image stabilizer: i recently read in a photo mag that iff you set your camera up on a trypod all ready to take a nice landscape set the timer or use a remote shutter release you should...

john merry Loc: tincan bay qeensland aus

i recently read in a photo mag that iff you set your camera up on a trypod all ready to take a nice landscape set the timer or use a remote shutter release you should turn off the image stabilizer as the stabilizer gets all upset because it has just lost its roll in life and retaliates by stuffing up your shot well words to that affect how true is that

sarge69 Loc: Ft Myers, FL

Very true. Turn off VR or IS if you are using a tripod or monopod.

Sarge69 :thumbup: :thumbup:

john merry Loc: tincan bay qeensland aus

thanks for the info i was putting the blame on my new exspensive trypod

mafadecay Loc: Wales UK

john merry wrote:

thanks for the info i was putting the blame on my new exspensive trypod

Yep as mentioned this is 100% true. The stabiliser can't work out why there are no vibrations so creates its own to compensate. I am not a fan of IS or VR full stop but can sometimes save your bacon.

bikinkawboy Loc: north central Missouri

Hmm, I always thought there was something fishy about that VR, now my paranoid concerns have been validated. Just wait till I tell my psychiatrist that I no longer need him! Maybe I should be a nice guy and wait until after the first of the month when he makes his BMW payment.

Wabbit Loc: Arizona Desert

john merry wrote:

i recently read in a photo mag that iff you set your camera up on a trypod all ready to take a nice landscape set the timer or use a remote shutter release you should turn off the image stabilizer as the stabilizer gets all upset because it has just lost its roll in life and retaliates by stuffing up your shot well words to that affect how true is that

Hey Doc ..... some of the new Image Stabilizing systems can be left on for tripod use ..... check the one you're using or to be safe just turn it off .....

Jer Loc: Mesa, Arizona

If you shutter speed is higher than the length of your lens, turn off your stabilization.

jimmix7 Loc: England

If the subject is contantly moving I have read that VR is useless, Its only good if the subject is totally still and the camera has a bit movement or shake from a shakey hand.. That's what I understand in my reading....

I am PJ

Sarge is spot on...it is a closed loop system that works on error input. No input means it will introduce an error and so on....

high-flyer Loc: Texas

Here is a great article by B&H Photo on this subject. Perhaps it will de-mistify the the subject a little.
http://www.bhphotovideo.com/indepth/photography/tips-solutions/image-stabilization-when-use-it-and-when-turn-it

heyjoe Loc: cincinnati ohio

i did a shoot with a pro friend,out door football game
he has the 70-200 2.8 me the 70-200 4 the first thing he said
turn off the I.S

leither Loc: Sunny Leith

sarge69 wrote:

Very true. Turn off VR or IS if you are using a tripod or monopod.

Sarge69 :thumbup: :thumbup:

My CD manual for the Nikon D5100 says to turn off when using a tripod but leave on when using a monopod - 'thinks your still shaky on one leg' :?: :?:

I am PJ

Jer wrote:

If you shutter speed is higher than the length of your lens, turn off your stabilization.

Great tip that.
I have always worked on 1.5 times focal length to take account of my alcohol intake. :thumbup:

jerryc41 Loc: Catskill Mts of NY

john merry wrote:

i recently read in a photo mag that iff you set your camera up on a trypod all ready to take a nice landscape set the timer or use a remote shutter release you should turn off the image stabilizer as the stabilizer gets all upset because it has just lost its roll in life and retaliates by stuffing up your shot well words to that affect how true is that

It depends on the lens. Read the papers that came with it. Or, download the manual online. In the long run, I bet it doesn't matter.

rfazzi Loc: San Jose, California

That was a good article by B & H.

Important information was relayed and now I have a better understanding of the subject of VR.

Thanks for the link high-flyer!

Rich