Using a tripod

[ronidog]

Ibis on or off when using a tripod? There seems to be some confusion amongst users.I’vee always left it on and not noticed any problems.

[Tram]

Off unless like one Canon lens I owned that had inbuilt tripod detection capability

[Lez325]

Off for me too as the camera/lens will be stable on a tripod

[Ian]

It's sensible to turn it off but in reality, as long as the tripod really is stable, it doesn't really matter.

Ian

[pdk42]

The software is smart enough to know the camera is on a tripod. I use a tripod a lot and never turn IBIS off. I’m yet to have a blurred photo, even at exposures of 60s or more.

[IainMacD]

Generally off when on a tripod but sometimes on in high wind.

[Phill D]

I leave IBIS on, but that's just because I forget to turn it off Doesn't seem to matter though. If I ever do turn it off I forget to turn it on again and that usually does matter!

[Ross the fiddler]

That would be the same for me too. 😁

[BDennis]

I most always leave it on apart from sometimes for zoomed in Moon astrophotography. Same reason as Phill because later I forget to turn it on again hand held.

I’ve had one time when I had to turn it off. I had the camera attached to my scope via a T- mount adapter and I was taking video of the Moon. For some reason the image went crazily wobbly with the IS over-compensating when I tried to align the scope on the Moon, it was just impossible. I just wanted to get some video of the Moon rolling through the FoV. I’m not sure what it would have done if I had a tracking mount.

Also with the 100-400mm at 400mm and a x2 TC on a tripod I find the IS can be problematic. You adjust the mount just a little bit to align the Moon and the IS over compensates by quite a lot and the Moon can go almost completely out of frame, much more than any physical movement would suggest should happen. Even just carefully changing some dial settings on the camera can do this when the tripod is completely locked and very steady. It made me realise that the sensor is on a floating platform with those little pixies on magnetic magic carpet things trying to keep it steady!

[rsh1960]

(91) ON or Off Image Stabilization When Using Tripod? - YouTube

[wornish]

Just the act of pressing the shutter will cause some motion even if the camera is on a sturdy tripod. IBIS may help a bit, But, to be sure, use either a delayed release or a remote release. The 2 sec and 12 sec delays built into the options are there for a reason. All that said once you reduce the image size to fit. on a website that reduces the blur a bit as well.