junktin wrote:

Does anyone have practical experience using a consumer grade digital
camera with high zoom and Image Stabilization on a sailboat (taking
shots of distant scenery or other boats)?
....
If anyone has used such a camera on a boat, I would love to hear your
comments.

No experience, so take it with a grain of salt, but the rocking
and rolling of a sail boat is fairly low frequency, compared to
hand-held shaking. The motion from the boat should be catered
for by shutter speed, while the IS will cater for anything that
isn't helped by a (e.g.) 1/125 shutter. I'd say it will help.

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Ken Tough

Ken Tough wrote:
junktin wrote:


Does anyone have practical experience using a consumer grade digital
camera with high zoom and Image Stabilization on a sailboat (taking
shots of distant scenery or other boats)?

...

If anyone has used such a camera on a boat, I would love to hear your
comments.


No experience, so take it with a grain of salt, but the rocking
and rolling of a sail boat is fairly low frequency, compared to
hand-held shaking. The motion from the boat should be catered
for by shutter speed, while the IS will cater for anything that
isn't helped by a (e.g.) 1/125 shutter. I'd say it will help.


Yes, that's a good observation and advice on using a high shutter speed.
Since most of my photography would be in good light, I could certainly
afford to use a higher shutter speed, and even the moderately priced
cameras I am considering will allow me control of that. (instead of
having to accept some arbitrary automatic settings.)