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I really like my Nikon D7500 but lately I've noticed that with increasing age many of my hand held images are suffering from my shakier hands especially when using non-VR Nikon lenses (35 & 50mm for example) with as high a shutter speed as possible. I'm therefore beginning to give serious thought to getting a camera which is a bit lighter than the D7500 and has built in image stabilisation. Ideally, this could be the Z6 but the cost of the lenses at the moment is a bit off-putting.
So, I'm looking for advice from anyone else who has a similar issue and/or suggestions for a walk-around camera which would be OK printing up to A3. At the moment I'm not even sure that it's a tree I'm barking up let alone the wrong one. Any help very grateful received.
 
Try an Olympus M43 camera. EM5 or EM1.

Class leading IBIS and easily printable up to A3.

I had the EM5 MK2 and thoroughly enjoyed it. Image stabilisation on those cameras is way better than my FF Sony gear that use now.
 
Charles

Though you mention age related changes in you muscle tone/steadiness, you might be interested in looking up David Plummer. He is a SE based wildlife photographer who developed Parkinson's Disease at age 40 (in 2009).

Maybe reading of his experiences will give you some insights......though as I recall he stills shoots with larger gear?
 
As mentioned above try M43 bodies

Or Sony bodies which has good amount of 3rd party support these days.
 
Hi Charles, I'm in my late 60s, left hand has got a bit shaky .... I'm so happy with my little Panasonic body, little light-weight lenses and a wrist strap. I shoot things like flowers, sometimes, portrait orientation using right hand only, cropping in post. I shoot all sorts of street scenes from waist level with screen flipped up, steadied against my leg, assorted body parts. :giggle:

The M43 incredible stabilisation has been mentioned. I thought Pana was more advanced than Oly in that respect. :thinking:
 
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Might be irrelevant to you but I find certain combinations are harder to hold still due to either small grip or bad weight balance. For some reason 85mm f/1.8 was the most "shaky" one on 5D3 whereas bigger fatter lenses seem slightly more forgiving. Really above 50mm you probably want IS for shooting handheld and when in doubt always use the tripod. I mostly do 80-90% time and 99% for client work.
 
Thank you for all your replies. I think I'll look at the MFT options.
 
There is a bit of a trade off here, I have an EM5ii and the IBS is really very good but it gets quite noisy at higher ISOs so there is a limit on the upper shutter speed in lower light. A larger sensor might allow higher usable ISOs and so higher shutter speed. Depends what light you shoot in obviously.
 
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