I had wondered that as well, Nathan. I reckon that power consumption
and wear are 2 considerations. The thing vibrates a fair bit when you
switch the camera off with IS enabled.
Chris
On 29 Jan 2008, at 06:43, Nathan Wajsman wrote:
> The E3 is the first camera I have ever owned that has IS. I
> understand what it does and how to turn it on, but one question that
> the manual does not address is this: given its benefits, why would I
> ever leave it off? In other words, what are the costs of using it--
> higher power consumption, longer shutter lag, something else?
>
> TIA,
> Nathan
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