Your len is ok wow!! Got a very good capture! Author: jemi Time: 22/04/2007 23:47
with IS OFF!!! Author: hkwongkit Time: 23/04/2007 13:52
With that kind of ss at 1/3200s, who needs IS anyway! :wink: Author: jemi Time: 23/04/2007 20:42
[quote:2baa78a2a6="hkwongkit"]With that kind of ss at 1/3200s, who needs IS anyway! :wink:[/quote]
Thanks KK!
I was testing my lens. I have had IS funtion on almost all the time, as i seldom use tripod with the 300/f4, the photos I have taken recently were not as sharp as before... (light was good, every settings seemed to be ok, but ....)
I wonder if there is problem with IS, I still haven't work out.
Could you please suggest some ways to test the IS or other functions? I can't leave it to Canon for 3 months. As I'm leaving in early May. Author: hkwongkit Time: 23/04/2007 21:43
[quote:c32e2fdb21="wjemi"] ... I wonder if there is problem with IS, I still haven't work out. Could you please suggest some ways to test the IS or other functions? I can't leave it to Canon for 3 months. As I'm leaving in early May.[/quote]
Jemi,
My advice is to have IS switched off whenever shooting birds in flight as IS introduces some sort of time lag before it stablizes enough.
The EF300/4L IS incorporates a first-generation IS with a claimed gain of 2 f/stops for hand held photography. This can easily be verified shooting stationary subject handheld under relatively poor lighting conditions.
The IS system in this lens has 2 modes - one for static shooting (both horizontal and vertical stabilization) and a panning mode (horizontal or vertical stabilization - the panning direction is automatically detected). Unlike the 2nd generation IS used in EF400/2.8L IS, EF500/4L IS & EF600/4L IS the variant of the 300mm f/4 L IS has no tripod detection so IS needs to be switched off here in order to avoid interference effects.
Best and Good Shooting! Author: jemi Time: 23/04/2007 23:50
[quote:7f4497891d="hkwongkit"]
My advice is to have IS switched off whenever shooting birds in flight as IS introduces some sort of time lag before it stablizes enough.
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Thank you for the advice!
quote="hkwongkit"]
The EF300/4L IS incorporates a first-generation IS with a claimed gain of 2 f/stops for hand held photography. This can easily be verified shooting stationary subject handheld under relatively poor lighting conditions.
The IS system in this lens has 2 modes - one for static shooting (both horizontal and vertical stabilization) and a panning mode (horizontal or vertical stabilization - the panning direction is automatically detected). Unlike the 2nd generation IS used in EF400/2.8L IS, EF500/4L IS & EF600/4L IS the variant of the 300mm f/4 L IS has no tripod detection so IS needs to be switched off here in order to avoid interference effects.
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I have just done a prelimary test on the lens (IS mode 1 on & off) +1.4x with 20D and 1D2n
ISO 800 1/60s --- not much difference.
ISO 200 1/10s --- it seems that it works ok.
I will do some more static shooting to test the lens (with IS mode 1 on & off ) with following:
300 1/30s to 1/125s; 300+ EF1.4x 1/40s to 1/200s - effective shutter speeds, as mentioned in the instructions booklet. (as the lens & 20D had a short distant dropped inside a vechicle in earily this year. )
Thanks a lots KK!
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