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.
Hand Held, standing out of a sunroof of a vehicle in a awkward pose with a 13 pound 400mm 2.8L L IS
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
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...
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.
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.
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"
I'm to old and shakey to hold a camera that steady.
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.
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...
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"
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.
Here's a couple samples where IS came in handy:
