Does it hurt anything to use IS on a tripod?

When I turn on my XL2 there are 2 knocks in the camcorder, is that a problem?

Thanks a Lot,

CJ

IS on the tripod is generally not the best idea. The IS will cause a lag in your pan and tilts as it tries to smooth out what would normally be hand held shake. It won't hurt the camera, and you might want to turn it on in certain situations on the tripod.

As to the knocks on start-up, those are somewhat normal. The IS uses a variable angle prism and you are hearing that prism initializing. If you look into the front of the lens at start-up, you can see this happening as well. All is ok, not to worry. Some XL2 prisms are a little clunkier than others at start up.

regards,

-gb-

Be sure to switch OIS off when the camera is mounted on a tripod.

That clicking sound is just a power-on self-test of the OIS mechanism.

Both of these subjects have been discussed here before in great detail, by the way.

I used to turn off OIS when on tripod. Then I found out anybody walk near by the camera, the shakes recorded to the video. Now I keep them on.

If you have it on then you're pretty much guaranteed to get stutters at the end of a
pan or a zoom... as has been previously reported and discussed here many times before.

I think it works for me because this is for my B-roll cam that it is left at wide and un-manned all the time. Pretty much no panning or much movement too. But that's just for me. =D