FS5: Compatible lenses for Steadyshot on FS5

markyramone62

markyramone62

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Is there a list of lenses compatible with Steadyshot in the FS5?
I've tried both Sony FE35mm 1.8 and Sony PZ 18-110 on the camera but Steadyshot function is greyed out in the menu. I'm guessing this is because the lenses aren't compatible or there is a process or setting that I'm missing.
Any advice welcome.
 
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Best to check out on the Sony FS5 Compatibility Information page. Link below. Also I think you may have a typo in you post, you say 18-100mm. I think you might mean the 18-105mm. If so the E PZ 18-105mm F4 G OSS is supported for Steady Shot to the best of my knowledge with the latest lens firmware, v4.0. You need to check that, link below. The Full Frame FE 35mm F1.8 and FS5 have no Steady Shot stabilization support for one another.

Chris Young

Compatibility.
https://support.d-imaging.sony.co.jp/www/cscs/lens_body/index.php?mdl=PXW-FS5&area=gb&lang=en

SELP 18-105 firmware.
https://pro.sony/en_ID/support-resources/selp18105g/software
 
The FS5 doesn’t have in-body image stabilization so you need to use lenses that are designated Optical Steady Shot (OSS). The FE 35mm 1.8 doesn’t have OSS, so there is no Steady Shot to enable or disable in that combination. The 18-105mm should be working, however. Can you tell if the stabilization is active still, it’s just that you can’t toggle it off?
 
Thanks for your response. Sorry I made a typo (since corrected), my zoom lens is a Sony PZ 18-110mm. I'm not concerned about that lens so much, it has OSS switchable on the lens and is very good! And I realise the 35mm 1.8 doesn't have OSS. I just don't quite follow why the FS5 has Steadyshot in its menu. I thought it might be internal similar to A7 cameras but it seems not.
 
Steady Shot is in the menu because some lenses with OSS do no have a physical switch to turn it on and off, like the 18-105, so it needs to be toggled in the camera menu system. When the lens attached doesn’t have OSS or if the lens attached has a physical switch to control it from instead, that menu option is grayed out. :)
 
gruscanadensis said:
Steady Shot is in the menu because some lenses with OSS do no have a physical switch to turn it on and off, like the 18-105, so it needs to be toggled in the camera menu system. When the lens attached doesn’t have OSS or if the lens attached has a physical switch to control it from instead, that menu option is grayed out. :)
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Thank you, that explains it!
 
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