Monopod & VR
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Depends how steady your hands are, mine still cause some shake due to my tremor even when using my monopod.
I seem to remember reading quite sometime ago that some IS/VR systems allowed for the up-down to be turned on whilst the left-right was still on
so you could still pan shoot with a little help 'as it were' in the direction of movement, maybe I'm imagining this???
Perhaps it was the otherway around, up-down still on but left-right turned off???
I'll go have a google...
I seem to remember reading quite sometime ago that some IS/VR systems allowed for the up-down to be turned on whilst the left-right was still on
so you could still pan shoot with a little help 'as it were' in the direction of movement, maybe I'm imagining this???
Perhaps it was the otherway around, up-down still on but left-right turned off???
I'll go have a google...
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Wow my memory is still relatively there,
now where was I?
Oh yes, here's a link to a Canon official explanation of their 'mode 2' IS system, (sorry Nikon people I didn't look any further than this).
Basically it shows which lenses you do need to turn off the IS and which you don't, even on a tripod!!!
And as for using a monopod or panning with out there is a mode 2 that allows for correction opposite to the panning.
Meaning it can even recognize portrait versus landscape panning.
http://cpn.canon-europe.com/content/education/technical/image_stabilization_lenses.do?page=2
Check the list of lenses too, and of course some have the tripod detection so no need to turn off the IS but don't have the mode 2 for panning.
Hope this helps, it did for me
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but don't berate me for it...
now where was I?
Oh yes, here's a link to a Canon official explanation of their 'mode 2' IS system, (sorry Nikon people I didn't look any further than this).
Basically it shows which lenses you do need to turn off the IS and which you don't, even on a tripod!!!
And as for using a monopod or panning with out there is a mode 2 that allows for correction opposite to the panning.
Meaning it can even recognize portrait versus landscape panning.
http://cpn.canon-europe.com/content/education/technical/image_stabilization_lenses.do?page=2
Check the list of lenses too, and of course some have the tripod detection so no need to turn off the IS but don't have the mode 2 for panning.
Hope this helps, it did for me
And yes
but don't berate me for it...
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Edit: crossed post with Simon
A good rule of thumb is if you have a hand on the camera during the exposure, then use IS - even if the camera is on a tripod, say when using a gimbal head.
Most IS systems have a mode-2 switch that cuts out stabilisation in the horizontal plane for panning, some do it automatically when they detect persistent movement in one direction. And they're sensitive to orientation, so know when you've turned the camera for a vertical shot.
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