Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2001/10/10
[Author Prev] [Author Next] [Thread Prev] [Thread Next] [Author Index] [Topic Index] [Home] [Search]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. > While the advantages of the IS technology are immediately apparent the shutter lag of this and of AF technology can't be neglected. The warbler photos on my website are a good example: each would have been long gone before the AF found the bird and IS or VR stabilized. Subject motion can't be ignored either; a stable camera at 1/15 sec does little good if the subject is doing much more than breathing. Doug Herr Birdman of Sacramento http://www.wildlightphoto.com - -------------------------------------------------------------------- mail2web - Check your email from the web at http://mail2web.com/ . - -- To unsubscribe, see http://mejac.palo-alto.ca.us/leica-users/unsub.html