Z6 IS on a Ronin S gimbal or not

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patrickbaldwin

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Getting to grips with a Z6 on my Ronin S. Is there a consensus about whether one should use IBIS on a Gimbal? In the VERY limited testing I have been able to do so far I cannot see much difference. The internet doesn't seem to be able to decide one way or the other. Lenses used would be a 24-70 and a 40mm native Z lenses. Any thoughts would be greatly appreciated..
 
Really depends on the IBIS system. The reason the internet can't agree is because when you have a strong IBIS system (perhaps Panasonic's), it may confuse itself based on how you operate the gimbal and create unwanted and unnatural jerks while you move and pan/tilt. But if the system is a little weaker (perhaps Sony's), it's usually okay to leave it on with straightforward gimbal operating because it takes some of the edge off the overall movement and hides any extra jitters.

You'll have to test a lot and see what you find in the footage with the Z6's IBIS system.
 
NorBro said:
Really depends on the IBIS system. The reason the internet can't agree is because when you have a strong IBIS system (perhaps Panasonic's), it may confuse itself based on how you operate the gimbal and create unwanted and unnatural jerks while you move and pan/tilt. But if the system is a little weaker (perhaps Sony's), it's usually okay to leave it on with straightforward gimbal operating because it takes some of the edge off the overall movement and hides any extra jitters.

You'll have to test a lot and see what you find in the footage with the Z6's IBIS system.
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I use IBIS on gimbal both with my Panny GH5 and with my S1 (when i had it), and I use it with my sony a7siii now. I never noticed unnatural movement with either brand

Patrick, you probably don't notice much difference with it on vs off because the gimbal is already so stabilized. That's my guess. But I think IBIS is useful for bumps and shakes or on long lenses. Sort of the last mile of stabilization. And I think it probably helps feather your pans and tilts on the gimbal, possibly taking the edge of the robotic quality of movement that gimbals often have.

I haven't done head to head testing, but from my memory the system is less smooth when I'm not using IBIS. I don't know if there's a group consensus, but I'm fully in favor of IBIS in addition to gimbal, probably with any camera system
 
ahalpert said:
I use IBIS on gimbal both with my Panny GH5 and with my S1 (when i had it), and I use it with my sony a7siii now. I never noticed unnatural movement with either brand
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Look on the aforementioned Internet for samples if you want to see what it looks like...maybe you didn't push it too hard or just missed seeing it in your footage here and there (happens fast).
 
What would pushing hard with your gimbal look like? Moving fast? Balancing poorly? My understanding of floaty ibis artifacts is that if you're locked down on tripod and the thing keeps moving around a bit. That would be harder to notice on gimbal since you're not totally locked down anyway, by and large. But I mean, I've used a gimbal as much as anyone with those cameras and edited a fair amount of that footage. Fast movement, slow movement, lock-off, wide, normal, Tele lenses. I would guess that they did something wrong. Maybe sloppy balancing or sloppy operating
 
Moving fast, mostly. But I think he needs to figure it out himself. I just answered why there's a divide on the Internet because people have been having mixed results for years.
 
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