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When You Have No IBIS

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2025-03-05
1 min read

A joke only photographers will understand. But really, even nature relies on the tripod when you need to be really still.

This is a tripod fish – a strange and fascinating deep-sea predator that balances on elongated fins, patiently waiting in the darkness to sense passing prey 🐟

— Nature is Incredible (@incrediblenature.bsky.social) 2025-03-05T22:30:19.755Z

IBIS = In-Body Image Stabilization. A photographer who uses a camera that has IBIS does not have to carry a tripod and can handhold the camera and still get sharp pictures.

 

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