Panny G9 questions: I.S. and exposure weight

scphoto wrote:

I have two questions regarding the Panny G9:

1. When I am shooting in animal/bird/human detect mode, if I have exposure set to "center weighted", is the center weighted point the center of the image ... OR ... is the center weighted area the focus point? Prior to animal/bird/human detect mode being available, I typically put the subject in the center, half pressed the shutter button (locking exposure & focus), recompose and then fully press the shutter button to take the shot. Since I started using animal/bird detect for wildlife, I've been using the "multiple" exposure mode. However, I prefer to be in control of what I want exposed properly and not turn that task over to the camera's firmware.

2. When I use the G9 with the PL100-400, can I have sensor image stabilization ON, but have the lens stabilization off? When I have the lens mounted on the camera and image stabilization is ON in the camera menu ... AND ... the lens switch is set to stabilization, I see an icon on my LCD display that says "Dual 2". But when I turn it off on the lens, the icon changes to OFF. To me that means both in body and in lens are OFF because I turned it off on the lens only. (One may ask why I want to do this? Good queston. When shooting moving wildlife (e.g., flying birds) I use a fast shutter speed (1/2500 sec) with stabilization OFF because I'm under the impression that IOS interferes with getting sharp focus. However, maybe there's an alternative to everything ON or everything OFF. I'd like to experiment with this, if the two can be set independently with the G9 and the PL100-400.

Thanks,

Regarding the issue of "center weighted" exposure, there seems to be different opinions on this matter from those responding to this thread. Thanks to all who responded to this question. I will try to do some testing along the lines suggested by your responses. You answers gave me some ideas for testing. Hopefully, I'll get a clearer picture of what happens when using human/animal detect with Center Weighted vs. Multiple exposure settings. If I get some clear results, I'll post them on this thread.

The consensus on the issue of I.S. is that when one turns off the OIS switch on a Panny lens (mounted on a Panny body), it turns all I.S. off, including the IBIS. Thanks to all who responded and especially to alcelc (Albert) for the detailed analysis on this issue.

Lastly, I'd like to apologize for posting two questions on a single thread. In retrospect, it would have been better for me to post them separately ... sorry.