Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2002/01/10
[Author Prev] [Author Next] [Thread Prev] [Thread Next] [Author Index] [Topic Index] [Home] [Search]Very nice. Testimony of what the person behind the camera is capable of, regardless of whether its a Leica or SLR. - --- Don Dory <dorysrus@mindspring.com> wrote: > I had the opportunity to shoot with the new Canon > 400mm IS diffraction > element lens today. Wow. 4.3 pounds for a 400mm > F4.0 lens. To find out > what it could do I shot a few frames at 3.5 meters > which is the close > focusing point. The exposure was at F4.0 at 1/8 > sec. The stabilizer at > position 2 which is for panning, in other words not > optimized for a > portrait. I think you will find it's quality for a > completely hand held > shot at 1/8 pretty amazing considering there was a > challenge for a 50mm at > 1/4 sec. > > The URL is > http://www.photo.net/photodb/photo?photo_id=514596 > > No, its not a Leica, but it is at the limit of > optical performance. > > Don Dory > dorysrus@mindspring.com > > > > -- > To unsubscribe, see http://mejac.palo-alto.ca.us/leica-users/unsub.html __________________________________________________ Do You Yahoo!? Send FREE video emails in Yahoo! Mail! http://promo.yahoo.com/videomail/ - -- To unsubscribe, see http://mejac.palo-alto.ca.us/leica-users/unsub.html