Jeff Keller wrote:
> There's been a number of people who've recently bought C*non 5D bodies
> lately. Johnny seems to be happy with the C*non glass but hasn't said
> anything about IS. Chuck started with Tokina. Moose uses a super wide range
> Tamron (and others). So far I don't own any EOS mount lenses, the OM adapter
> hasn't come off the body.
>
> Perhaps in six months we'll be hearing more about IS, but this group doesn't
> seem to be putting money into IS very fast.
>
This just in... IS still does nothing for subject movement. People move,
flowers wave in the wind, critters perambulate, jellyfish pump, birds
fly. Drop that shutter speed a couple of stops 'cause IS controls camera
movement blur --- and they are blurry anyway, no gain.
Given the choice between two stops of IS effect and two stops higher iso
with the same noise and I'll take the iso every time. Did you see that
sparrow pic I posted? The branch it was on was swaying a bit and the
bird moved some. 400 iso and that shot never works without a tripod, by
which time the bird is gone and I get a great shot of a branch with
lichen. 1600 iso and hand held works, even at 300 mm, 'cause speed stops
both camera and subject motion.
It's not that IS is useless, or that I wouldn't be happy to have it
ALSO, but it is a less effective solution to movement caused blur than
anything that can raise shutter speed. Low noise at high iso does that
with no other penalties (other than needing to go OT and spend a little
money. ;-) )
Of course with my camera, I can get lens based IS, but it tends to be
expensive and heavy and, most important, I'm getting the shots with what
I have. Maybe later.
Rant concludes...
Moose
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