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18-55mm kit lens OIS discussion

Started Mar 5, 2014 | Discussions
farmersride Junior Member • Posts: 35
18-55mm kit lens OIS discussion

I am trying to learn a bit more about the 18-55mm OIS lens that comes kitted with North American NX300 cameras.

Does the OIS have any noticeable detrimental impacts on image quality in any shooting mode or lighting condition that you have noticed?

Have you done much or any shooting with OIS off? and why?

Does this particular lens's OIS system automatically detect panning or tripod?

How much more battery life are you able to get if you turn OIS off?

Samsung NX 18-55mm F3.5-5.6 OIS Samsung NX300
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ttbek Veteran Member • Posts: 4,869
Re: 18-55mm kit lens OIS discussion

farmersride wrote:

I am trying to learn a bit more about the 18-55mm OIS lens that comes kitted with North American NX300 cameras.

Does the OIS have any noticeable detrimental impacts on image quality in any shooting mode or lighting condition that you have noticed?

I haven't noticed any based on that.  Maybe some for using a tripod with it on or having the still mode set while panning (or vice versa), that kind of thing.  I didn't notice any issues from the lighting or shooting mode though.

Have you done much or any shooting with OIS off? and why?

I've turned it off for shooting birds though now that I own the 50-200 I'm turning it off on that one rather that the 18-55.  This is because while trying to track the birds is like panning, I find it to be more variable in direction for smaller birds.  Also I would want to switch between that the two modes all the time because I'm also getting still shots of the birds chilling on branches, etc.. I would also turn it off if I was using a tripod, thought that isn't very often for me.

Does this particular lens's OIS system automatically detect panning or tripod?

Nope, there are two selectable modes in the menu.  The 1st is for stills and the second is for panning.  There is also an option to turn off the OIS, which is what you would want for tripod.

How much more battery life are you able to get if you turn OIS off?

Hmm, really not sure on this one, I haven't tested it explicitly.

I actually find the OIS to be very effective with the 18-55, note that I have the OIS III version, though I'm not sure if there are differences in the OIS functionality of the versions of the lens or not.

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