Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2001/10/10

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Subject: [Leica] Image Stabilization revolutionises telephoto available light?
From: AppleMac97@aol.com
Date: Thu, 11 Oct 2001 00:39:33 EDT

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
   /|\      Wulff Photography & Design
  /###\   mailto:henningw@archiphoto.com
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