Re: Official: Sony RX1R III Digital Camera announced!
Jaree wrote:
On the subject of IBIS in general: it is not a requirement for photography, but neither is AF, nor is 61MP a requirement. And one does not need a LCD screen either. The point about IBIS (or OIS in case of Leica Qxx) is the ability to shoot at base ISO at way lower shutter speeds than most people can without stabilization and still ensure tripod equivalent results. How was it done during the good old DSLR days is the same as asking how did people travel before automobiles - via a horse carriage.
If someone doesn't need stabilization then great. But those who have experienced it understand that it opens up a lot possibilities.
Leica got this right with OIS in Q series.
With that out of the way, I hope RX1R prices fall further. Had that a decade ago and while it was slippery little eel, the results were worth it.
Your list of all the other things “we don’t need” in order to make photographs is right on. Heck, we _could_ make photographs with pinhole cameras.
(I might add that we can also make photographs without digital cameras at all. Ahem.)
But some features are examples of all plus and no minus — and IBIS is one of those. The worse downside to IBIS is that it might add a few grams and maybe a few millimeters to the camera size, though today IBIS makes its way into some very compact gear. Other than that, it has no negative effect on your photography whatsoever. Heck, you can even turn it off if you want.
I guarantee you — here speaking as a photographer who used full manual cameras successfully for decades — that thre most certainly are situations in which its pluses are useful. There are plenty of marginal light situations in which it can allow you to handhold photographs that would have required a tripod in the past. (And, yes, there are still lots of situations where a tripod is imortant.) Even at more “normal” shutter speeds it will decrease the always-present camera motion blur in handheld shots.
All plus. No minus.
Jul 15, 2025 at 09:51 PM
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