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Sony ZV-E10 Mark 1 and Sony SEL35F18F lens: Stabilization

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I was recently convinced to buy the Sony SEL35F18F lens rather than the SEL35F18 because my priority is to record in low light mainly theatrical recordings and have a fixed aperture lens to manually control the aperture and not have a variable aperture lens which does the opposite when zooming.

Testing this lens with my Sony ZV-E10 on a tripod has made a big difference and many of the autofocus and low light issues I had with the ZV-E10 and the kit lens have been largely minimised.

However I am struggling with video recording results outside a tripod and by just using my hands. In the camera Settings SteadyShot is Active and set to Auto. However this lens has no Optical SteadyShot and I can't get good results without a tripod. Using stabilization software just crops the video recording and does not even solve the problem. I don't generally take many photographs but of course the camera should be stable. Would a gimbal solve this problem? Any further ideas?

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On 2/21/2025 at 9:24 AM, John Lynch said:

So what exactly is your problem or request?

 

First things first, who convinced you to buy that lens? Was it someone on this forum, or a shop, or... ?

I think the lens is excellent on a tripod.

Off a tripod this may require another solution when video recording, such as a gimbal, because the recording is shaky compared to the kit lens.

I do not have enough experience of using the camera and lens using the hand-held method at the moment when taking pictures to make a proper judgement.

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