Duke900 Posted February 20, 2011 Share #1  Posted February 20, 2011 Advertisement (gone after registration) Hi,  This is my first post here. My name is "Duke" I live in Bangkok Thailand.  X1 is my first Leica digital camera and it is the first camera in my life that inspire me to try to take a photo in different way .. a better way. Just a week that I owned it. I did get many shots that I love very much.  Back to the question:  I know that X1 doesn't have a real stabilization like other cameras. (Lens or sensor shift), but it does used digital process to analyze and combine two photo to make a sharp one. I'm I right?  1. Is the out put degraded if I turn it on all the time? Should I turn it off by default? 2. If I turn it on, when shutter is faster than 1/30. Will it deactivated? or it still process 2 photos as usual. 3. Is it effect Raw?  Thank you very much Duke  PS. Sorry for my English. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
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h00ligan Posted February 20, 2011 Share #2 Â Posted February 20, 2011 Welcome Duke, Â The image stabilization only kicks in within certain specific criteria. You have to shoot between certain iso's and shutter speeds - and it only activates when shooting jpg only. Â In my experience there is a slight degradation in sharpness but it all depends on the shutter speed used I think, and how steady your hands are - since there is no mechanical stabilization and it stacks two images. Â I would use it on still objects in very low light, but not outside of that. I set a profile that meets the needs for that kind of shooting and switch to it when necessary, as I shoot raw 99% of the t ime I have to make a decision to engage jpg and IS. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
leic Posted February 21, 2011 Share #3 Â Posted February 21, 2011 Don't use it Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Duke900 Posted February 21, 2011 Author Share #4 Â Posted February 21, 2011 I'll turn it off, but will take more experiment on it in case that I may need it in some situation. P.S. the profile setting for IS is good idea because I'm usually shoot Raw it take more time to change quality setting back to JPG then Turn IS on than just one profile click. Â Thank you very much. Duke Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Allnm Posted February 22, 2011 Share #5 Â Posted February 22, 2011 I hadn't used it, probably due to people saying it doesn't work very well. Anyway, I tried using I. S. today and was pleasantly surprised. I took shots of buildings mainly, alternating between normal and stabilised, all hand held on a cloudy but bright day. It looked to me that the shots using I.s were a tad sharper. I'm going to have to experiment more Allan Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
h00ligan Posted February 23, 2011 Share #6 Â Posted February 23, 2011 That may be the case at the lower echelon of shutter speed. At 1/5 you get sharper pics.. however, I can usually hand hold better than the IS at 1/30. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
phancj Posted February 23, 2011 Share #7 Â Posted February 23, 2011 Advertisement (gone after registration) IMO just one more thing to complicate matters. I bought the X1 for simplicity. Believe it or not I use only 3 control: ss, aperture & iso, and very very very rarely exp compensation. Everything is done manually as I am so used to the camera now. Â CJ Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Duke900 Posted February 23, 2011 Author Share #8  Posted February 23, 2011 I hadn't used it, probably due to people saying it doesn't work very well. Anyway, I tried using I. S. today and was pleasantly surprised. I took shots of buildings mainly, alternating between normal and stabilised, all hand held on a cloudy but bright day. It looked to me that the shots using I.s were a tad sharper.I'm going to have to experiment more Allan  Me too. I'm just tested shooting at 1/4-1/15 with handheld, I hold camera quite stable. I'm surprise that 4 out of 5 shots with IS on is tad sharp no problem at all, while other shots with it off are all blur.  I think in some situation it's quite handy. It work better than I expected. The only problem is it won't work when shooting in DNG+JPG(the JPG that came with DNG also won't stabilize)  However, I set JPG only+IS on in profile as h00ligan suggested. It work very well.  Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
h00ligan Posted February 23, 2011 Share #9 Â Posted February 23, 2011 Â It's a nice fast way to change! I wish there was a way to do a fast change without menus.. is there and I'm missing it (I still haven't read the manual I think ) Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mr_Jones Posted February 23, 2011 Share #10 Â Posted February 23, 2011 You could set up two user profiles and switch between them with just one menu option. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
M.Furo Posted February 24, 2011 Share #11 Â Posted February 24, 2011 I wish there was a way to do a fast change without menus.. That would be to set an exposure time outside the small range when IS is active. Â I don't think it works well at all when it's so dark you need it. Sometimes the exposure is so off that there's no usable image. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
h00ligan Posted February 24, 2011 Share #12 Â Posted February 24, 2011 Just changing to a faster speed won't help me as I shoot raw Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
phancj Posted February 24, 2011 Share #13 Â Posted February 24, 2011 IMO the firm answer to theOP's question is a resounding yes. Â Reason I say that is raw has better image quality than jpeg. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
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