Should you turn off IBIS when using a tripod?

[stevet1]

I am asking this just out of curiosity.

I don't own a camera that has IBIS.

I have read many people who recommend that you should turn off the image stabilization on your lens when using a tripod.

What do people say about cameras that have IBIS?

Steve Thomas

[Waddizzle]

You should disable Image Stabilization when using a tripod.  

Some combinations of high performance DSLR camera bodies and EF lenses will do it automatically, regardless of the swith settings on the lens.  I would expect this to also be the case with R series bodes and RF lenses.

[Tronhard]

So far, from my own limited experience, I have not bothered to turn off IBIS in my R-series bodies and seen no problems.  I am using R5, R6 and R6II units with 14-35L, 24-105L, 100-500L, 24-240 RF lenses, I also shot, using the EF-RF adapter with the following EF lenses: 24-105L, 70-200LMkII f/4, 70-300L, 100-400LMkII and the Sigma 60-600s.  I cannot answer for other body/lens combinations.

[FloridaDrafter]

My experience has been the same as Trevor's, I just don't bother to turn IS off on the lens. But I did the same with my DSLR's. I use L glass, so as Waddizzle mentioned, it may be being taken care of in the lens.

Newton

[jrhoffman75]

The R5 has an IBIS High Resolution Shooting mode and the manual says to mount camera on a sturdy tripod. It is IBIS only and disables IS mode.

[Waddizzle]

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@jrhoffman75 wrote:

The R5 has an IBIS High Resolution Shooting mode and the manual says to mount camera on a sturdy tripod. It is IBIS only and disables IS mode.

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I would suspect the R3 might do something similar.  It would be consistent with how the high end DSLRs worked with certain high performance lenses.

[FloridaDrafter]

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@jrhoffman75 wrote:

The R5 has an IBIS High Resolution Shooting mode and the manual says to mount camera on a sturdy tripod. It is IBIS only and disables IS mode.

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That's referred to as "pixel shifting" and I can totally see why ILS would be disabled when using it. The sensor is shifted to 9 different positions using IBIS tech to take the shot, so there can't be any chance of interruption/movement during recording of the image, including your subject.

Newton

[stevet1]

If high-end cameras automatically disable IBIS when mounted on a tripod, doesn't that suggest that you should manually disable IBIS when using lower-end models?

Steve Thomas

[Tintype_18]

I don't recall disabling IS at any time on my T7.

[Tronhard]

Lower end models don't have IBIS.  The camera that I think lies in a grey area is the R7 which has a less sophisticated form of IBIS.  Canon Japan have apparently said as much.