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R8-no ibis vs. R6 MKll - Ibis

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ZX11
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Re: R8-no ibis vs. R6 MKll - Ibis
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Ephemeris wrote:

ZX11 wrote:

SafariBob wrote:

j tokarz wrote:

Years and years ago no cameras had ibis or anything like it. Nothing on the lenses either. Go back in time and look at the fantastic sharp picture. 1940s to 1990.

Well daytime at f8 is not too demanding

IBIS sounds very useful,...for a very very specific shot. Very dark still life where your hand is the best support. Not handy for other shots where the subject might move or the shutter speed is above 1/30sec or you have a monopod.

It's not even handy for long telephoto where every movement is magnified a lot so lens stabilization is needed. The more I read this thread, the more specific and limited IBIS sounds. A gimmick to sell bodies with over hyped "you need IBIS" marketing. I need it as much as I need one of those 1980's zig zag decorative car antennas glued to the camera.

I don't think that's an accurate conclusion. When we had our first R5 we had an R as well. The keeper rate with the R5 improved and the ability to shoot a stop less shutter speed.

That's not a gimmick it's a system that is actively delivering positive results.

You don't run into subject motion problems?  Eye blurred at that stop less shutter speed because they are not holding still enough?

That is for people or animal shots,  for landscape and city scene photogs, I'm surprised a tripod or monopod wouldn't be standard in their tool kit anyway.  Hence, not seeing the value of IBIS.

Admittedly, I did have one time I thought IBIS would be handy where I was at 1/100th and stopped down a bit with the RF 85 f1.2 to get three people in focus together and my trigger finger was sloppy/rushed.  Lots of camera shake I had to reposition and think about to eliminate.

IBIS, or lens IS, would have let me hold the camera unsteadily and roughly snap the shutter button while the results stayed sharp.  At least, I think it would.

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