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Just got new 70-300 Canon IS lens!
And it works like a champ! That IS is even better as expected. When i got it
it was almost dark, so i quickly shot these two shots, both at 1/8 sec, one with, one without IS: http://www.protoncek.com/misc/0009.JPG http://www.protoncek.com/misc/0010.JPG stuff really works perfectly! I mean, it's perfect for hand-shooting with such tele-zoom, as i will mostly do. |
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Just got new 70-300 Canon IS lens!
Protoncek (ex.SleeperMan) wrote:
And it works like a champ! That IS is even better as expected. When i got it it was almost dark, so i quickly shot these two shots, both at 1/8 sec, one with, one without IS: http://www.protoncek.com/misc/0009.JPG http://www.protoncek.com/misc/0010.JPG stuff really works perfectly! I mean, it's perfect for hand-shooting with such tele-zoom, as i will mostly do. Congrats. A new lens is a great source of fun and new shooting possibilities. Cheers, Wayne -- Wayne J. Cosshall Publisher, The Digital ImageMaker, http://www.dimagemaker.com/ Blog http://www.digitalimagemakerworld.com/ |
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Just got new 70-300 Canon IS lens!
"Wayne J. Cosshall" wrote in message ... Protoncek (ex.SleeperMan) wrote: And it works like a champ! That IS is even better as expected. When i got it it was almost dark, so i quickly shot these two shots, both at 1/8 sec, one with, one without IS: http://www.protoncek.com/misc/0009.JPG http://www.protoncek.com/misc/0010.JPG stuff really works perfectly! I mean, it's perfect for hand-shooting with such tele-zoom, as i will mostly do. Congrats. A new lens is a great source of fun and new shooting possibilities. Cheers, Wayne thanks! |
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Just got new 70-300 Canon IS lens!
Protoncek (ex.SleeperMan) wrote:
And it works like a champ! That IS is even better as expected. When i got it it was almost dark, so i quickly shot these two shots, both at 1/8 sec, one with, one without IS: http://www.protoncek.com/misc/0009.JPG http://www.protoncek.com/misc/0010.JPG Looks to me like you exagerated the non-IS movement. |
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Just got new 70-300 Canon IS lens!
"Alan Browne" schreef in bericht ... : Protoncek (ex.SleeperMan) wrote: : And it works like a champ! That IS is even better as expected. When i got it : it was almost dark, so i quickly shot these two shots, both at 1/8 sec, one : with, one without IS: : : http://www.protoncek.com/misc/0009.JPG : http://www.protoncek.com/misc/0010.JPG : : Looks to me like you exagerated the non-IS movement. ;-) |
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Just got new 70-300 Canon IS lens!
On Sat, 23 Sep 2006 09:03:45 -0700, Alan Browne
wrote: Protoncek (ex.SleeperMan) wrote: And it works like a champ! That IS is even better as expected. When i got it it was almost dark, so i quickly shot these two shots, both at 1/8 sec, one with, one without IS: http://www.protoncek.com/misc/0009.JPG http://www.protoncek.com/misc/0010.JPG Looks to me like you exagerated the non-IS movement. I was goig to ask if he had Parkinson's -- Slack |
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Just got new 70-300 Canon IS lens!
"Slack" wrote in message newsp.tgb99gfhntnj34@slacker... On Sat, 23 Sep 2006 09:03:45 -0700, Alan Browne wrote: Protoncek (ex.SleeperMan) wrote: And it works like a champ! That IS is even better as expected. When i got it it was almost dark, so i quickly shot these two shots, both at 1/8 sec, one with, one without IS: http://www.protoncek.com/misc/0009.JPG http://www.protoncek.com/misc/0010.JPG Looks to me like you exagerated the non-IS movement. I was goig to ask if he had Parkinson's -- Slack it was a few first minutes with new lens (the excitement made it's job), so, i guess, yep, i did have parkinson's...my hands were shaking like i've had one...but, then again, IS showed what it can do to a man with such shaking hands... Note that shots were made with 1/8 sec, so it's pretty slow... I'll do a couple of test shots (more realistic ones, i hope) later on and put them to my web site...should be on tomorrow, i hope. But, as i see, it is the right thing for hand-held shooting... |
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Just got new 70-300 Canon IS lens!
On Sat, 23 Sep 2006 09:31:35 -0700, Protoncek (ex.SleeperMan)
wrote: "Slack" wrote in message newsp.tgb99gfhntnj34@slacker... On Sat, 23 Sep 2006 09:03:45 -0700, Alan Browne wrote: Protoncek (ex.SleeperMan) wrote: And it works like a champ! That IS is even better as expected. When i got it it was almost dark, so i quickly shot these two shots, both at 1/8 sec, one with, one without IS: http://www.protoncek.com/misc/0009.JPG http://www.protoncek.com/misc/0010.JPG Looks to me like you exagerated the non-IS movement. I was goig to ask if he had Parkinson's -- Slack it was a few first minutes with new lens (the excitement made it's job), so, i guess, yep, i did have parkinson's...my hands were shaking like i've had one...but, then again, IS showed what it can do to a man with such shaking hands... Note that shots were made with 1/8 sec, so it's pretty slow... I'll do a couple of test shots (more realistic ones, i hope) later on and put them to my web site...should be on tomorrow, i hope. But, as i see, it is the right thing for hand-held shooting... Well, I'm not doubting a good performance increase from an IS lens, I have the 17-85, just not /that/ much. Anyway, enjoy the 70-300, I've heard good comments about it. -- Slack |
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Just got new 70-300 Canon IS lens!
"Slack" wrote in message newsp.tgccgvfxntnj34@slacker... On Sat, 23 Sep 2006 09:31:35 -0700, Protoncek (ex.SleeperMan) wrote: "Slack" wrote in message newsp.tgb99gfhntnj34@slacker... On Sat, 23 Sep 2006 09:03:45 -0700, Alan Browne wrote: Protoncek (ex.SleeperMan) wrote: And it works like a champ! That IS is even better as expected. When i got it it was almost dark, so i quickly shot these two shots, both at 1/8 sec, one with, one without IS: http://www.protoncek.com/misc/0009.JPG http://www.protoncek.com/misc/0010.JPG Looks to me like you exagerated the non-IS movement. I was goig to ask if he had Parkinson's -- Slack it was a few first minutes with new lens (the excitement made it's job), so, i guess, yep, i did have parkinson's...my hands were shaking like i've had one...but, then again, IS showed what it can do to a man with such shaking hands... Note that shots were made with 1/8 sec, so it's pretty slow... I'll do a couple of test shots (more realistic ones, i hope) later on and put them to my web site...should be on tomorrow, i hope. But, as i see, it is the right thing for hand-held shooting... Well, I'm not doubting a good performance increase from an IS lens, I have the 17-85, just not /that/ much. Anyway, enjoy the 70-300, I've heard good comments about it. -- Slack i, too have 17-85 IS lens. And, as you said, difference isn't that big, but it's because it doesn't have that big zoom. With 70-300 lens using at 70 or so IS isn't that obvious. But when increasing zoom, it comes into action. And since i won't have tripod, i said that it's useless to have 70-200 f4 L at appr. similar price and with shaky (=useless) shots and went to this one instead. Comments and reviews are only good, when taking into account the price of the lens. In short, a good value for money. |
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Just got new 70-300 Canon IS lens!
On 23 Sep 2006 19:26:11 +0200, "Protoncek \(ex.SleeperMan\)"
wrote: CUT i, too have 17-85 IS lens. And, as you said, difference isn't that big, but it's because it doesn't have that big zoom. With 70-300 lens using at 70 or so IS isn't that obvious. But when increasing zoom, it comes into action. And since i won't have tripod, i said that it's useless to have 70-200 f4 L at appr. similar price and with shaky (=useless) shots and went to this one instead. Comments and reviews are only good, when taking into account the price of the lens. In short, a good value for money. Congratulations, Canon's EF 70-300mm f4-5.6 IS USM is a very good lens for the money. As you probably already know *IS/VR* lenses can be addictive. If you look back to (9/12/2006?), you will see a long thread about this lens. In that thread it explains how many of the early production lenses had a problem that mostly presented it 'self while in portrait orientation, with or without *IS* on. Much to Canon's credit, they acknowledged the problem & soon realized that they needed the lens back to repair it. So they offered the repair free to the effected lenses which they identified via serial #. Mine was 1 of them so I contacted Canon & was soon E-Mailed a pre-paid UPS label, Canon's NJ USA Service Center promptly repaired & sent it back via Fed-EX. All in less than a week, *including transit time*, quite impressive Customer Service. Speed of repair was in part expedited by the fact that most of the interior of the lens was apparently replaced as a unit or assembly, thus not likely an inexpensive repair for Canon but the result was a quality & very fast repair & turn around. That said, I too have both the EF-S 17-85MM f4-5.6 IS USM & the EF 70-300mm f4-5.6 IS USM lenses. Just between these 2 lenses there is a large focal length coverage with only a little overlap. An effective 27.2-480mm on a 1.6x crop factored DSLR. This is a lot of coverage for just 2 lenses of relatively modest price & good quality. No they are not Canon "L" glass lenses but IMHO they certainly are good quality lenses for their price. For the record, I don't yet own any Canon "L" glass lenses, so "I" can't compare them 1st hand. Also I am & will remain just an amateur photographer now hopelessly addicted to digital photography in many of it's forms. As nice as *IS/VR* zoom lenses can be, don't overlook fixed focal length lenses. IMHO Canon's EF 50mm f1.8 II @ about $75 USD, is a great low light lens of exceptional optical quality for it's very modest price. This lens is therefore always in my camera bag no matter what other lenses I also pack. Also I have been very impressed with the Canon EF 100mm f2 USM lens. Sorry if I sound like a Canon sale's person, I am not but I am impressed with many of their photographic products. Best of luck with your new lens, it should be a lot of fun. My only criticism of the EF 70-300mm f4-5.6 IS USM is the fact that the front lens element rotates making it harder to use a C-PL filter with it & the fact that the f-stop varies from f4-5.6 as 1 zooms toward 300mm. This is why I am keeping my eye on Canon's new EF 70-200mm f4L IS USM which does not have these issues. On the other hand that's a lot of money for me to spend on just 1 lens. It certainly would be nice for certain activities so I'll start saving for it just in case! Respectfully, DHB "To announce that there must be no criticism of the President, or that we are to stand by the President, right or wrong, is not only unpatriotic and servile, but is morally treasonable to the American public."--Theodore Roosevelt, May 7, 1918 |
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