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Exploring the role of lens stabilization

Exploring the role of lens stabilization

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Exploring the role of lens stabilization

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(cross talk) By now, you should be pretty aware that the big problem you're going to face in low light is simply blurry images. When the light gets low, your shutter speed slows down, and it becomes much harder to freeze motion, and you introduce the problem of camera shake. There are a lot of different things you can do to try and mitigate that. Steve, you're very excited about your VR lens. Steve: I am. You know, VR is a technology that really has enabled you to get sharp images, hand holding at slower shutter speeds. And even though we've upped our ISO, mine a little higher than yours, the shutter speed that I'm shooting at is still not one that I'm convinced movement will not be introduced by the camera. Obviously VR lenses that stabilize and allow you to shoot at slow shutter speeds by keeping the camera very safe with the VR mechanism, it won't freeze movement of your subjects, but it'll keep your camera shake from causing blur. And blur is often a dealbreaker in a photo…

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