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Deliberating on kit for event and portraiture. 16-55, or others?

Started Dec 11, 2018 | Discussions thread
Erik Baumgartner Senior Member • Posts: 6,893
Re: Deliberating on kit for event and portraiture. 16-55, or others?

hotaruhikari wrote:

That's good to hear. Heaviness was a slight concern, but as it has very similar weight to the 24-105 which I've used in the past, I should be able to handle it.

Regarding flashes, I suppose I should get a few in case I need them. I personally dislike the artificial look they create, but in some particularly dark venues I could see them being particularly useful.

How do you find hand-holding the 16-55 in dark conditions? I find that anything less than 1/125th often causes motion blur in people (thus why I don't prioritise stabilization), but I've only used stabilised zooms in the past.

There are occasional situations where OIS would be nice, but I’m almost always around  1/125” or higher (1/60” is usually ok too). I use it with the Meike handgrips on my X-T2 and XT20 without issue. The size and heft of the 16-55 (not nearly as big or heavy as people make it out to be) helps make it easy to hold steady. On the 50-140 the OIS is very helpful.

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