--- Olaf Koch <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > :Using IS, if there are fewer vibrations reaching > the > :lens at any given shutter speed, IS will screen out > a > :higher percentage of them. > > Maybe it will, but it's also possible that it will > smooze out different > degrees of vibration down to a certain point, so > that different persons, > some of them with more, others with less shaky hands > will be able to shoot > at comparable shutter speeds. Canon never claimed anything like that. Their claims have always been for an improvement equivilent to 1.5 to 2 stops, with no lower limit specified. > I really don't know what the IS is capable to do but > I surmise that there > will be a lower limit (shutter speed) of what the IS > can achieve. Perhaps, but the newest IS lenses support IS even when tripod mounted, where you could reasonably expect very low shutter speeds and very low levels of vibration. ===== Bob Meyer Life is uncertain. Eat dessert first. __________________________________________________ Do You Yahoo!? Thousands of Stores. Millions of Products. All in one Place. http://shopping.yahoo.com/ * **** ******* *********************************************************** * For list instructions, including unsubscribe, see: * http://www.a1.nl/phomepag/markerink/eos_list.htm ***********************************************************
