Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2001/10/10
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At 1:15 PM -0400 10/10/01, Sipulmanjones@aol.com wrote:
>Henning Wulff wrote:
>
>I don't know about 'Leica style', but since I can consistently shoot
>at 1/15 sec at 400mm with the 100-400IS lens, 1/15sec should be a
>piece of cake with the 70-200. The addition of IS does not affect
>optical quality in a lens. In my opinion image stabilization is one
>of the most significant advances in camera design, as it truly allows
>you to take pictures that were impossible before.
>
>>>>>>>>>
>
>Henning,
>
>The picture is pretty compelling evidence. It sounds as if the
>70-200 does open up entirely new picture opportunities. 200mm at
>f2.8 at 1/15 changes the game on informal portraits in the kind of
>marginal lighting which is usually the most attractive kind. The
>closest that you will get to this (handheld) with Leica glass is the
>f2/180 Apo at f2 at 1/125 on a hope and a prayer.
...and handholding a 180 Summicron for any length of time is quite a challenge!
With each new IS lens Canon has advanced the technology. It is now
good enough to use on a tripod, to reduce the effects of mirror slap.
With previous lenses they said one should turn the IS off when
shooting off a tripod.
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