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OIS performance - 16-50 S vs 50-150 S

Started Apr 26, 2016 | Discussions thread
bpjod Contributing Member • Posts: 870
Re: OIS performance - 16-50 S vs 50-150 S

I've been through 3 copies of the 16-50S. All, including my current one, have had problems with the OIS when the camera is first turned on. The first couple copies took a couple minutes for the OIS to work properly. Until then the image is actually far worse than if OIS is turned off.

My third and current copy takes about 30s to settle down and work properly. I decided I could live with that and gave up exchanging lenses looking for a good copy. It's a bit of a nuisance as I have to turn on the camera and either turn off OIS or wait 30s before taking a photo. I tend to leave the camera on and carry a spare battery to avoid this problem now.

Other than Samsung seemingly abandoning the NX line without any official word, this is my only big complaint about my NX1/500 system. My other quibbles are all pretty minor.

This problem doesn't exist with the 50-150S.

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