OIS with Tripods and High Shutter speeds

[miguel]

I was wondering if any one else had done any tests with OIS on shutter speeds greater than 1/500

and locked down on tripods etc.

 

The old rules for OIS said dont lock the camera down and do not use OIS at sppeds greater than 1/500 second.

 

After some quick tests this is what I concluded with the XT2 and 50-140 set at 140mm f2.8 ans OIS ON.

 

I didnt have a tripod handy so I weighted the lens down onto a solid wooden table to make it as rigid as possible. At 1/40 sec pics were biting sharp having shot 20 images.

 

Same combination hand held outside, I used a shutter speed of 1/4000 with OIS on and then Off, when compared on a 30 inch Apple monitor I could not see any difference in a total of 20 images.

 

Comments would be appreciated

 

Regards

Michael

[Florian]

You just showed why not to use ois with high shutter speeds (on said lenses): it makes no discernible difference in image quality. However, ois will still drain the battery faster.

Edited October 30, 2016 by Florian