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Archive 2009 · How has IS helped you?

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Ariel love the stage shot. The colors and action you caught just heavenly.

May 27, 2009 at 01:02 AM

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p.2 #2 · How has IS helped you?

burningheart wrote:
Nice shots Stan but I need a lot more assurances of choppy waters in small Zodiacs

Stan that big boat looks awful familiar to me. Ioffe Akademik? When did you go?

January 2004. Landed back in Miami and the whole Janet Jackson boob scandal was just unfolding... oh how nice was 2 weeks of life in complete oblivion!

Had 15 fish, 17-40, 24L, 24-70 (destroyed), 70-200/2.8LIS, 300/2.8 non-IS, Sigma 12-24 on 1Ds with me.

May 27, 2009 at 01:10 AM

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p.2 #3 · How has IS helped you?

burningheart wrote:
Thank goodness it wasn't as rough we had weight restrictions of carry on luggage then , so my 4 lens I took all were non IS

17-40
50 1.0 ( yes Peter the 50 1.0 you want as a backup went to Antarctica

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70-200 F4 - I wish that Canon had the IS version available when I went
400 F5.6

Ahhh, I see, that's good to know, Robert.
I shall adjust my standing offer to you for the lens accordingly.

May 27, 2009 at 01:21 AM

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p.2 #4 · How has IS helped you?

Stan, that is such a cool series...still liking it!

May 27, 2009 at 01:23 AM

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p.2 #5 · How has IS helped you?

Last week I went on a trip and decided to take my father's Rebel XT instead of my regular 5D. From that, I could have chosen a 17-40mm or the 17-85mm IS. I'm glad I took the 17-85mm, despite it's poor image quality:

Canon EOS350D/EF17-85mm f4-5.6 IS at 73mm f5.6 0.8sec ISO800.

This was with me holding the camera out in the plane's aisle and is five stops lower than it should be! I did a bit of post processing to pull the view outside the window using Shadow/Highlight but the original CR2 really surprised me!

May 27, 2009 at 03:38 AM

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stanj wrote:
oh how nice was 2 weeks of life in complete oblivion!

I'm with you there, most relaxing peaceful trip I ever took. I can't remember if I got any sleep until I came back.

May 27, 2009 at 03:44 AM

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p.2 #7 · How has IS helped you?

Here's a different kind of answer: IS allows me to use zoomed live view to focus hand-held long lenses (e.g., 200 mm). With IS off, the live view image is way too shaky to focus. I hit the shutter release 1/2 way to engage IS and voila, the image stabilizes enough for precise manual focusing. Pretty cool.

May 27, 2009 at 04:21 AM

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p.2 #8 · How has IS helped you?

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Lars Johnsson:
1/30 sec wide open 800/5,6

Lars, the photos are great but I am also astounded by IS effectiveness of this lens. What did you support it with?

I did lean my body against a car

May 27, 2009 at 04:33 AM

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p.2 #9 · How has IS helped you?

24-105L at 35mm, 1/6 second exposure hand held with IS:
http://www.fredmiranda.com/forum/topic/776154
A tripod would have been ideal, but I didn't have one, and only had two minutes to experiment and get the best shot I could.

May 27, 2009 at 04:46 AM

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p.2 #10 · How has IS helped you?

Dang Lars...you know how to handhold!

Calum...how did you get that shot? Don't remember the last time there was not a steel door protecting the pilots!

May 27, 2009 at 04:47 AM

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p.2 #11 · How has IS helped you?

I can't (and won't) carry a tripod around when I'm traveling, because photos aren't my #1 priority. I also have essential tremor--so what would be easily hand-holdable for most people is tricky for me. IS helps tremendously with my # of keepers.

May 27, 2009 at 04:58 AM

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p.2 #12 · How has IS helped you?

Lars Johnsson wrote:
all pics without tripod.

1/80 sec wide open 800/5,6 +1,4X

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1/30 sec wide open 800/5,6

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1/80 sec f/6,3 800/5,6

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1/100 sec f/9 800/5,6 + 1,4X

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Lars, I bow before you. I tried handholding the 800/5.6 but didn't make it. While not a small person (187cm/95Kg) and while I manage the 500/4 quite easily, the added length and weight were too much for me. You are incredible.

Oh, yeah, and the shots themselves are not bad either.

Happy shooting,
Yakim.

May 27, 2009 at 07:21 AM

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p.2 #13 · How has IS helped you?

I only have IS in one lens, the 17-55IS. This is a great lens and worth every penny.

Art gallery shot - no tripod/flash allowed - wide open. IS saved me from using ISO 1600 and instead I got to use ISO 320

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On my way home from an event and had the camera with me but no tripod and spotted this nice night shot. 0.6seconds wide open

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Inside an abbey, again no flash/tripod allowed IS allowed me to use small aperture to get more in focus and still use low ISO

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Pure laziness with this one - I had the tripod in the car but couldnt be bothered going back to get it and setting up. IS allowed me to use f/9 1/5s and still get a sharp shot

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May 27, 2009 at 08:30 AM

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p.2 #14 · How has IS helped you?

Those shots are ridiculously good Lars even if they were on a tripod let alone hand held. The IS and your technique must be excellent.

May 27, 2009 at 09:27 AM

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p.2 #15 · How has IS helped you?

Calum...how did you get that shot? Don't remember the last time there was not a steel door protecting the pilots!

The plane was a very small 18 seat Beechcraft 1900 turbo prop. They left the door open during takeoff and landings... On the way down, there were only four passengers! So I guess they don't have those locked doors the way bigger airliners have.

I thought it would make cool a photo--we were coming in for landing and I thought, those are nice colours. I really don't think I could have got the shot without IS.

May 27, 2009 at 01:03 PM

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p.2 #16 · How has IS helped you?

I think it is clear that IS has benefits and not just in telephoto lenses. Great pics from everyone!

May 28, 2009 at 12:31 PM

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p.2 #17 · How has IS helped you?

This was shot on Provia 100 with the 300/4 IS at 1/125. I didn't have time to set up my tripod.

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May 28, 2009 at 03:52 PM

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