GH2 14-42 and 45-200 Pana lenses have OIS on at all times.

[JamesBenet]

I thought that by disabling OIS on the menu and or the switch OIS would be off for tripod work but no.

Both lenses still have some sort of gyro mechanism turned on at all times even when OIS has been turned to Off in the menu for the 14-42 and the switch is off for the 45-200 OIS. Tested on GH2

You can listen at the gyro constantly going in video mode if you put your ear close to the lens. Further more if you use a tripod and use EX mode on the GH2 you can clearly see vibration induced by stabilization and not vibration from motion or wind.

I tested with some canon lenses even at 300mm and they did not move. The Panasonic lenses do not disable OIS completely in video mode on a tripod.

This has ruined around 30 of my most recent tripod shots. This is something that needs to be fixed by Panasonic as no serious tripod work can be made with these lenses unless you decouple them and hope they don't fall off.

Very disappointed!

 

[aljudy]

Perhaps you need to update the lens firmware? Check: http://panasonic.jp/support/global/cs/dsc/download/index.html to see if you have the latest firmware update to your lenses.... Al

 

[flinty]

Personaly i find it best to keep OIS on all times with or without a tripod with my GH2, with camcorders it was different.

 

[JamesBenet]

I have the latest firmware on both lenses. OIS at all times is not an option for macro, and extreme magnification because the vibration in video mode becomes translated into continuous micro shakes and rolling shutter jello artifacts.

This is a severe bug that makes lenses shake elements even when on a tripod and OIS turned off, no other camera system Ive encountered does this. Still it should also be a draw of battery to have an extra gyro moving things at all times.