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mrgooch
12th of June 2009 (Fri), 19:44
I have read two conflicting statements about this.I know it's not used with a tripod but would I use it with a monopod?
packpe89
12th of June 2009 (Fri), 19:52
I do, when shooting night sports, shutter speeds are still slow (300-400), and there is movement, unlike a tripod.
aram535
12th of June 2009 (Fri), 22:00
Yes, there is enough movement in your arm on a mono that the IS doesn't kill the image. I always have it on unless on a tripod.
mrgooch
12th of June 2009 (Fri), 22:04
What do you mean by " kill the image"?
aram535
13th of June 2009 (Sat), 01:02
If you leave IS on, while on a tripod the lens will actually shake the camera enough to blur your image.
deserttarheel
13th of June 2009 (Sat), 01:23
If you leave IS on, while on a tripod the lens will actually shake the camera enough to blur your image.

Thanks for that explanation. I have kept IS off on a tripod since that is the recommendation but I didn't know why.
danaitch
13th of June 2009 (Sat), 06:28
What are you shooting? If it's 'sport', as I assume it will be in this section of the forum, IS won't help freeze the action at lower shutter speeds, it'll just eliminate camera shake. If you've got at least 1/250th of a second, camera shake shouldn't affect you. The IS won't freeze action for you at lower shutter speeds, ever.
mrgooch
13th of June 2009 (Sat), 06:30
At this point baseball only. 300mm f4 L
AdamLewis
13th of June 2009 (Sat), 08:39
I pretty much always leave it on simply because it stabilizes the viewfinder.
LSUConnMan
16th of June 2009 (Tue), 16:53
This discussion is new to me. I thought the whole point of the 1-2 switch on the 300 f/4 was so the IS is only enabled for vertical movements, and not the horizontal panning associated with monopod use.
mrgooch
16th of June 2009 (Tue), 17:09
When I use my monopod there is no panning involved.
MJPhotos24
16th of June 2009 (Tue), 17:41
Don't remember the last time I used it, but I know it was for something still in low light - not action shots.
Palladium
16th of June 2009 (Tue), 19:41
I'll hijack this thread with this tidbit for the Super-Teles with the AF Stop buttons.

In the setup menu of the camera (Mark III & maybe others) I as the AF Stop button activated to

start / stop the lens stabilization of the lens (IS)

I keep the IS in the on position on the the lens but it is not active until I press on the AF Stop button. In real world use this lets me kick in the IS when I'm capturing an stationary image just by pressing the AF stop button. When I release the AF Stop the IS is turned off.


The AF Stop buttons are only on the Super-Teles, YMMV