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Hi there,

I just got myself a new Olympus E-620, and notice that the camera body tends to vibrate if the Image Stabilizer is on, when shooting at slower speed and lower ISO. Is this normal? What is the the normal speed for using IS function for E-620?
I will be very grateful for any answer.

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The IS vibration is noticeable at longer shutter speed because when the shutter speed is fast it is too quick to notice, obviously all the time the shutter is open it's trying to hold the sensor still.

When you want it on depends on the focal length your lens and how still you can hold the camera.
 
Personally I would keep IS on at all times except when the camera is on a very rigid tripod.
Unless I were to be particulaly worried about battery life.

Or perhaps if you're panning on the diagonal (say, to follow a plane or bird diving at 45 degrees).
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I see, thank you for the reply, I'm relieved now :-)
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At first, I kept the IS on all the time too, then I notice the camera body vibration, and worried something happened to my new E-620.
Thank you
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Thank you :)
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StephenL said:
Personally I would keep IS on at all times except when the camera is on a very rigid > tripod.
Unless I were to be particulaly worried about battery life.
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IS is unnecessary on fast shutterspeed. Actually keeping it on when not needed, will most likely introduce image blur. This is already well documented. So I would recommend turning IS off when not needed.

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I see, thanx for the info, I'm a newbie with this gear :)
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MarkusDaaniel said:
MarkusDaaniel said:
Personally I would keep IS on at all times except when the camera is on a very rigid > tripod.
Unless I were to be particulaly worried about battery life.
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IS is unnecessary on fast shutterspeed. Actually keeping it on when not needed, will most likely introduce image blur. This is already well documented. So I would recommend turning IS off when not needed.
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This must be an urban myth. I have never seen it documented and I do not belive its true!

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MarkusDaaniel said:
There is only you and your camera. The limitations in your photography are in yourself, for what we see is what we are. (Ernst Haas)

http://md.tsoon.com
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Right now i have no time to point out all the threads cos I'm going out at the moment. But you can start here: http://forums.dpreview.com/forums/readflat.asp?forum=1022&thread=32597852&page=1

And I pretty much surely remember that Olympus tech reps have explicitly stated that you should turn IS off on high shutterspeeds. And this pretty much correlates with my personal experience too - unexpected image softness results on some images when I forgot to turn IS of (for example when going from the inside to the outside).

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There is only you and your camera. The limitations in your photography are in yourself, for what we see is what we are. (Ernst Haas)

http://md.tsoon.com
 
Right now i have no time to point out all the threads cos I'm going out at the moment. But you can start here: http://forums.dpreview.com/forums/readflat.asp?forum=1022&thread=32597852&page=1

And I pretty much surely remember that Olympus tech reps have explicitly stated that you should turn IS off on high shutterspeeds. And this pretty much correlates with my personal experience too - unexpected image softness results on some images when I forgot to turn IS of (for example when going from the inside to the outside).
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There is only you and your camera. The limitations in your photography are in yourself, for what we see is what we are. (Ernst Haas)

http://md.tsoon.com
 
Thanks for the link to that interesting thread. However, to my reading, there is nothing conclusive either way. And whenever I have spoken to an Oly technical person, usually Perry, the recommendation has been as per Olympus' own manual, ie, only switch IS off for tripod exposures. Which the E-620 apparently does automatically anyway, for exposures longer than 2 minutes.

Mind you, where I shoot it's rarely bright enough for exposures shorter than 1/200 anyway :-)
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TorsteinH said:
MarkusDaaniel said:
IS is unnecessary on fast shutterspeed. Actually keeping it on when not needed, will most likely introduce image blur. This is already well documented. So I would recommend turning IS off when not needed.
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This must be an urban myth. I have never seen it documented and I do not belive its true!
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p65 in my E620 manual tells me to turn it off on a tripod (aka not needed).
 
Its Normal no worries.

 
kalniel said:
p65 in my E620 manual tells me to turn it off on a tripod (aka not needed).
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It is only your intrepretation that the manual tells you to turn it off because IS is not needed ; the manual says no such thing. If it were merely not needed, the manual probably wouldn't be saying anything.

It so happens that IS can actually be harmful on a tripod, as illustrated by this fireworks shot I took (100% crop):

 
Very useful, thank you
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