Monday, July 30, 2012

Image Stabilization When Using a Tripod, What You Need To Know?

Image Stabilization (or Vibration Reduction on Nikon) is a technology that is in some Canon and Nikon DSLR lenses. Enough to activate the Image Stabilization (IS), the photographer can take sharp photos in low light conditions without the aid of a tripod - alias using a long shutter speed while hand-held cameras only - no images to blur.
Image Stabilization or Vibration Reduction function reduces the effects of vibration during the shooting to be more stable and the edges become sharper images. IS or VR is claimed to make us stay sharp pictures even in conditions of exposure over 2 to 3 stops slower.
One thing that is frequently asked readers via e-mail is: "whether there is the effect when we take photos using a tripod while you turn on the IS or VR?"
The answer really depends on the type of lens models of IR / VR is. At the beginning of IS and VR technology is introduced, some of the photos taken with the lens IS / VR is turned on while using a tripod even just blur. The reason is that the default image stabilization technology will find the camera movement. So when the camera is mounted on a tripod so the camera becomes very stable, then the IS and VR will only create confusion so that the image becomes blurry.
To overcome this, Nikon and Canon introduced a new image stabilization technology that has the ability to detect when the camera is mounted on a tripod (tripod detection). A tripod detection with the IS and VR will automatically know when we put on a tripod and do not try to look for movement.
To ensure the IS or VR lens which is equipped with tripod detection, make sure you go back to manual lens. If your lens does not have a tripod detection, then turn off the IS or VR when you take pictures using a tripod. Meanwhile, if you've equipped the IS lens tripod detection, then use a tripod, would not give effect to blur the image when using gtripod.

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