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GH4 and 14-140 stabilization issue

Started Jun 22, 2014 | Discussions thread
OP Vesku Senior Member • Posts: 2,964
Re: GH4 and 14-140 stabilization issue

Markr041 wrote:

The jitter is a big issue for 4K, and not just from your lens. Do you shoot using the viewfinder or the lcd? Using the viewfinder up against your face adds stability compared with holding the camera with arms extended to view the lcd. There are holding techniques that help with stability. If you do not want to use tripod/monopod you might try practicing these techniques. Maybe they work, maybe not.

I am with you; I cannot carry around a tripod.

Thanks for feed back. I briefly thought I am again alone with my issues.

I have tried shooting with EVF and with several holding positions with LCD. I was surprised when my normal quite steady holding which worked fine with 14-42mm MEGA OIS was not steady enough for the new lens even in 14mm. I must hold camera very very carefully and steady if I want to kill that fast vibration. Even shooting with EVF is not helping much.

The new 14-140 has great stabilization for movement but in some reason it is very hard to get good static shots.

When shooting 4k handheld with some sharpening video is very restless because sharpening pulsates according to vibration in frame. Slow shutter and zero sharpening is way to go I think but I like sharp videos so there is a dilemma.

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