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ebrandon
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I love using alt primes, especially C/Y Zeiss and OM on my Olympus EPL-1.
One of the nicest features is that you can manually set the IS to the appropriate focal length and every lens is image stabilized.
The problem is that just today a C/Y Zeiss 35-70mm f3.4 zoom arrived, which is supposed to be one of the nicest zoom lenses ever made, and I'm not sure what to do with the IS settings.
The options are
1) Turn IS off. Would prefer not to do this, if other options are better
2) Set IS to 35mm. The logic is that set to 35mm the sensor will move to compensate for camera movement perfectly when the zoom is at 35mm, and in the right direction but not as much as it should at higher focal lengths providing partial IS at higher focal lengths.
3) Set IS to 52mm. The logic is that this is the "mid point" providing the best average results.
4) Set IS to 70mm. The logic is that at longer focal lengths you need IS more. The fear is that at shorted focal lengths the sensor will move in response to camera motion more than it should, adding blur to images that would have been sharper if the IS were off.
What do you think?
I'm going to go out shooting right now with option 2 and will report back later.
One of the nicest features is that you can manually set the IS to the appropriate focal length and every lens is image stabilized.
The problem is that just today a C/Y Zeiss 35-70mm f3.4 zoom arrived, which is supposed to be one of the nicest zoom lenses ever made, and I'm not sure what to do with the IS settings.
The options are
1) Turn IS off. Would prefer not to do this, if other options are better
2) Set IS to 35mm. The logic is that set to 35mm the sensor will move to compensate for camera movement perfectly when the zoom is at 35mm, and in the right direction but not as much as it should at higher focal lengths providing partial IS at higher focal lengths.
3) Set IS to 52mm. The logic is that this is the "mid point" providing the best average results.
4) Set IS to 70mm. The logic is that at longer focal lengths you need IS more. The fear is that at shorted focal lengths the sensor will move in response to camera motion more than it should, adding blur to images that would have been sharper if the IS were off.
What do you think?
I'm going to go out shooting right now with option 2 and will report back later.