis stab on the sensor
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Yes, but don't flatter yourself.
Yes, but don't flatter yourself.
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I shoot 1/25, 1/40 with confidence. But I wouldn't call it a slow shutter speed.
I shoot 1/25, 1/40 with confidence. But I wouldn't call it a slow shutter speed.
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. let's just say stabilization confidently dampens hand shake But no amount of stabilization evens out more serious fluctuations.
. let's just say stabilization confidently dampens hand shake But no amount of stabilization evens out more serious fluctuations.
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Yes, it sure does, it feels like it.
Yes, it sure does, it feels like it.
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no.
no.
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It helps, but you have to know your capabilities and the limits to where stabilization helps. Don't expect that if without stabilization the shot was ruined by blur, with stabilization on it becomes sharp. Rather, you should treat it this way: if under the given conditions, when shooting handheld, some of the shots show little, non-critical blur when viewed at 1:1 scale for publication on the web, then there will be far fewer of those shots once the stabilizer is turned on.
It helps, but you have to know your capabilities and the limits to where stabilization helps. Don't expect that if without stabilization the shot was ruined by blur, with stabilization on it becomes sharp. Rather, you should treat it this way: if under the given conditions, when shooting handheld, some of the shots show little, non-critical blur when viewed at 1:1 scale for publication on the web, then there will be far fewer of those shots once the stabilizer is turned on.
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helps
helps
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Stabilization does not do miracles and saves only from a very small natural shaking of the hands at very slow shutter speeds stabilizer will not help, because it itself is gradually withdrawing It does not eliminate the movement completely because there are no stops, but only greatly slows it down in fact. And only within a narrow range of the amplitude of motion in general - it's not a panacea and not a magic wand And at slow shutter speeds and uses a tripod, and stabilization is disabled, because when the camera is fixed stabilizer itself will start to make the shake, shifting smoothly
Stabilization does not do miracles and saves only from a very small natural shaking of the hands at very slow shutter speeds stabilizer will not help, because it itself is gradually withdrawing It does not eliminate the movement completely because there are no stops, but only greatly slows it down in fact. And only within a narrow range of the amplitude of motion in general - it's not a panacea and not a magic wand And at slow shutter speeds and uses a tripod, and stabilization is disabled, because when the camera is fixed stabilizer itself will start to make the shake, shifting smoothly