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Video Image Stabilization?

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Jerry-astro
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Re: Video Image Stabilization?

Zoba132 wrote:

Thank you. the only OIS lens I got are the stock lens: XC 16-50 mm f/3.5-5.6 OIS. And it isn't amazing. That because OIS perform better on the higher ends? or OIS is OIS and if I want better OIS I should get an upgrade to body with build-in OIS?

If you find yourself shooting a lot in situations with challenging lighting, you might well find IBIS to be a very useful feature.  It was one of the major things that got me interested in the X-H1, and more recently, it’s replacement, the X-H2S.  The obvious advantage of IBIS is the fact that it will provide stabilization for any lens, with or without OIS.  In my case, I really wanted to have the optical and aperture advantages of the 16-55 over the 18-55 I used previously, but I didn’t want to have to give up stabilization.  IBIS was the obvious solution to that and I’ve found it to be very effective in situations where lighting is challenging and the use of a tripod might be less than convenient.  If you happen to be using a lens with OIS on a camera that also supports IBIS, the two are supposed to work together to provide more optimal stabilization.

Bottom line: if you value stabilization and shoot a lot in situations where it might more readily enable hand held photography (rather than requiring a tripod), then the feature can end up being pretty valuable.  If the sort of photography you do tends to require a tripod anyway, then the benefit might be a bit less obvious.

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