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Yakim Peled
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p.1 #1 · IS love thread

We have many such threads on lenses but what about technology? I particularly love this one as I feel it allows me to actually paint with light. This, you may recall, is the actual meaning of the word 'Photography'.

First pic is a simple motion blur enhanced by the sharp rails but in the other two I get the feel I was actually painting.

So, do you love IS as much as I do? If so, post the pictures in which IS helped you.

Happy shooting,
Yakim.

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Model	Canon EOS 40D
Date	2009:06:11 22:22:05
Original date	2009:06:11 22:22:05
Exposure time	1/8 sec
Focal length	21mm
Focal number	f/2.8
ISO speed	1600 ISO
Exposure compensation	-0.5

Exif information
Model	Canon EOS 40D
Date	2009:06:11 22:08:56
Original date	2009:06:11 22:08:56
Exposure time	1 sec
Focal length	18mm
Focal number	f/4.0
ISO speed	200 ISO
Exposure compensation	-0.5

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Model	Canon EOS 40D
Date	2009:06:11 22:09:39
Original date	2009:06:11 22:09:39
Exposure time	2 sec
Focal length	18mm
Focal number	f/5.6
ISO speed	200 ISO
Exposure compensation	-0.5

Jul 03, 2009 at 01:38 AM

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p.1 #2 · IS love thread

Hand Held, standing out of a sunroof of a vehicle in a awkward pose with a 13 pound 400mm 2.8L L IS

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Make: Canon
Model: Canon EOS 5D Mark II
Shutter Speed: 1/166 second
F Number: F/2.8
Focal Length: 400 mm
ISO Speed: 1000
Date Picture Taken: May 16, 2009, 8:26:49 PM

Jul 03, 2009 at 02:05 AM

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p.1 #3 · IS love thread

Has been posted a couple times before, but here is one @ 200mm, @ 1/25...
(40D + 70-200 IS)

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Jul 03, 2009 at 02:15 AM

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p.1 #4 · IS love thread

IS is awesome.

Here's a couple samples where IS came in handy:

1) 1D, 400 2.8 IS, 1/25 sec, ISO 1600, f2.8

2) 1D, 100-400 @ 400mm, 1/50 sec, ISO 1600, f5.6

Speaking of lightpainting as Yakim was talking about..

3) 1D2, 70-200 2.8 IS @ 70mm, 1/4 sec, f2.8, ISO 400

Finally, one in the mountains where it was so cold that I was shivering like mad and couldn't keep the camera steady for the life of me. I was machine gunning shots off my monopod, hoping to get a sharp one. My friends thought it was hilarious that I was shooting a sunset at 8fps...

4) 1D2, 400 2.8 IS, 1/200, f2.8, ISO 1000

Jul 03, 2009 at 03:14 AM

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p.1 #5 · IS love thread

Ariel, all four are nice, but the third one is simply stunning!

Jul 03, 2009 at 03:26 AM

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p.1 #6 · IS love thread

Canon 10D, 100-400 at 400mm, 1/80 sec. Handheld, pointing straight up while balancing on the tailgate of my pickup:

Canon 40D, 100-400 at 400mm, 1/50, handheld. Nothing fancy, but shows the IS:

Other than a 28-135, the 100-400 is the only IS lens I have. The newer generations of IS must be amazing.

Mark

Jul 03, 2009 at 03:48 AM

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p.1 #7 · IS love thread

From an old favorite lens of Yakim Peled and mine the 400 DO

. With TC for 560mm at 1/250.

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Jul 03, 2009 at 04:12 AM

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p.1 #8 · IS love thread

Great bear shot Nathan, I like the way his stare is fixed on you.

Jul 03, 2009 at 05:30 AM

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p.1 #9 · IS love thread

Yakim Peled wrote: ...So, do you love IS as much as I do? If so, post the pictures in which IS helped you.

Yes, I love IS.

I'm a big fan of tripods, when they're convenient, but they're not always convenient. So this week I bought an EF-S 17-55 f/2.8 IS USM, and I took it out for the first time yesterday. (It seems to be front focusing a bit, and/or I need more time learning its traits.)

Exif information
Model	Canon EOS 20D
Date	2009:07:02 02:17:55
Original date	2009:07:01 16:28:20
Exposure time	1/60 sec
Focal length	55mm
Focal number	f/2.8
ISO speed	200 ISO
Exposure compensation	0.0

Exif information
Model	Canon EOS 20D
Date	2009:07:02 02:44:22
Original date	2009:07:01 13:54:37
Exposure time	1/80 sec
Focal length	55mm
Focal number	f/2.8
ISO speed	200 ISO
Exposure compensation	0.0

Exif information
Model	Canon EOS 20D
Date	2009:07:03 00:45:49
Original date	2009:07:01 14:32:21
Exposure time	1/4000 sec
Focal length	31mm
Focal number	f/2.8
ISO speed	200 ISO
Exposure compensation	0.0

Jul 03, 2009 at 07:29 AM

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p.1 #10 · IS love thread

Okay, that last one -- a 1/4000 second -- didn't really benefit from IS, but I thought you all might get a kick out of it anyway.

Jul 03, 2009 at 07:48 AM

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p.1 #11 · IS love thread

I don't think I need IS for less then 200mm shots but anyway, this shot would be not as good if no IS.

1DmkIII/300L F2.8IS/2x/ISO1600/F5.6/1-200

Jul 03, 2009 at 11:05 AM

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p.1 #12 · IS love thread

If it's okay, I'd like to take a step into this IS love-fest and ask a question. In the second and third images posted by the OP, how did IS help? In the second image I'm not seeing anything that's sharp and in the third there might be a little bit of sharpness to the frame/base of the contraption on the left side. Seriously, how does IS help in those situatinos?

I will admit I don't use IS. I shoot mostly sports and have a non-IS 70-200 (intentionally) and IS is turned off on my 400/f2.8 (even when I'm panning). I am not questioning the importance of IS for certain types of photography or shots...to me it's just another tool. But I am trying to figure out how IS would be useful for something like those second and third images in the original post of this thread.

I'm also curious if it really helped in BrianO's first and second images. To me, those shots don't look very sharp and with a focal length of 55mm and shutter speeds of 1/60 adn 1/80, it would seem to me that IS didn't really play much of a factor in those images. Again, I don't use IS so I'm not questioning it's usefulness...just trying to get a better handle on its benefits.

Thanks.

Jul 03, 2009 at 03:01 PM

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p.1 #13 · IS love thread

Yakim Peled wrote:
We have many such threads on lenses but what about technology?....
So, do you love IS as much as I do? If so, post the pictures in which IS helped you.

http://www.fredmiranda.com/forum/topic/776539/0?keyword=how,has,IS#7116419

Jul 03, 2009 at 03:14 PM

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p.1 #14 · IS love thread

I took this on a whale watching boat on a very cloudy day. The boat was moving not only forward but from side to side also.
Canon 5D, 100-400 f4,5-5.6L IS, ISO 800, 100mm, f4, 1/25"

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I'm to old and shakey to hold a camera that steady.

Lynn

Jul 03, 2009 at 05:47 PM

Yakim Peled
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p.1 #15 · IS love thread

Scott Sewell wrote:
If it's okay, I'd like to take a step into this IS love-fest and ask a question. In the second and third images posted by the OP, how did IS help? In the second image I'm not seeing anything that's sharp and in the third there might be a little bit of sharpness to the frame/base of the contraption on the left side. Seriously, how does IS help in those situatinos?

Hi Scott,

I'll admit that if you look for critical sharpness in the last two images you will not find it. That said, as I look at the shutter speeds, as I remember Canon's claim about the efficency of IS and as I remember that they were shot upwards without any kind of support I am very happy with the final result.

YMMV of course.

Happy shooting,
Yakim.

Jul 03, 2009 at 07:02 PM

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p.1 #16 · IS love thread

M Vers wrote:
Yakim Peled wrote:
We have many such threads on lenses but what about technology?....
So, do you love IS as much as I do? If so, post the pictures in which IS helped you.

http://www.fredmiranda.com/forum/topic/776539/0?keyword=how,has,IS#7116419

Apologies. I completely forgot about that thread.

Happy shooting,
Yakim.

Jul 03, 2009 at 07:04 PM

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p.1 #17 · IS love thread

Nathan Hobbs wrote:
Hand Held, standing out of a sunroof of a vehicle in a awkward pose with a 13 pound 400mm 2.8L L IS

... with one foot hovering over the accelerator... just in case...

Jul 03, 2009 at 07:06 PM

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p.1 #18 · IS love thread

Yakim, I'm not questioning whether you're happy with those images or not. I'm just trying to figure out how IS might be useful when shooting like that. Honestly, it's a new one to me and I'm trying to find somenoe who might be able to explain it.

Since it's the Fourth of July weekend, and people are out shooting fireworks (myself included), I'm wondering what benefits IS might have when one is shooting with slow shutter speeds and trying to get motion blur. Doesn't seem to me to be what IS is for but, again, I don't use IS so I will be the first to admit I don't know.

Here are a couple of fireworks images that are hand held without IS. I'm trying to understand how IS might have helped in a situation like this.

Thanks.

2008 © Scott Sewell

Jul 03, 2009 at 07:10 PM

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p.1 #19 · IS love thread

Yakim Peled wrote:
Apologies. I completely forgot about that thread.

Happy shooting,
Yakim.

No need for apologies, just thought I'd share the thread

Jul 03, 2009 at 07:38 PM

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p.1 #20 · IS love thread

Ariel Bravy wrote:
IS is awesome.

Here's a couple samples where IS came in handy:

1) 1D, 400 2.8 IS, 1/25 sec, ISO 1600, f2.8

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2) 1D, 100-400 @ 400mm, 1/50 sec, ISO 1600, f5.6

Speaking of lightpainting as Yakim was talking about..

3) 1D2, 70-200 2.8 IS @ 70mm, 1/4 sec, f2.8, ISO 400

Finally, one in the mountains where it was so cold that I was shivering like mad and couldn't keep the camera steady for the life of me. I was machine gunning shots off my monopod, hoping to get a sharp one. My friends thought it was hilarious that I was shooting a sunset at 8fps...

4) 1D2, 400 2.8 IS, 1/200, f2.8, ISO 1000

Ariel - no. 4 is awesome - you've given new meaning to action shots! All best, Spyros

Jul 03, 2009 at 07:48 PM

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p.1 #21 · IS love thread

LynnP wrote:
I took this on a whale watching boat on a very cloudy day. The boat was moving not only forward but from side to side also.
Canon 5D, 100-400 f4,5-5.6L IS, ISO 800, 100mm, f4, 1/25"

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I'm to old and shakey to hold a camera that steady.

Lynn
snuggie!!!!

Jul 03, 2009 at 07:49 PM

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p.1 #22 · IS love thread

IS is great, I usually just leave it switched on, sadly the only images i know show off its full potential aren't very intgeresting but i did manage to hand hold whilst stretched out on the floor a 3.5 and 5 second exposure. It may not have the last word in sharpness, but its nearly there.

Jul 03, 2009 at 07:53 PM

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p.1 #23 · IS love thread

Cool thread Yakkim, and great shots everyone.

I love IS for getting rc helicopter blade blur and pan shots

300mm f2.8 1/60th

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300mm f2.8 1/100

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200mm f3.2 1/125

Jul 03, 2009 at 09:01 PM

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p.1 #24 · IS love thread

This is from a safari a couple months ago. No tripod with me. I wouldn't have gotten it without IS. Taken with a 24-105mm

2008 © christojo58

Exif information
Model	Canon EOS 30D
Date	2009:07:03 18:14:34
Original date	2009:04:25 10:36:16
Exposure time	1/160 sec
Focal length	100mm
Focal number	f/5.6
ISO speed	400 ISO
Exposure compensation	-0.7

Jul 03, 2009 at 10:16 PM

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p.1 #25 · IS love thread

Exif information
Model	Canon EOS 30D
Date	2009:07:03 18:29:04
Original date	2009:04:26 22:50:43
Exposure time	1/1000 sec
Focal length	190mm
Focal number	f/6.3
ISO speed	1000 ISO
Exposure compensation	-0.7

Jul 03, 2009 at 10:30 PM


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