7D seems very shaky

Another cheap method to stabilize handheld is to tuck your elbows into your chest. That's always worked for me.
 
Isaac_Brody said:
Another cheap method to stabilize handheld is to tuck your elbows into your chest. That's always worked for me.
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It's hard to stabilize the Canons like that cause of the fixed LCD. I find I have to hold the camera away from my body to see the LCD to frame and focus, that totally kills stability. I'm embrassing my new "kinetic first person immersive" shooting style :) It's very hip, all the kids are doing it on Youtube LOL
 
My first handheld footage on the 30mm Sigma was shaky too. The neckstrap technique helped a lot but micro shakes were still noticeable on the final footage. A friend lent me a Canon 17-55 which I tested with image stabilization on and off and the results were enough to persuade me to buy one.

I'm amazed how smooth Philip Bloom's footage is on non-IS lenses. I can only assume its the calming effect of appletinis. :-)
 
Phil's shooting with the Zacuto finder and having the camera pressed to your eye will certainly help you stabilize handheld footage.
 
Many photographers will get a shock about the "shakiness".
There is no option to go to 1/2000s to avoid motionblur by hands or object. Get stabilized lenses or a tripod.
 
Yep, IS lens or shoulder mount about the only ways to get something smooth looking. I wish they would atleast make a 50 prime IS. Pentax's in body IS, that makes all lenses stabilized, is pretty badass, too bad they don't have manual control or 1080p.
 
I have done some quick tests of the 7D with both a 35mm nikon and a 50mm iscorama lens. Yes, it is a bit shaky handheld (it is expected to be without any kind of IS) but I have not yet seen any jello...I am sure it exists, I am just saying that it is subtantially less than the 5D when doing sheer handheld stuff (no support rig or taught neck strap). Pretty happy here so far.
 
Honestly, i will agree that he camera is pretty shaky when using anything over a 50mm lens, but even that is doable. I tried slapping the 7D on my very old and still working spiderbrace. That was the solution, you can basically use ANY lens ( within reason ) slap it on a shoulder mount, and BAM, you have relieved yourself of any worries of quick vibrations that translate as jello into the camera. The difference was night and day.
 
absolutely! Might be a little while. School is swamping me, as is work. And in the midst of editing a feature length right now. But never the less, the toy is new thus I will be finding any moment I can to grab it and shoot away!
 
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