Re: Pre-order: Sony A7C Compact Full Frame ($1,798)
Holger wrote: chez wrote: mdvaden wrote:
Also, there are plenty of pros with unsteady hands. So what's noted about the IBIS is worth considering.
Again, it depends on what one is shooting. Shooting events typically IS does nothing for you. Shooting still subjects like landscapes or architecture, I'd use a tripod over any IS to get better results.
Shooting events professionally I can only second that. Steady hands give you nothing as usually motion blur is to be avoided and creeps in easily. You can't afford risking key moments by playing with SS.
With the A7riv one needs to increase SS quite a lot to avoid that, esp. when shooting with A9ii normally, to get pixel sharp images.
For landscapes I prefer tripod, careful composition and multiple exposures. I don't see any value in doing half baked shots which aren't potential keepers later. Waste of time.
I understand that people always say IS does nothing for moving subjects and so doesn't work with people who are not posing. I think this is only partially true.
First, when shooting people in candid settings, there is almost always a moment of of pause, even with an active and energetic child. IS is useful if one uses those moments of pause and can markedly increase the number of keepers and of very sharp images.
The second point I am uncertain and speculating about: I would assume that sources of movement blur is additive, so if your subject moves a little and your hand moves a little, the two movements are additive and produce a greater degree of complex blur. In those situations, it may be that IS can eliminate one of the sources of blur and may result in a higher proportion of useable images--especially if one is shooting for a moment of pause.
Sep 15, 2020 at 11:44 AM
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