When I first set up the Q3 43 I set image stabilisation to 'Auto' but found I was getting a lot of camera shake and blurry images. Setting it to 'On' solved the problem.
I'm not persuaded any camera manufacturer is able to produce image-stabili[sz]ation* software (firmware) that is capable of intelligently determining when to enable the feature and when to disable it. I've been reading for years that IS must be turned off whenever a camera is on a tripod or otherwise immobili[sz]ed, but I've left it enabled on every camera I have owned which provided it, and never have been able to verify any ill-effects.
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* Americans and Brits never seem to be able to agree on anything involving the language known as English, especially something said by anyone who was Irish.
"England and America are two countries separated by the same language."
— attributed to George Bernard Shaw, 1942.
"We have really everything in common with America nowadays, except, of course, language."
— Oscar Wilde, 1887
