Does OIS have a negative effect on handheld pans?

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Dystopia

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I know that its bad to use OIS when panning with a tripod as it can make the image appear jerky, but I was wondering if the same thing could happen with smooth handheld pans, to a greater or lesser extent.

Theoretically if you were shooting handheld but panning very very smoothly then the motion shouldn't be any different to panning with a tripod?

If this is the case I guess OIS is only really good for static handheld shots?
 
It has a positive effect with handheald pans since it keeps the shakieness down to a minimum. I havent experemented with the tripod and OIS tho, I usually just leave mine on.
 
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Robbie Comeau said:
I always leave my OIS on.
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I hope not when your on a tripod.

To original poster, basically when you do a pan handheld the OIS will react in the same way as when on a tripod, however as there is other motion at play the OIS will react to that also, making the whole thing look like a reasonable handheld shot. OIS when handheld.
 
If you go handheld and pan real slow, you'll get the little screen jitters. The OIS does it job best when the cam is not still. I never use it on the pod and I also turn it off if I do real slow handheld pans and stuff, because basically, it loses the plot and doesn't know who to handle slow cam movement.
 
Dystopia said:
I know that its bad to use OIS when panning with a tripod as it can make the image appear jerky, but I was wondering if the same thing could happen with smooth handheld pans, to a greater or lesser extent.

Theoretically if you were shooting handheld but panning very very smoothly then the motion shouldn't be any different to panning with a tripod?

If this is the case I guess OIS is only really good for static handheld shots?
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100% YES
 
The OIS works by physically moving an optical element. It has a very limited physical range of movement. Relatively large movements like pans are likely to trigger multiple corrections. You'll see it as short jerks in your footage.
With extremely slow pans you may get away with it BUT you can also easily trigger it so that it tries to correct your panning motion--- and it can't.
Go out and test it. Do some hand-held pans and some tripod pans with OIS- ON and OIS-OFF. Do them very slowly and at medium speed. Watch your footage.
You won't have any problems deciding after that.
btw---you are thinking this through logically and that is good!
 
What would be cool would be if Panasonic implemented a "vertical only" OIS mode, much like Canon's "Type 2" (I think that's what they call it) in their OIS equipped Still Lenses.


- Mikko
 
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