Comments on: Can the vibration issue spoil your wanderlust? Sony A7r

By: mike.kobal

mike.kobal — Fri, 31 Jan 2014 15:38:06 +0000

Oleg, I don’t think so, the problem shooting handheld with the 55mm, I find it pretty much impossible to get a super sharp image below 1/125 – even on the A7, unless you have a very still hand or lean against something.
I rarely shoot without the battery grip because it adds more mass and a much better grip. At a resolution of 36mp I feel comfortable shooting handheld at 1/250 and up, any high resolution camera will show the slightest shake, wide angle lenses are a bit more forgiving, you can apply the old formula of doubling the focal length for minimum shutter speed handheld, for the 55mm that would be 1/110 and that’s a guide from the film days. Add one stop for a 20+ mp sensor (1/250) 2 stops for 36mp to be on the safe side (1/500)

By: Oleg

Oleg — Fri, 31 Jan 2014 15:22:11 +0000

Mike, I’m planning to buy the A7r along with SEL55F18 lens, mostly to shoot handheld. I’ve tried the camera in the Sony store and out of 60 images taken (exp. from 1/60s to 1/125s) I got about 10 without motion blur. Can this be related to the shutter vibration issue?

By: mike.kobal

mike.kobal — Sun, 22 Dec 2013 18:20:28 +0000

You are welcome, Alberto!

By: AlbertoN

AlbertoN — Sun, 22 Dec 2013 18:19:38 +0000

Hi Mike! thanks for the heads up, I was ready to send mine back until I saw your post