On 21 April 2012 11:28, Bob Sullivan <rf.sulli...@gmail.com> wrote: > Image Stabilization.......NO!!! - forget about it. Regards, Bob S.
IS is in some of the lenses. Bob, I like IBIS as much as the next Pentaxian, but let me tell you my practical experience. I'm able to regularly shoot the 30mm handheld at 1/15s and get sharp shots; the small size, low weight, light shutter and lack of flapping mirror all contribute to making it a much more stable shooting camera than a DSLR. That said, I usually shoot at speeds faster than 1/100s, where IS wouldn't help me anyway. I think Samsung's reasoning was: "Shooting a 30mm f/2 wide open should give them fast enough shutter speeds that they won't need IS. If they use a slow-ass zoom kit lens, then we'll put the IS in the lens to help them out." I'm currently testing the 16mm f/2.4 and its also highly usable wide open, making f/2.4 at 1/8s shots possible. I'm not defending leaving out IBIS, I'm just saying that its absence has been much less of a hinderance in real-world usage than I thought it would be before I started using the camera. In fact, until you mentioned it here, I hadn't even considered its lack as an issue when reviewing the NX20 specs. My 2 cents. —M. \/\/o/\/\ --> http://WorldOfMiserere.com http://EnticingTheLight.com A Quest for Photographic Enlightenment -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List PDML@pdml.net http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net to UNSUBSCRIBE from the PDML, please visit the link directly above and follow the directions.