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RF 100-500 Image Stabilization Mode for Birds??

Started 5 months ago | Questions thread
apersson850 Senior Member • Posts: 2,076
Re: RF 100-500 Image Stabilization Mode for Birds??
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Karl_Guttag wrote:

Mode 3 is more for when the subject is jumping about somewhat erratically. You don't want the IS to be trying to stabilize until you are ready to shoot. If your animals are jumping around, then mode 3 might make sense. If the bird is sweeping past you, then Mode 2 would probably be best.

The technical reason for this is that if you constantly have IS on while trying to follow a subject with erratic movement before actually taking the picture, then you risk that the IS has maxed out in the direction it needs to stabilize right when you take the picture. In such a case there's no stabilization possible, as it's "out of range".

By holding the IS until you actually take the picture, you start from center position and can stabilize in any direction.

This is the technical background. I've heard about people having success using this method when shooting ice hockey. If it works for birds I don't know. I don't find them very interesting as photographic subjects.

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