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Better images without Ibis?

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In the realm of wildlife and sports photography, the role of In-Body Image Stabilization (IBIS) can be a topic of debate. While IBIS shines at slower shutter speeds, enhancing clarity in landscape and portrait shots, its effectiveness wanes at faster speeds, typically exceeding the inverse of the focal length. Recent discussions suggest that at speeds like 1/2000 and beyond, IBIS may introduce micro vibrations, leading to blurred images rather than stabilization. Many are curious if this phenomenon is widely recognized among photographers.

This is almost exclusively for wildlife and sport photography.

I recently watched a video from someone saying that at shutter speeds faster than the inverse of the focal length, IBIS can actually be detrimental to image quality. Obviously, for slow shutter speeds, usually used in anything from landscape to portrait, IBIS is very helpful and can enable you to shoot at shutter speeds slower than usual. But in wildlife for example, people often use 1/2000 and much faster. Not only is this to fast for IBIS to react and do anything anyway, but it can lead to micro vibrations that actually lead to blurry images. I tested it a little bit and I think it's actually true. I'm kinda concerned that I'm bias and was wondering if anyone else is aware of this and has experience with it. It's also totally possible that I'm the only person in the world who didn't know about this already.

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