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Image stabilization quality with Olympus 40-150 2.8 PRO at 150. EM5 vs EM1

Started Dec 23, 2014 | Questions thread
OP Skolo New Member • Posts: 9
Re: Image stabilization quality with Olympus 40-150 2.8 PRO at 150. EM5 vs EM1
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Thank you Bob,

It happened that your reply being not about the "problem" I asked of still has brought me to the solution I googled for this "1/8 sec" delay - Anti shock function and found this article.

http://thumati.com/chronicle/2013/4/7/setting-up-olympus-omd-em5

And somehow the sentence: "Also set Half Way Rls With Is to On so that image stabilizer will continue to work while you're holding the shutter button down, which is useful when shooting continuously, and keeps the image in the viewfinder stabilized when holding the shutter halfway down.

This let me know how stupid I was - I mean that all this year I simply did not know that "stabilization" effect I can quite clearly see on both LCD and VF when shooting (I really see it when shake camera) is not OMD's IS in action   It appeared that real stabilization with default settings is not visible - it happens only during the shot itself. This explains why IS works perfectly in video mode.
I have changed this as above and was greatly impressed how strong it is even on 150mm. Fantastic, I love my OM-D even more now.

I have set 1/8 sec delay too, the first impression - it is a bit annoying, it is quite noticeable and I probably need some time to get used to it. In the head it is similar to an old smartphone lag and it irritates. I do believe that for 150mm in MFT it can be very useful.

Appreciating your kind hint,

Sergey.

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