IS has come a long way.

[DickyOZ]

We have had a few days of gale force winds yet the modern camera can cope with a constantly moving subject and a shaky photographer.
The branches of this tree were moving so much the Pale-headed Corella was having trouble hanging on.




Likewise with the Whistling Kite.


Even a pixel crop of the Osprey looks OK (At least to me).


I blew the highlights of the Magpie's white neck feathers though.


Long ago Australian naturalists named this flower Pigface because of its looks.
I reckon they had been on the turps.


Dicky.

[chauncey]

Are we looking at IS improvement or adequate SS?

[Dave Humphries]

Interesting series Richard, although I agree with William's query.

Most IS incorporates an accelerometer feedback system, so it is only compensating for physical camera/lens movements, not subject relative to frame movement, such as blowing branches.

That said, I am not familiar with the IS on your Olympus E-M1, maybe that is optically derived, given that (from what little I think I know) it is corrected by moving the sensor (as distinct from lens based correction systems employed by Nikon, Canon and Panasonic).

I may learn something from subsequent posts clarifying this, may be the E-M1 does do it more the way that video image stabilisation works.

Dave

[Wavelength]

The first bird...does it belong to the family of common love birds? i was eager to see a shot of it from another angle showing its upper part ...all images are super fine!!!

[Shadowman]

Nice series.

[DickyOZ]

Interesting series Richard, although I agree with William's query.

Most IS incorporates an accelerometer feedback system, so it is only compensating for physical camera/lens movements, not subject relative to frame movement, such as blowing branches.

That said, I am not familiar with the IS on your Olympus E-M1, maybe that is optically derived, given that (from what little I think I know) it is corrected by moving the sensor (as distinct from lens based correction systems employed by Nikon, Canon and Panasonic).

I may learn something from subsequent posts clarifying this, may be the E-M1 does do it more the way that video image stabilisation works.

Dave

There seems to a grey area in IS between holding the camera still and adjusting for subject movement these days.The E-M1 has 5-axis stabisation plus IS in the 300mm F4 lens which gives about seven stops. I try to brace myself against trees to steady myself whenever possible, I generally use AF+MF (with 3X magnification for MF tweaks) even when as steady as a statue I can hear IS humming away and see a much clearer image than when IS is off.

Some Pentax cameras use firmware to use IS to track stars for up to 40 seconds for astro shots to avoid star trails.

Dicky

[DickyOZ]

The first bird...does it belong to the family of common love birds? i was eager to see a shot of it from another angle showing its upper part ...all images are super fine!!!

Hi Nandakumar, sorry for the typo. It is of course a Pale-headed Rosalla (Platycerus family). The only shot I got of its topside has a lot of motion blur. This is what it looks like. A bit like a big budgie.

[IzzieK]

Nandy, a budgie is short for budgerigar, which is another term for love birds, just in case you are not aware of Aussie terminologies. Anyway, in case you do not know, Dave...the IS of the Olympus is in the camera, not in the lens. I've had an Olympus before and I like for that...but I have always been a Nikon user so I have to go back to Nikon.

Anyway, I like your magpie shot despite the overblown white. It is my favourite bird because it is trainable despite leaving it in the wild. The whistling kite is very pretty too...I am interested in experimentations so these are all pleasant shots for me. The rosellas not too much as I am wondering why all their faces are a bit blurred while the rest are OK???

[DickyOZ]

NThe rosellas not too much as I am wondering why all their faces are a bit blurred while the rest are OK???

I's the female Izzie - the jaw never stops moving.....

Magpies are indeed a very friendly and trusting bird. They come around every day and sing for their supper.

Ok, where's my supper?

[JohnRostron]

Nandy, a budgie is short for budgerigar, which is another term for love birds, just in case you are not aware of Aussie terminologies.

Interesting. I have never come across Budgerigars being called love birds, but then I have never lived in Australia.

John

[DanK]

Most IS incorporates an accelerometer feedback system, so it is only compensating for physical camera/lens movements, not subject relative to frame movement, such as blowing branches.

I don't currently own any Oly cameras, so I have no first-hand experience, but the Olympus Asia website suggests that this is true of the EM-1 system also:

The in-body 5-axis image stabilisation system compensates for the shutter speed by up to 4 EV[1] for correcting camera shake that occurs in all shooting situations. As the stabilisation system is built into the body it allows for the stabilisation of all Four Thirds, micro Four Thirds and legacy lenses[2]. Additionally, the world’s most powerful camera shake compensation performance equivalent to 6 shutter speed steps[3] is provided by 5-axis Sync IS when the E-M1 is combined with the M.Zuiko Digital ED 300mm F4.0 IS PRO, which is the first Olympus interchangeable lens to be equipped with in-lens image stabilisation.

http://asia.olympus-imaging.com/prod.../feature3.html

[IzzieK]

Interesting. I have never come across Budgerigars being called love birds, but then I have never lived in Australia.

John

In Oz we always refer to them love birds as budgies. My eldest son used to have a lot of them in our backyard while growing up. And a corella. I put my foot down when he said he wanted a magpie. I don't care if it is his favourite football mascot. He loves Collingwood (Jock 'one-eye' Mcpie).