Hi!
Unfortunately, our magic DSLRs don't cope too well with motion – they're still cameras after all! Handheld shots with lots of jerky moves and shakes will yield a wobbly jellyfish-like footage, even when shot with a wide lens. While rolling shutter due to pans or fast moving objects in the shot can be easily dealt with in post (RollingShutter by The Foundry or even the latest iPhoto), the wobbly-jelly artifacts can effectively ruin your shot.
A few tricks might help:
- Keep your shot as steady as you possibly can
- Use a wide lens
- Featureless backgrounds and moving subjects in the foreground
make the wobbly effect a little less evident
- Correct for rolling shutter in post
- Edit out the worst jellyfish bits
- Have fun! :rolleyes:
I'd be happy to read about more ways to deal with the issue, both in prod and post.
Sid the Sloth