I know this is a bit late but I had the same problem, but it is a style issue in the view.
Go to and edit the following:
1.In admin choose 'Display/View'.
2.Then choose under the 'View' tab 'product' and under tab 'File' choose 'show'.
3.The next line of code after:
if (!$this->config->get('thumbnail')) {
You should find
echo '<img src="' . $this->image->uploadFolder_url . $image->file_path . '" alt="' . $image->file_name . '" id="hikashop_main_image_' . $variant_name . '" style="margin-top:10px;margin-bottom:10px;display:inline-block;vertical-align:middle" />';
... and change the '
vertical-align:middle' at the end to '
vertical-align:top'.
Worked for me to get around the issue with ie8.