Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2012/09/21

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From: photo at frozenlight.eu (Nathan Wajsman)
Date: Fri, 21 Sep 2012 19:17:32 +0200
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My experience is similar--without being able to put a finger on it, I have 
always found images with IS to be, slightly weird, for lack of a better 
word. As a consequence, I always switch it off on cameras that have it.

Cheers,
Nathan

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On Sep 21, 2012, at 7:07 PM, Jayanand Govindaraj wrote:

> It does not happen all the time but quite often you get a sort of double
> image of the stuff in the bokeh when VR is on - see these examples, all
> with the first generation Nikon 70-200mm f2.8 and TC 1.7x, pretty much wide
> open at f5:
> 
> http://gallery.leica-users.org/v/jayanand/Ranthambhore_001/March+2009/Ranthambore_20090309_795.jpg.html
> 
> http://gallery.leica-users.org/v/jayanand/Ranthambhore_001/March+2009/Ranthambore_20090305_556.jpg.html
> 
> This is a very similar background with VR off, same lens combo, also at f5:
> 
> http://gallery.leica-users.org/v/jayanand/Ranthambhore_001/March+2009/Ranthambore_20090309_177b.jpg.html
> 
> Here is an article about Nikon's implementation of VR by Thom Hogan that is
> very interesting:
> 
> http://www.bythom.com/nikon-vr.htm
> 
> The upshot is that nowadays I do not switch on VR unless I absolutely
> require it. I try to get by on shutter speed, and only if I cannot, I rely
> on VR. With the low light performance of Nikon's sensors at present relying
> on shutter speed alone is entirely possible.
> 
> Cheers
> Jayanand
> 
> 
> 
> On Fri, Sep 21, 2012 at 7:28 PM, <afirkin at afirkin.com> wrote:
> 
>>> It always helps, I agree. I just jack up the shutter speed for my
>>> preferred
>>> aperture if I am in doubt, and let the ISO fall where it may. The one
>>> problem I have noticed with VR is that bokeh gets affected quite often
>> for
>>> the worse.
>>> Cheers
>>> Jayanand
>> 
>> The bokeh: that is an interesting notion. I will sleep on it, but I can't
>> see why holding the image stable will affect the out of focus rendition. I
>> will keep an eye out for this though.
>> 
>> The oly of course is smaller sensor: ie will always have greater DOF and
>> perhaps this could affect things. Smaller sensors are easier to
>> 'stabilize' in the body of the camera, but Sony has done it. NOt sure how
>> well.
>> 
>> Cheers and thanks for the comment
>> 
>> Alastair
>> 
>> 
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