Lukas Varossieau wrote:
"David J Taylor" wrote in message
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For a long zoom camera, I would now regard image stabilisation as an
essential feature.

That is a nice luxury feature, but it is better to not assume that
everyone's needs are the same as yours. I shoot mostly landscapes and
cityscapes on a tripod, with the lens stopped down. I would have very
little or no use for IS.

But neither would you be buying a camera with a long zoom lens for
landscapes. If you need the long zoom, IS is /not/ a luxury, and in fact
if you want to get the best out of a camera by shooting at e.g. ISO 50 IS
is not even a luxury for wider angle shots, but a very useful feature to
enable those lower light hand-held shots to be sharp without needing that
tripod.

David