Jerky video

[botty.1963]

Hi all, I rarely take any video clips but when I do, they are always jerky. I have watched various YouTube videos on the subject but still can't see to get a decent video when I am moving the camera. I have a Canon 80D so limited to 1080 which isn't an issue given the amount of time I use video, and I have tried 60 FPS with a shutter speed of 1/125 and 25FPS with 1/50. I use manual and have set the appropriate aperture and ISO. I normally have my Canon 24-105 F4 L series lens on, and that's what I was using today in the garden to do some tests. If I am handheld and slowly pan around the garden, when I look back at the footage it just looks so jerky, it's also similar although not so noticeable if I have the camera on a tripod and I walk around the garden, my movement also shows as a little jerky. Any suggestions?

 

[garryknight]

A gimbal might help to some degree, though practice helps more. And using a video editor that includes a deshake (or unshake) algorithm can, in some cases, practically eliminate it, albeit at the expense of losing pixels (and often a lot of them) around the edge of the frame. If you know you're going to use unshake you can shoot from further away to compensate.

 

[TimHughes]

Panning is quite tricky to get smooth. Even with a gimbal or simply sitting on a tripod head. Best bet is to pan very slowly. There are lots of other camera movements that will be easier to get smooth than panning. Gimbals are very versatile.

 

[garryknight]

^^^ This is very true. The Zhiyun Smooth 4 has a mode where you lock the camera's position relative to the tripod, so you can follow movement much more easily.

 

[Tdes]

If the lens has IS it can make a pan look jerky as well.