What's he doing optical image stabilization, electronic image, stabilization mechanical image stabilization today we're going to discuss what the difference is in stabilization offer for video. So, along with testing my Poco f2 Pro we're going to be comparing it with the optical image stabilization the center based optical image, stabilization in my Sony, a6000 500. We're then going to be comparing it to a lens based optical image, stabilization in conjunction with sensor stabilization, and then we're going to be comparing all of that to an iPhone 11 max 11, Pro, max okay. So, right now we're filming on my Sony, a 65 hundred 16 to 55 and the lens has a piece of glass inside the lens and that piece of glass moves using information from the accelerometer inside the camera to help stabilizes the image. On top of that inside of the camera, the image sensor actually moves as well. So these are two forms of stabilization that are working together to provide you a stable image.
This is like the gold standard when it comes to non-mechanical based stabilization. This would be mechanical based. Stabilization I want to take a look at this. In a second, you guys just saw was a lens and camera image. Stabilization combo this next lens does not have image.
Stabilization on I could do a whole video about why some camera lenses don't have image stabilization, but you guys probably don't want to see that. Essentially, this is a sharper lens because there isn't able us image stabilization on the inside of it at the cost of not being as stable the lens. So let's put this lens on shoot some cinematic bureau, so we're about to have a rap battle, but one of the issues that you have with electronic image stabilization is that crops in a minute, which is why I was out to use the ultralight camera and on top of that, if I move the camera ever so slightly, and you look at the edges of it. You're going to see weird warping and stuff like that, and that just comes with the fact that the video that's being film has to get processed, and the phone has to use the internal gyroscopes in order to correct for that movement, it there's nothing really. You can do about it, but we are going to show you guys what we can do, because we can do the same thing afterwards and editing.
The only problem is that to like to do this on a computer and use this kind of editing, it does require a lot of computational horsepower to do it after the fact. That's just the reality. So one of the things about electronic image stabilization, and especially electronic image, stabilization in cell phone, is that you have to crop in on the sensor. So right now we're on a tripod for K 60, no image stabilization and just go ahead and look at the borders and see where things begin and end in the image now you're going to see this cropped in a reasonable amount. When we switch to electronic image stabilization- and here we go now- I haven't changed anything in the way.
This camera is set up anything other than switching to electronic image. Stabilization in device now I am using the stock Sham mi camera app, I'm going to switch it right now to the Google, the Google camera app or G cam for the Redmi k, 30 pro Poco f2 pro, and you can compare the amount of crop that we have in the image right now. Okay, and now we are using G cam 4 k 60 with E is, and this is kind of the crop and what it looks like I know, I'm going to get this question a lot. What about using stabilization in post-processing with Google photos for the Google photos after processing I have used that I'm, not the biggest fan of it. I think it's just kind of a band-aid for like an overall, bigger problem that we have.
The other thing is that unless the device is recording metadata, metadata oops into the video file or the XML file, XML file, the file that is created along with the device so that it can use that gyroscope data for the stabilization. It's all being done. Computationally now pause because for GoPro- and this is an application- that's been out for a while the GoPro application and go profiles actually record. The movement of the device- and there are- is separate, GoPro applications or separate post-processing applications that take the file that records all the movement of the GoPro plus. The GoPro footage combines the information together and gives you really incredible results in post-processing.
Now, if we were somehow able to save that metadata, that was recorded either when using G, cam or stock, and then, let's say when charging the device or when the device was in deep hibernation, using that information to computationally stabilize the footage. After the fact, then we could have potentially really, really good 4k 60 stabilized footage in device. Unfortunately, I haven't I, don't know anything about this on the Poco f2 Pro or on Android devices in general, I'm, not exactly sure how Apple does it I think Apple does some kind of post-processing stabilization, but essentially those are some of the limitations that we have right now with doing stabilization and post-processing and electronic image stabilization. So one of the things about the iPhone 11 Pro Max right is that it uses optical image stabilization on the main sensor. What that means is that it doesn't have to crop it on the sensor so that the Y dish or the field of view of the main sensor isn't compromised.
If it had used optical image stabilization, it would crop it a little. That's why if you use the ultra-wide, it does crop it a little because on the iPhone it does not have optical image, stabilization or sensor based optical image. Stabilization on the wide sensor, because it's much easier to use digital stabilization for a wider field of view I can, you can crop in a little as a day. You look so guilty. You guys are enjoying this content and you guys want to see more content like this, where I kind of take a deep dive into a subject, go ahead and hit the subscribe button.
Something like 93 percent of you guys aren't subscribed to this channel and the best way to support me is hit the subscribe button and go ahead and give me a shout-out on Twitter, okay guys, so the next thing that I'm doing right now is I'm setting up my a 6500 on a mechanical gimbals. Now I used to use mechanical gimbals a ton in my filmmaking and a ton in like commercial work that I would do but recently, and you guys, will see because of the amount of set-up time and the amount of just kind of hassle that comes with this I find that more often than not using a mechanical gimbals kind of takes me out of the flow of filmmaking and in some ways it kind of it just makes it less enjoyable. Overall, okay, guys I should probably explain what's going on. What is all of this? This is a three access mechanically stabilizing gimbals. Now, if you see this, camera essentially holds any position.
This is what the motors off this means that this is completely and perfectly balanced in all the three accesses. Now we're going to go ahead, figure out which one of these cables works and then shoot some cinematic b-roll for you guys with the sunset now, the one thing I want you guys to be paying attention to is how smooth does this footage? Look after editing and looking over the footage of the Poco f2 pro versus the iPhone. A couple of things really stood out to me really other than color. There was a pretty noticeable difference in this league. The overall quality of the footage, the overall quality of the stabilization between the two of them and I, find that fascinating, since both the Poco f2 Pro and the iPhone 11 Pro Max of and Maxim Pro.
They both use electronic image stabilization on the wide-angle lens, but the reality is that there was just kind of no comparison between the way the iPhone footage looked and the way the Poco footage looked and that to mean really just solidified how much of an advantage the iPhone has when we compared all of this stuff to the gimbals footage that I shot with my Sony and then zoom Wiesel s gimbals. Another thing that stood out to me was how, even though the overall quality of the footage and the quality of the stabilization of the gimbals and my a 6500, how much better that was like the footage from the iPhone and held up, and it held up really, really well, especially when it came to doing cinematic camera movements. It felt like the iPhone footage was never. The iPhone was never working against me in regard to stabilization. It understood the cinematic movement that I was trying to do with the device and then stabilized the footage in that way.
Obviously, it is worth noting that there is a huge price difference between these two devices, but at the end of the day, the biggest difference that I saw with these two devices was the electronic image stabilization on the wide-angle, and that comes down as software and software development and the way he is implemented in these devices and ultimately, I think that if you are looking for a device or a phone to do, video with the iPhone is just so much better and the experience of using it. It made capturing a really nice footage, simple, it made it capture it easy is that ever going to replace something like my Sony, a 6500 and a gimbals? No, but there's a few things that we can learn from this one. The iPhone is able to give you perfect, looking footage if you're a complete amateur, it was the first time I'd ever picked up an iPhone, and I'm, not the greatest at shooting cell phone footage. The second is that there is a lot of setup and there's a lot of time that it takes to balance a gimbals and to use that with a proper camera setup and the fact that we're able to use computational video to kind of equal the playing field is something that was really, really surprising to me. The third thing that really stuck out to me when using the iPhone is that software and the overall camera experience of using the iPhone, although you don't have all the manual control, although you it the interface, for it is not something that I, particularly like Apple, has done an amazing job of making a good quality video accessible to everyone.
Now I am going to be selling my Poco f2 Pro to buy a Xiaomi meet at or that's the way it's looking at least I sold. My read me Kate went pro yesterday, and I'm, probably going to be selling my read, Nikkei 30 pro in the next couple of days, and I'm really interested to see how the optical image stabilization he has on their flagship device, compares to a flagship device from another brand. Let me know what you guys thought had the most natural and the most fluid movement. If you want me to do more deep, dives into subjects like this, let me know in the comment section down below and until next time guys it's been Mitchell. You.
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