FS7: Having FS7 and not having any lenses ATM. Which way (lens system) to go? Which dslr?

[bengiles]

I'm not sure what you mean by micro vibrations. Can you post an example - preferably with and without IS, but just any example would be cool.

Here goes. Shot a couple of weeks ago. On the first shot, I had accidentally disabled IS. After realising this, I then re-shot it a few minutes later with IS enabled:

https://vimeo.com/129201540

 

[Ben Scott]

First shot just looks a tiny bit skittish due to (maybe) a slightly front heavy camera but nothing I'd really have a concern about. Certainly I think that is something one can engineer out of their handheld rig.

 

[Doug Jensen]

Ben's video is very similar to a test shot I did last fall for my FS7 training video but it didn't make the cut.

http://vimeo.com/129217209

I consider myself a pretty good handheld cameraman, and that used to my specialty back when I did live broadcast sports and events, but there's something about the FS7 that just seems jittery like no other camera I've used before. "Micro vibrations" is a good term for it.

 

[nsoltz]

Definitely have to agree with Ben and Doug. FS7 has proven somewhat difficult for me to shoot handheld. I just relegated it at first to the combination of the Chrosziel baseplate and my shoulders which seem to slope more than normal exemplars of the homo sapiens species. At least there is confirmation here that it isn't just me.

Ned