Active Stabilization - Does it work on non-Emount lenses?

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kmoreau893

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From what I've gathered, OIS stabilization is inside the lens, and active stabilization is electronic and uses the sensor edges. So I'm wondering if I turn on Active Stabilization in the menu, but don't use an emount lens, such as a Nikon prime with a Nikon to Emount adapter, will it still stabilize a bit?
 
Nope - you will get an error message and it only works with e-mount lenses that have in-lens stabilization, which not all do.
 
kmoreau893 said:
So I'm wondering if I turn on Active Stabilization in the menu, but don't use an emount lens, such as a Nikon prime with a Nikon to Emount adapter, will it still stabilize a bit?
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The camera has no stabilization hardware in it, so if the lens isn't doing it, then it's not happening. This needs electronic communication with the lens, and there is generally no electronic communication between any camera and an "alien" lens. (Red and EF is an exception.)

So your FS100 can't talk to your Nikon lenses. Even with Alpha lenses you're out of luck, because they don't have IS in the lens. To get IS, you need an E-mount lens with OIS, like the kit lens.
 
Actually, my Sigma 17-50 f2.8 has IS and it works with the EA-LA1 adapter pretty well. Maybe it's an exception, but the E-mount and a-mount seem to speak the same language...

AtticusLake said:
The camera has no stabilization hardware in it, so if the lens isn't doing it, then it's not happening. This needs electronic communication with the lens, and there is generally no electronic communication between any camera and an "alien" lens. (Red and EF is an exception.)

So your FS100 can't talk to your Nikon lenses. Even with Alpha lenses you're out of luck, because they don't have IS in the lens. To get IS, you need an E-mount lens with OIS, like the kit lens.
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taubkin said:
Actually, my Sigma 17-50 f2.8 has IS and it works with the EA-LA1 adapter pretty well. Maybe it's an exception, but the E-mount and a-mount seem to speak the same language...
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I think you found the one exception. Some Sigma lenses have in-lens stabilization.
 
...! Wow! OK, that's something I didn't know. It's also rather weird... Since Alpha cameras have IS in the body, if you connected that lens to an Alpha body, wouldn't you get double IS? What does that look like?
 
taubkin said:
Actually, my Sigma 17-50 f2.8 has IS and it works with the EA-LA1 adapter pretty well. Maybe it's an exception, but the E-mount and a-mount seem to speak the same language...
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it sounds like, the sigma 17-50 f2.8 EX DC OS HSM is much better than sony DT 16-50mm F2.8 , if we want to use as hand-hold run and gun shooting. and the price is almost the same.

i have a sigma 18-50 f2.8 marco but no stabilization, the lens quality is ok, but it is not good to use by hand-hold shooting, easy to get shaky image, i am looking for another alternative lens.

how about the feeling of sigma 17-50 image stabilization ?something same like sony kit lens 18-200? the stabilization effect?
thanks
 
OK, so it looks that we have found at least one non-E glass that offers IS with the FS100 - how about AF? Do we still need the lA-EA2 adapter (and the new firmware) to get it, or is the original EA1 enough?

Beside the higher price, I'm not the new EA2 enthusiast as it inevitably will stop some of the precious light - bringing F2.8 glass dangerously close to the kit lens' F3.5 (at short focal lengths)...
 
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moldcad said:
OK, so it looks that we have found at least one non-E glass that offers IS with the FS100 - how about AF? Do we still need the lA-EA2 adapter (and the new firmware) to get it, or is the original EA1 enough?

Beside the higher price, I'm not the new EA2 enthusiast as it inevitably will stop some of the precious light - bringing F2.8 glass dangerously close to the kit lens' F3.5 (at short focal lengths)...
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EA1 is not capable of proving AF at all. EA2 is also limited to f/3.5 for AF function, which completely negates fast primes.
 
Development is complete and it is in production.

One more thing to note: there are no external box, external control, external display or external power. Your camera is the box, you control aperture directly from your camera, the aperture is directly displayed on your camera, and your camera is the power source for the lens. True electronic integration.
 
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