"Do you think that Lens-based stabilization is a necessity?"
I promised Carol a long answer to this question:
"Do you think that Lens-based stabilization is a necessity?"
Unless you are planning on taking a lot of pictures while running and jumping or low-light pictures, or developing seizures and a nervous tic, you probably won't need any kind of stabilizer. They make tripods and flashes that really just take care of that for you, and with practice, you can learn traditional techniques for stabilizing your image if you happen to have the hiccups and find you're on a trampoline at 2 a.m. and need a crisp picture. If you are actually only interested in the camera doing the work for you, then by all means, buy anti-shake, stabilizer, shake reduction, etc. The new camera I'm getting has shake reduction, but that wasn't a selling point. It was about the ISO being down to 100, and weatherproofness. If the camera you love has stabilization capabilities, don't let it detract you, but don't use that as a measuring stick of whether you'll buy that particular model or not.
All joking aside, an experienced photographer is pretty much always aware of what their body is doing - we are conscious of our breathing, our heartbeat, our posture. With experience, instead of losing ourselves in the moment and forgetting to adjust the shutter or film speed, we transcend the need for a stabilizer because we are one with the camera. Our fingers instinctively flutter over the settings knobs, we pause, kneel or crouch or lean, hold our breathe and snap. I know that sounds cheesy but I swear it's true.
Auntie stabilizers are sold at the drugstore - you can buy medicinal stabilizers like bran or Valium, or just pick up a a nice polished walking stick with a brass parakeet head for a handle.
"Do you think that Lens-based stabilization is a necessity?"
Unless you are planning on taking a lot of pictures while running and jumping or low-light pictures, or developing seizures and a nervous tic, you probably won't need any kind of stabilizer. They make tripods and flashes that really just take care of that for you, and with practice, you can learn traditional techniques for stabilizing your image if you happen to have the hiccups and find you're on a trampoline at 2 a.m. and need a crisp picture. If you are actually only interested in the camera doing the work for you, then by all means, buy anti-shake, stabilizer, shake reduction, etc. The new camera I'm getting has shake reduction, but that wasn't a selling point. It was about the ISO being down to 100, and weatherproofness. If the camera you love has stabilization capabilities, don't let it detract you, but don't use that as a measuring stick of whether you'll buy that particular model or not.
All joking aside, an experienced photographer is pretty much always aware of what their body is doing - we are conscious of our breathing, our heartbeat, our posture. With experience, instead of losing ourselves in the moment and forgetting to adjust the shutter or film speed, we transcend the need for a stabilizer because we are one with the camera. Our fingers instinctively flutter over the settings knobs, we pause, kneel or crouch or lean, hold our breathe and snap. I know that sounds cheesy but I swear it's true.
Auntie stabilizers are sold at the drugstore - you can buy medicinal stabilizers like bran or Valium, or just pick up a a nice polished walking stick with a brass parakeet head for a handle.
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