Dolly & OIS?

jgastelb

jgastelb

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I've been working on some dolly shots without the OIS. I read somewhere that you should take the OIS off if you're panning on the tripod. Would the OIS have an adverse effect if I'm dollying as well?

Jgastelb
 
Yes it would. Turn it off. I'd explain why but I'm sure someone else can explain it much better than I can.
 
OIS is basically designed to steady out handheld shots fixed on some subject. Whenever you start intentionally moving the camera whether it be handheld, dolly or crane, the OIS starts to fight the motion. When you start to move, the OIS kicks in and tries to keep the original framing, then it snaps forward to where you are and begins the fight anew.

If you have a good fluid head tripod, well balanced crane, or smooth dolly, it's OK to turn the OIS off. If you have any residual shaking, you can always add a little shake correction in post (which, because it has look ahead capability, will give smooth results with pretty much any motion).
 
Joshua Provost said:
OIS is basically designed to steady out handheld shots fixed on some subject. Whenever you start intentionally moving the camera whether it be handheld, dolly or crane, the OIS starts to fight the motion. When you start to move, the OIS kicks in and tries to keep the original framing, then it snaps forward to where you are and begins the fight anew.

If you have a good fluid head tripod, well balanced crane, or smooth dolly, it's OK to turn the OIS off. If you have any residual shaking, you can always add a little shake correction in post (which, because it has look ahead capability, will give smooth results with pretty much any motion).
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Thanks for the info. The Shake correction you're talking about is basically keyframing vertically to compensate for the ups and downs of a bump, right? Is there a program out there that does this automatically? I use Vegas.
Jgastelb
 
jgastelb said:
Thanks for the info. The Shake correction you're talking about is basically keyframing vertically to compensate for the ups and downs of a bump, right? Is there a program out there that does this automatically? I use Vegas.
Jgastelb
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After Effects is pretty good with that kind of stuff.
 
i use the deshaker from VirtualDub its a great program and its free to search on google or somthing
 
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