Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2001/10/10
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Henning:
WOW! That's an amazing photo at 1/15 and 560mm HANDHELD! I didn't know the
Canon 100-400 IS lens was that good at the 400mm end. This makes me wonder
why people are still using non-IS lenses! :-)
Sincerely,
Muhammad R.K. Chishty, Ph.D
Associate Professor of Finance
Graham School of Management
Saint Xavier University
3700 West 103rd St
Chicago, IL 60655, USA
<<<<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.
The picture below of a Vermillion Flycatcher, about 2 inches long,
was taken with the Canon 100-400IS with a 1.4x converter, effective
focal length 560mm, handheld under quite dark clouds at an 1/8 sec.
http://www.archiphoto.com/Recent/VermFly.jpg
I took about 12 pictures before it flew away, and of those, about 8
are adequately sharp.
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* Henning J. Wulff
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