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**giDdfezP** · 05-11-2006, 01:50 AM

Yup. thats correct. IS does nothing for a moving target - but is great on static targets. I can shoot down to 1/5 second consistenly with my Canon IS lens.

Also, I don't consider ISO boosting to be an image stabilisation "feature" - or at least not something that should be advertised as such. I mean, I can boost the ISO with my Canon cameras in order to get a faster shutter speed - but it degrades the image quality, as you get more noise at higher ISO.

The only things I consider to be image stabilisation are either lens with inbuilt image stabilisation technology, or certain makes of camera that have this technology build into the camera body itself. Boosting the ISO is something that any half-decent digital camera can do, and is nothing special.

While you are correct that just about any digital camera lets you boost ISO, but not every digital camera looks nice with a boosted ISO. But what the OP is saying, is that he could get the Fuji, which has amazing ISO performance, instead of optical stabilization. I think that will work as well if not better.
Optical stabilization will basically allow you to use about 2-3stops slower shutter speed without getting motion blur. Using ISO400 instead of ISO100 will give you 3 stops more light gathering capability. ISO400 on the Fuji is very comparable to ISO100 on an IS panasonic/canon camera. Thus you can say that they are pretty equal in terms of low light shooting capability.

05-11-2006, 01:50 AM	#4
giDdfezP Join Date Oct 2005 Posts 473 Senior Member	Yup. thats correct. IS does nothing for a moving target - but is great on static targets. I can shoot down to 1/5 second consistenly with my Canon IS lens. Also, I don't consider ISO boosting to be an image stabilisation "feature" - or at least not something that should be advertised as such. I mean, I can boost the ISO with my Canon cameras in order to get a faster shutter speed - but it degrades the image quality, as you get more noise at higher ISO. The only things I consider to be image stabilisation are either lens with inbuilt image stabilisation technology, or certain makes of camera that have this technology build into the camera body itself. Boosting the ISO is something that any half-decent digital camera can do, and is nothing special. While you are correct that just about any digital camera lets you boost ISO, but not every digital camera looks nice with a boosted ISO. But what the OP is saying, is that he could get the Fuji, which has amazing ISO performance, instead of optical stabilization. I think that will work as well if not better. Optical stabilization will basically allow you to use about 2-3stops slower shutter speed without getting motion blur. Using ISO400 instead of ISO100 will give you 3 stops more light gathering capability. ISO400 on the Fuji is very comparable to ISO100 on an IS panasonic/canon camera. Thus you can say that they are pretty equal in terms of low light shooting capability.
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