You just complicated my already confused view of the stabilizer. After
reading Moose's post:
"Yeah, I remember that. There was a setting to turn it off between
shots. When I heard about Chuck's battery trouble, I
couldn't find it. I guess the option to leave it on all the time went away."
I decided to check my firmware level. It's the latest (V 1.5 on the
camera) and the camera's menus (at least for stabilization) seem to
agree with the PDF user's guide. But the only stabilizer options I've
found there are:
A) Turn it off or turn it on with settings 1, 2 or 3.
B) Set it such that the stabilizer turns on with a shutter half press
The problem is that I can't determine how these two modes are related.
If I set option A to off and option B to on does the stabilizer then
turn on only when I half press the shutter? If I set option A to on (in
any of the 3 modes) what is the meaning of option B? If B is off does
it negate A?
Chuck Norcutt
On 2/8/2013 5:05 AM, Piers Hemy wrote:
> You might want to reconsider the stabiliser, Chuck. I did a quick test on my
> E-5 a couple of weeks ago, and found that on certain shots I could get a
> sharper image without the stabiliser than with! In other words, it is
> probably better to use it only for those shots which _really_ need it - from
> the point of view of battery life and image quality.
>
> Piers
>
> -----Original Message-----
> From: Chuck Norcutt [mailto:chucknorcutt@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx]
> Sent: 05 February 2013 22:36
> To: Olympus Camera Discussion
> Subject: Re: [OM] E-M5 battery life (again), was: The Boys of Winter -
> again...
>
> I'll have to check everything but especially the sleep time and stabilizer
> settings. The stabilizer might be on all the time.
>
> --snip
>
>
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