VR or IS on tripod?

Zim

Zim

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I know when taking stills you should shut off the VR if the camera is on a tripod. Is this the same when shooting video? Just wondering, thanks.
 
if the camera is in motion, keep the VR or IS on. when you shoot video and have IS or VR, keep it on.
 
Trey T said:
if the camera is in motion, keep the VR or IS on. when you shoot video and have IS or VR, keep it on.
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I have reason to disagree with this but I'll wait and see what some other people say as well before I jump in.
 
For stills on a tripod you probably don't need VR but it shouldn't hurt your shot to have it on.

For video, if you are panning turn off VR or IS since the VR will try to fight the pan and you will wind up with a bounce back type of effect.

If you are handholding video you can leave VR on but if I'm shooting in uncontrolled environments I turn it off usually since I don't want any flares that might get trapped in the lens to start floating around too.
 
egproductions said:
For stills on a tripod you probably don't need VR but it shouldn't hurt your shot to have it on.

For video, if you are panning turn off VR or IS since the VR will try to fight the pan and you will wind up with a bounce back type of effect.

If you are handholding video you can leave VR on but if I'm shooting in uncontrolled environments I turn it off usually since I don't want any flares that might get trapped in the lens to start floating around too.
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The same is true for stills. On a tripod, sometimes the image stabilization system gets fooled and performs an incorrect image shift. This depends on the lens so you just have to test it out.
 
Exactly what I was thnking but being new around here I wanted to be sure first.

What he said:

Handheld in either mode = VR/IS on

Tripod in either mode = VR/IS off
 
N635DC said:
Exactly what I was thnking but being new around here I wanted to be sure first.

What he said:

Handheld in either mode = VR/IS on

Tripod in either mode = VR/IS off
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Correct. Think about it...would you want IS to search for something to correct when there's nothing to correct....asking for trouble....like a previous poster said, bounce-back effect would irritate you.
 
I like to have it OFF pretty much all the time. Just feels... right.

Since I'm also using a Canon system, it's hilarious how loud the IS system is compared to the VR =]
 
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