better ISO or image stabilizer for lower-light shots?
1/8 and 1/4 handheld shutter speed is pushing it for sharp photos.
Can I ask why you don't want to use a tripod? I am not sure of the weight
on this camera, but even small, cheap telescopic tripods are available,
measuring around 30cm X 1cm.
You also missed another option. Create your own light.
"bob smith" wrote in message ...
Just curious, if I want to do a lot of lower light/indoor photography
without flash, whats better?:
1)Cleaner high ISO sensitivity: Something like the Fuji Finepix F10 which
can shoot cleanly at
ISO400 and can do up to ISO1600
2)Use of an image stabilizer (for example, in the camera I currently have
the Panasonic DMC-FX8)
to allow you to use a slower shutter speed. For example, in this camera I
can take clean shots at 1/8
shutter speed handheld without problems, sometimes even 1/4.
I believe typically without image stabilizer you would want to use no
slower
than around 1/60 shutter
speed? So if 1/8 is usable, does this mean 8x more light? If so, does this
mean that 1/8 @ 100ISO
is equivalent to 1/60 @ 800ISO? Is it just a simple formula like that?
For purposes of this discussion assume I want a small P&S digital camera,
no
tripod, and the shots
are of static images (so slowing the shutter speed doesnt matter except
for
camera shake from being
handheld)
Thanks a lot!
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