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How many of GX9's "5-axis IBIS" are actually IB?

Started Feb 20, 2018 | Discussions thread
atomic77 New Member • Posts: 17
Re: How many of GX9's "5-axis IBIS" are actually IB?

I hope this old thread is appriopriate to my question, because it's still unclear for me.

Can anyone say what is really GX9 stabilization like? I made a lot of web research, including this thread, and still don't know, if:

1. IBIS + OIS are 4-stops only when used both as Dual I.S.

2. or IBIS is 4-stops alone, even with unstabilized lenses, plus stabilized lense as an addition.

There are not many tests or reviews of gx9 (much more about G9), and the ones I found says about 4-stops or 6.5-stops (I think it's mistakely taken from G9).

The official specification says: "Image sensor shift type (5-axis / 4-stop*), Dual I.S. compatible/*" witch in my opinion is the first one, the sensor is 4-sops. But on another official page Panasonic says "The 5-axis Dual I.S. works (...) and makes it possible to use a 4-stop slower shutter speed".

I'm asking, because Olympus e-m10 iii specification says about 4-stops IBIS and I wanted to compare, how GX9 works with non-Dual IS lenses. I know it's just theoretical anyways.

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