AF 100 & lens image stabilization

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syd

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Just want to understand how lens Image Stabilization works with AF100.

If you have a lens with IS (not M4/3, ie Canon EF or Sigma or Nikkon) does it needs to be electronically conected to the camera via an adapter to the IS to work? or it should work just optically in the lens itself?

I shoot most documentary so, whether I want or not, I must do a lot of handheld shooting. I´m thinking by now that the ideal conditions of handlig the AF100 would be with lenses with IS and a proper adapter that can really get IS of the lens to the camera final image, like Birger mount its saying it will do with Canon lenses (Though there seems not to be any signal of this Birger mount yet...)

Do I´m missing something? Can you get IS from a Nikkon or any other lens with any adapter at this point in the market? I come from DVX100 world (great OIS) and really want to have a camcorder with all the features in AF100 but also good IS... Am I asking for too much?
 
The camera needs to be able to "talk to the lens" for I.S or OIS.

If it cant do so...you cant have it.

At this point in time...there are no adapters capable of having this little conversation.

Planned adapters are still vapour ware.
 
I'm in the same boat as you. I know there are many on this board who (publicly, at least) ridicule the use of OIS, but I love it. I've come to accept that for now, the best thing going is the 14-140mm Lumix. (I owned an XL-1 15 years ago that had a FAR superior lens for handheld work, OIS and all. So much for progress.)

I purchased a small, unobtrusive chest-bar/gunstock type of support. I don't recall the brand or model, but search Adorama and I think you will find it. I can use non-OIS primes pretty well with this device, anything up to 50mm. The biggest drawback to this thing is that there's no way to put the camera down or in any sort of bag with it attached, so I had to put a quick-release on it. I still end up living with the 14-140 frequently. Ialso made a custom handle for the AF100, which helps a bit. Search my posts and you'll find a snapshot.

FYI, I'm using a 5DmkII as well as the AF100 on my current project, and I find the OIS on the 24-105mm to be noticeably superior to the Lumix 14-140mm.
 
Thanks Steve, it´s good to know that other people want also a camcorder like AF100 to shoot in streets with real people, something where you know, you can´t always control what´s going to hapen but where you want HQ images and DOF... I mean the doc indie filmmaker also wants best kind of image but needs something very versatile...

I'm finding, sadly, that this camera isn't the right choose for me right now. If best lens option for our kind of work are Lumix M4/3, so I won't buy it, they are expensive and slow. I shoot mainly in south america, most of the time in Colombia streets and jungles, and carrying rigs and stuff like that (sometimes even a tripod) is not and option to me due to my subjects and shooting environments... If a mount or adapter comes out to comunicate the camera with IS lenses and to control aperture, then this will be the camera we all were expecting. By now I sadly have to say that this kind of HD image isn´t in the real doc world yet. Hope this changes soon...
 
The AF100 is essentially a production camera and those that use it out side the basic design scope will experience "disapointment". It is not a "camcorder" and does not pretend to be.

It requires some degree of adaptation and customisation by owner and user ,to make it work for every way it is used ...including "production mode"

The AF100 is a camera body only. To set it up for production is easy ( and expensive) and almost a standard set up except for lens choices.

To set it up for documentary , run and gun etc ... means the user has to find ways of making it work in the same way as other cameras designed for those tasks they may have used.
 
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