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GX85 IBIS question
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What is the situation when you would want partial stabilization? My guess is that if a lens is performing poorly it is either an older lens or it should have a firmware update to correct that issue or and I hope this isn't the issue (the lens is broken).
I have multiple lenses both IS and non IS primes, and I can't really tell a difference with the various lenses. Either I want it on or I don't. (I leave it on 99% of the time).
phil from seattle
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On an olympus body, you can have OIS or IBIS (though not both for Panny lenses). There are cases where one works better than the other.
Can you give an example of when one is better than the other? (I am serious and not trolling here). If there is a real example I want to know.
phil from seattle
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I recall reading that some lenses' OIS handles panning differently than IBIS. I recall something about video as well but I don't pay close attention to that.
On my PL100-400 I shoot with OIS off as it seems that I get slightly better results with IBIS.
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I think they have firmware updates for most of the first versions of Mega OIS to make it dual IS. And all the new Power OIS II lenses are compatible with Dual IS and Dual IS 2 which is on the G9 and GH5
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It was the same on my GX7 years ago. It was either ibis or nothing at all and would not let me use ois on my lenses,which in my case with the 14-42 and 12-35 happened to perform better and more consistently at longer focal lengths. I'm sure the gx85 and gx9 and other newer models ibis perform much better but as a user, I would like to have the control and the option to choose.
The difference with the Dual IS cameras is that the OIS and IBIS can work together simultaneously. That's something the GX7 never had.
That is something Olympus also didn't have until they released their own OIS lenses (300mm and 12-100mm f/4) for "Sync IS" in the E-M1 II.
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I assume you know it well that the IBIS of GX7, which is the first of Pany, is a very primitive one and when I tested 14 f/2.5 on it, merely 1~1.5 stop effective stabilisation only. Using the Lens OIS say the older 14~45, can be around 3 stops. I think the option is clear, no reason to go for the IBIS.
For GX85 etc Dual IS support models, Dual IS is taking advantage of both. No reason to think about either the less effective lens IS or IBIS. For non Dual IS lenses, there must be a reason for Pany to use lens IS over IBIS.
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For GX85 etc Dual IS support models, Dual IS is taking advantage of both. No reason to think about either the less effective lens IS or IBIS. For non Dual IS lenses, there must be a reason for Pany to use lens IS over IBIS.
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