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RP or M6 mk II

Started Sep 27, 2020 | Discussions thread
Alastair Norcross
Alastair Norcross Veteran Member • Posts: 9,874
Re: RP or M6 mk II
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nnowak wrote:

Alastair Norcross wrote:

(IS) is irrelevant to me, because I shoot portraits of living things, which move, even when they're trying not to. I'm usually at 1/125 or faster for portraits. IS is irrelevant for me in this use case. If I shot portraits of corpses, I would probably appreciate the IS, but I don't, so I don't.

The whole 1/focal length rule came from a time when everyone shot film, most lenses were not very sharp, and people were not printing big. High density sensors like that in the M6 II push things even further. Your 1/125 - 1/200 is what I would consider the bare minimum for the 56mm f/1.4 of crop.

Yes, that's what I said. I also consider it a bare minimum for portraits.

I shoot sports, and often at shutter speeds above 1/4000. My shots with IS come out sharper than the shots with it off. AF and tracking also tend to work better when the image is stabilized.

Yes, and for sports I use lenses with IS.

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