IS For Car Mount Needed?

Steven Bogda

Steven Bogda

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I bought a 7d recently and want to make use of the sticky pod I never made use of...

Has anyone had experience shooting with the 7d/5d on a stickypod or other car mount with a non IS lens?

Thanks
Steven
 
No experience, but yes, you virtually need IS, or the vibration, and it's kinky partner, the jello, will be your 7D's unfortunate bedmates.

(OK, took the metaphor too far.)
 
disagree completely.

IS ruins Car shots.

I've done it. It suuuuucks.

You should do a three point mount kit with a hotshoe tiedown.

Get the full setup from filmtools (or similar).
 
Dan_Kanes said:
disagree completely.

IS ruins Car shots.

I've done it. It suuuuucks.

You should do a three point mount kit with a hotshoe tiedown.

Get the full setup from filmtools (or similar).
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Why would IS ruin a car shot? It takes out jitter and vibration. Which lenses did you use? If you have an (already posted) example of the ruined footage, that would be great to see.

Obviously, one assumes smooth driving and NOT stunt driving.
 
IS does not ruin car shots In my opinion. I have never used a sticky pod but I have use Gaffers tape and a few towels with great results.
 
Dan_Kanes said:
disagree completely.

IS ruins Car shots.

I've done it. It suuuuucks.

You should do a three point mount kit with a hotshoe tiedown.

Get the full setup from filmtools (or similar).
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What exactly did IS do to ruin your car shot?
I'm looking at the Canon 70-200 non IS for vehicle mounts.
 
I've never seen IS bung up anything - of course it's no panacea for violent camera movements, but no camera, mount or gimbal is going to help you with that.

I guess one guy did mention that he had some weirdo video issues with one of the Canon IS zooms but I can't remember the details.
 
Dan_Kanes said:
disagree completely.

IS ruins Car shots.

I've done it. It suuuuucks.

You should do a three point mount kit with a hotshoe tiedown.

Get the full setup from filmtools (or similar).
Click to expand...

I disagree completely with your post. IS is needed in a car mount situation. IS is probably the best feature you can have on ANY lens.

Using prime lenses that do not have IS requires skill and you need to be very careful with your art. When I use a lens with IS I hold my camera with one hand and get all kind of trick shots, if I try doing the same with a Prime the footage most of the time is unusable.
 
ROCKMORE said:
Then with care, skill and the correct mount IS would not be required, right?
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Since I have owned a DSLR camera ( about 6 months ) IMO I would say YES you need IS for something like mounting on a car. Now if you probably have an expensive rig that can absorb all of the vibrations you probably could make it work with a prime lens, but from my experiences it's just easier to use a lens with IS.


Someone else might have their own experiences as these are mine. I love the image these primes produce, but most of the time I never really like going handheld with any prime lens as more than 50% of your footage is always shaky and you have to do A LOT of cutting to make your footage look good.
 
I used a one sticky pod basic setup for drives on dirt roads. did not work well, even with a little HV20. THe shaking was too much. You need multiple pods for anything less than ideal in terms of roads.
 
Use the Stiky pods but make sure its the 3 point system. IS helps but if you dont use 3 points and some rubber o rings in the Rods then Vibration kills the Image.
 
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