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edslaughter
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I've just gotten a G1. The manual is a little terse. In the menus there are three different settings for the image stabilization: Mode 3 is for panning, which I understand. Mode 1 says the stabilizer is on whenever the camera is in REC and Mode 2 turns on the stabilizer only when the shutter button is pressed.
I don't understand why one would need to have the camera in Mode 1. Presumably it uses up the battery faster. And I would think, given the speed at which the stabilizer has to be able to move the lens element, that it can come on very quickly and so shouldn't make a noticeable lag in Mode 2. Certainly I can't tell the difference in responsiveness between the modes.
Can anyone help me understand why one would use Mode 1 (which is the factory default)?
All I can think of is that it has nothing to do with actually making the photograph but rather in keeping the viewfinder image still--which isn't a problem with the 14-45 lens. Perhaps is would be with the telephoto.
I don't understand why one would need to have the camera in Mode 1. Presumably it uses up the battery faster. And I would think, given the speed at which the stabilizer has to be able to move the lens element, that it can come on very quickly and so shouldn't make a noticeable lag in Mode 2. Certainly I can't tell the difference in responsiveness between the modes.
Can anyone help me understand why one would use Mode 1 (which is the factory default)?
All I can think of is that it has nothing to do with actually making the photograph but rather in keeping the viewfinder image still--which isn't a problem with the 14-45 lens. Perhaps is would be with the telephoto.