Switching while shooting? at DVinfo.net

Gary J. Walker · September 16th, 2007, 07:34 PM

I shoot many weddings here in Arizona, I have two A-1's very happy with them. Question; (I guess I will just test it out) but is their any problems with shooting hand held with the Image stabilization on and then mounting same cam. while running, go into the menu and switch it off..Gary

Bill Pryor · September 16th, 2007, 08:42 PM

No, that's what you should do--turn off the steady shot if you use a tripod. It would be nice if they had put an on/off switch on one of the programmable buttons, but they didn't and you have to go to the menu to turn it off and on.

Gary J. Walker · September 16th, 2007, 10:48 PM

This won't interupt anything while you're shooting? Gary

Bill Busby · September 16th, 2007, 11:27 PM

As far as I know, you can't go into the menu while rolling tape to turn OIS on/off. Lame design in my opinion.

Bill

Bill Pryor · September 17th, 2007, 09:23 AM

Oh you mean during a take? No you can't do that. First of all, you can't attach the camera to a tripod while rolling without screwing up the shot anyway, and I doubt you can activate the menu while rolling. I've never tried that. Seems like it would be like trying to text message while driving.

Gary J. Walker · September 17th, 2007, 11:40 AM

Hi Bill, I usually do a two camera shoot (two A-1's) I have a quick release on my bogan tripod on my camera in question, during editing I just go to my B cam. until mounting is complete. When the camera is on the tripod I would then go into the menu and switch it off..PS I'll have time to try it today, unless you have..Thanks again. Gary

Bill Pryor · September 17th, 2007, 12:57 PM

Ah, with 2 cameras, then you're in pretty good shape.
There's no big problem in leaving OIS on on the tripod if you're not making any moves. You do a normal pan or zoom, and it will look crappy. There have been a couple of times I've forgot to turn it off and did a little bit of tripod moving, like following action on a speaker, and it worked OK; but any fast moves will be bad.

September 16th, 2007, 07:34 PM	#1
Gary J. Walker Regular Crew Join Date: Feb 2007 Location: Gilbert Arizona Posts: 96	Switching while shooting? I shoot many weddings here in Arizona, I have two A-1's very happy with them. Question; (I guess I will just test it out) but is their any problems with shooting hand held with the Image stabilization on and then mounting same cam. while running, go into the menu and switch it off..Gary

September 16th, 2007, 08:42 PM	#2
Bill Pryor Contributor Join Date: Jan 2003 Location: Kansas City, MO Posts: 4,449	No, that's what you should do--turn off the steady shot if you use a tripod. It would be nice if they had put an on/off switch on one of the programmable buttons, but they didn't and you have to go to the menu to turn it off and on.

September 16th, 2007, 10:48 PM	#3
Gary J. Walker Regular Crew Join Date: Feb 2007 Location: Gilbert Arizona Posts: 96	This won't interupt anything while you're shooting? Gary

September 16th, 2007, 11:27 PM	#4
Bill Busby Major Player Join Date: Dec 2006 Location: Los Angeles, CA Posts: 959	As far as I know, you can't go into the menu while rolling tape to turn OIS on/off. Lame design in my opinion. Bill

September 17th, 2007, 09:23 AM	#5
Bill Pryor Contributor Join Date: Jan 2003 Location: Kansas City, MO Posts: 4,449	Oh you mean during a take? No you can't do that. First of all, you can't attach the camera to a tripod while rolling without screwing up the shot anyway, and I doubt you can activate the menu while rolling. I've never tried that. Seems like it would be like trying to text message while driving.

September 17th, 2007, 11:40 AM	#6
Gary J. Walker Regular Crew Join Date: Feb 2007 Location: Gilbert Arizona Posts: 96	Hi Bill, I usually do a two camera shoot (two A-1's) I have a quick release on my bogan tripod on my camera in question, during editing I just go to my B cam. until mounting is complete. When the camera is on the tripod I would then go into the menu and switch it off..PS I'll have time to try it today, unless you have..Thanks again. Gary

September 17th, 2007, 12:57 PM	#7
Bill Pryor Contributor Join Date: Jan 2003 Location: Kansas City, MO Posts: 4,449	Ah, with 2 cameras, then you're in pretty good shape. There's no big problem in leaving OIS on on the tripod if you're not making any moves. You do a normal pan or zoom, and it will look crappy. There have been a couple of times I've forgot to turn it off and did a little bit of tripod moving, like following action on a speaker, and it worked OK; but any fast moves will be bad.