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: 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. - - -- * Henning J. Wulff /|\ Wulff Photography & Design /###\ mailto:henningw@archiphoto.com |[ ]| http://www.archiphoto.com>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> - -- To unsubscribe, see http://mejac.palo-alto.ca.us/leica-users/unsub.html