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An un-stabilized brick?

Started Apr 14, 2022 | Discussions thread
michaeladawson Forum Pro • Posts: 18,315
Re: An un-stabilized brick?
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Robmas4229 wrote:

I'm sure there are some of you out there. What are your thoughts and experiences with shooting the non-OIS, XF 16-55, on an X body that has no IBIS? Do you find you frequently need to use a tripod or monopod to steady the beast? Are you having to constantly worry about keeping your SS at a high enough speed? I'm considering this to pair up with my XT3 and am not interested in either of the X bodies that offer IBIS.

Thank you in advance for your input.

-Rob

Having shot with advanced digital camera systems since the early 2000s I can say that there is no need to have image stabilization in a lens of this focal length.

That is not to say that having stabilization wouldn't be a nice option to have available.  But in the interest of transparency, I don't take a lot of low light, ambient light photos.  If I'm taking indoor photos I'm using a flash.

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