Batis 135 ?s=eyJpIjo1NDkxMDY2NDgyNywiZSI6MTc2NDA1NTQ2MCwicyI6IjJmMjE0MGU1NjI5YTBiNDAzZTEzZGY0MzZjNzNiZWZmZmNhNDk2MzMiLCJ2IjoxfQ">DSC02521 by stm geist, auf Flickr
Although I've owned the Batis 85 for many years, I've never tested the limits of the optical image stabilizer. However, I find it amazing that I was able to take a sharp portrait at 1/50 second with 42 MP in the images above in my post. There was a window and a wall behind me, so I couldn't step back very far to create some distance from the subject. I held the camera against the wall behind me and took the picture using the LCD screen. My grip on the camera wasn't particularly stable in that position. Nevertheless, many of the images were very sharp. With the Batis 40/2, which doesn't have optical image stabilization, I never use a shutter speed slower than 1/60 second.
Schwarzlicht wrote:
Although I've owned the Batis 85 for many years, I've never tested the limits of the optical image stabilizer. However, I find it amazing that I was able to take a sharp portrait at 1/50 second with 42 MP in the images above in my post. There was a window and a wall behind me, so I couldn't step back very far to create some distance from the subject. I held the camera against the wall behind me and took the picture using the LCD screen. My grip on the camera wasn't particularly stable in that position. Nevertheless, many of the images were very sharp. With the Batis 40/2, which doesn't have optical image stabilization, I never use a shutter speed slower than 1/60 second....Show more →
Hi Stefan, yes, the Batis 85 together with the Batis 135 are the two lenses that have optical stabilizer built into them. Combined that with the IBIS of Sony cameras, the image stabilization becomes increasingly effective.
I just made it back from a trip to Asia and took the Batis 85 and GM 35mm as my prime lenses in addition to 3 zoom lenses. Most of the time, I used just my zoom lenses for various shooting conditions and left the prime lenses in the hotel. But when I anticipated of doing street photography, typically in the evening, I took the prime lenses with me and left the zooms behind.
I was taking pictures of the scenery using the GM 35mm and I felt comfortable using ISO 100 although the lighting conditions were not the best that evening. When the opportunity to take pictures of this young lady came up, I didn't change the ISO but since I used my GM 35mm first the results were just fine. I noticed that a few pictures I took of her using the Batis 85 showed a slight movement, which could be due to camera movement or the subject movement or the combination of both. Duh, the resulting shutter speed was 1/13 sec! But a few images turned out to be just fine. So, that is about my shutter speed limit using that lens.
I believe this is slight subject motion blur. But for 1/15 second, it's remarkably sharp. In my opinion, the optical image stabilization of the Batis 85mm f/1.8 and 135mm f/2.8 is clearly making a noticeable difference.
I've looked through some of my own pictures. With the Batis 85mm f/1.8, I've managed to get nicely sharp portraits at shutter speeds as slow as 1/40 or 1/30 second, provided the subject stayed still for a moment. With the Batis 135mm f/2.8, I can achieve this at exposure times of 1/60 or 1/50 second.
For the Batis 40mm f/2, which is not optically stabilized and where I only have the camera's 5-axis in-body image stabilization, I never use a shutter speed longer than 1/50 second. In the past, I ended up with some blurry images in landscape shots at 1/40 second. For a 40mm focal length, I would have actually expected better results.
AGeoJO wrote:
Hi Stefan, yes, the Batis 85 together with the Batis 135 are the two lenses that have optical stabilizer built into them. Combined that with the IBIS of Sony cameras, the image stabilization becomes increasingly effective.
I just made it back from a trip to Asia and took the Batis 85 and GM 35mm as my prime lenses in addition to 3 zoom lenses. Most of the time, I used just my zoom lenses for various shooting conditions and left the prime lenses in the hotel. But when I anticipated of doing street photography, typically in the evening, I took the prime lenses with me and left the zooms behind.
I was taking pictures of the scenery using the GM 35mm and I felt comfortable using ISO 100 although the lighting conditions were not the best that evening. When the opportunity to take pictures of this young lady came up, I didn't change the ISO but since I used my GM 35mm first the results were just fine. I noticed that a few pictures I took of her using the Batis 85 showed a slight movement, which could be due to camera movement or the subject movement or the combination of both. Duh, the resulting shutter speed was 1/13 sec! But a few images turned out to be just fine. So, that is about my shutter speed limit using that lens.
?s=eyJpIjo1NDk0NDE2NjUyMSwiZSI6MTc2NDAwODE4OCwicyI6IjkzNGEzYjA2YmFiNGRhYzBhZjdhNzk3MjlkZDI1OWUyYWQ5MDUzYWQiLCJ2IjoxfQ">DSC09189 by stm geist, auf Flickr
?s=eyJpIjo1NDk0MzMxNDA2MiwiZSI6MTc2NDA1NTE3NSwicyI6ImJlMWZkYWU0NjBhNjk3YzJkODA3MzczMWIxODU5NzlkNWNkN2Q3YjgiLCJ2IjoxfQ">DSC09204 by stm geist, auf Flickr
Batis 40/2; f10 ?s=eyJpIjo1NDk2MDI1OTUwNSwiZSI6MTc2NDk2OTYzNCwicyI6ImQ5N2E0Y2ZmZWE2M2YxZDhkOWU5MDYxNGIzZTAyYzg4YTlmZGQ5ZjYiLCJ2IjoxfQ">DSC08781 by stm geist, auf Flickr
Some images with the Batis 40, 85 and 135 for the recent flag assignment here on FM in the weekly assignments forum plus for some stock photography concepts.
