When and why turn OIS off?

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The manual tells us not to use OIS e.g. when using a tripod....

What is the reason? - how serious are the disadvantages of a running OIS on a tripod?
 
In theory, with the camera on the tripod, any movement is purposeful, so you don't want the OIS compensating for it.

Same even goes for handheld, if you want to do a pan...the OIS will try to "correct" it, keep the image still. Looks ugly.
 
tnx GenJerDan - well, I don't like to move the camera on tripod, I like still shots and I had only still shots in my head and wondered about disadvantages if NOT moving the camera at all (that should have been my question...)
 
On a tripod, static shots? Nothing bad will happen.

Until you forget you have the OIS turned on and try doing some movement. :grin: I *always* forget.
 
The question should be... "When and why turn OIS on?..."

I've never used it, probably never will...!!!
 
In many cases I can't shoot with tripod, as I film underwater and after/before on the boat (and camera still in housing)....

If there's ANY chance to use the tripod, of course I do and as I said - I won't touch the camera anymore once positioned. So I think that I'd better just leave OIS either always on or always off and keep that always in mind for special situations.
 
We don't need to use the OIS when the camera is on a tripod.

If you shoot using the anamorphic adapter you should also turn the OIS off.
 
@Kuock: of course we don't "need" to use the OIS with tripod, but I'm talking about "lazyness" that means: I'd have to turn OIS on and off all the time, as I often shoot handheld as I can't use the tripod but also as often and always if possible with tripod... so it'd help me to tell me what can happen if I d' leave OIS on all the time - even useless on tripod if I don't touch the camera at all on tripod... For EIS the disadvantages are evident, but for OIS IMO it's not as evident. Evident why to turn off if shooting on tripod WHILE moving the camera on tripod, but not evident why turn off if not touching the camera at all. Perhaps Steward will tell me why never use it might be better for my results and I'd keep it shut off - I simply want to leave it either on or off as I can't control (plus change if needed) it each time I change from handheld to tripod.

Thanks for the answers so far! That's exaclty what I wanted: a discussion about the sense and possible bad influence of OIS.
 
If you're not moving the camera when on a tripod, having OIS on will not have any negative effects. OIS doesn't do anything until movement is detected.
 
thanks, Eric! That's what I wanted to hear. As I'm not a fan of pan shots I guess that best for me will be to leave OIS on and remember in case I move the camera in any way. I could imagine, that that mechanic system would not do anything if not touched, but what else did we "guess" that actually was not true....
 
The default display has the little shaky hand when OIS is on -- you should look at your display and monitor the information the same way you do in your car.

That being said, I occasionally still shoot with the GD gain up and then curse myself when I break down my gear :)
 
OIS can help on a locked-down extreme zoom shot. OIS will get rid of the tiny "bounce" that can happen when shooting in a strong wind or on an unstable platform.
 
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