On 5/8/07, Johnny Johnson <jjohnso4@xxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
>
>
> At 11:45 PM 5/7/2007, Moose wrote:
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> >Second, I spent a little time with Steven Scharf as he was easing away
> >from OM in favor of EOS as his motorsports expertise and gigs improved.
> >He showed me some examples of panned shots where the vehicle is very
> >sharp and detailed with a strongly blurred background. They seemed
> >effective to me and he said it was a skill one really must develop if
> >trying to make a living at this work. As I recall, he said it worked
> >better without any IS.
>
> Did he say why that would be the case? Since you can set the lens to
> allow horizontal panning but still stabilize in the vertical
> direction I would have thought the IS lens would still have the
> advantage in that type of shooting.
>
> Later,
> Johnny
>
Some of the bird photographers have proclaimed that panning with IS works
great. I think Arthur Morris was/is one of those but his web site now seems
to be geared for selling stuff rather than talking about what he likes
http://www.birdsasart.com/
-jeff
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