----- Original Message -----
From: "Ken Durling" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
To: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Sent: Monday, April 02, 2001 4:46 PM
Subject: Re: EOS Re: IS vs. non-IS Sharpness (300/4L)
> Beautiful shot, Thys. Do you happen to have the details?
Thanks Ken. I took the shot in a private reserve near a town called Gobabis
in Namibia. We found the Leopard in a tree near the road. We had a guide
with us and he took us fairly close. It was taken hand-held with the
300/f4IS and 1.4x converter and 540EZ flash (about 2 stops underexposed)
with a flash extender from George Lepp attached to provide some glint in the
eye. The guy was just staring at us and later lay his head on the branch and
dozed off. This was my first real good encounter with a wild leopard which
is remarkable, especially in daytime. I shot about two rolls and my wife was
using a 75-300 also filled a roll. Looking at this animal close up, I can
honestly say it is the most beautiful animal in the world to me.
>
> Bird and wildlife photography in the field would certainly suggest the
> preferability of the IS version. Just yesterday I found myself
> *running* with camera in hand to try to get a close-in shot of our
> elusive Clapper Rail here.
Did you get the shot?
> So often there are suddenly emerging
> situations that are gone in a few seconds.
> It's also true that with
> some experience and study and observation, you can often predict where
> these events will happen, and train a tripod mounted lens on the
> general area.
>
The joy of all wildlife photography!:-)
I've spent hours and sometimes days at specific spots with conditions
ranging from extremely cold to hot and dusty, only to have the wrong lens on
the camera when the action happens (As you said, literally seconds). It
helps a lot to know the animals and to regularly work a known area.
> Airshows, too, another area I want to use a long lens, would seem to
> suggest IS preference, although here often you can choose a pre-focus
> spot as the pilots are very precise. But panning shots . . . I
> don't recall at the moment if the 300 IS has the 2-mode IS or not.
It does. I think there are a few list members who enjoy their airshow
photography; it is a thread that regularly surfaces.
Regards
Thys
---------------------------------------------------------
Thys van der Merwe
Portfolio of African Images:
http://home.mweb.co.za/te/teknovis
-----------------------------------------------------------
*
****
*******
***********************************************************
* For list instructions, including unsubscribe, see:
* http://www.a1.nl/phomepag/markerink/eos_list.htm
***********************************************************
