"Gary Russell" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > With all the excitement about the new 70-200 IS, I guess I've still got a > question. > Why did Canon develop, and now have intentions of marketing this lens? > But the 70-200 is not all that long at it's 200mm end, and clearly not slow > with it's f/2.8 aperture, so I guess I just don't see a pressing need to > equip it with image stabilization. The pressing need is Nikon. Whatever your opponent does to you do it to him, but do it first. When you gain 3 stops with IS, then you have something like a 1.0 / 200mm (without the depth of field obviously) which will clearly make pictures former impossible possible. -- Pawel Nabe Business: +49 / 30 / 245 54 920 PaN Super Sonic Software Service Private: +49 / 30 / 447 33 452 expert for hi tech & low budget Mobile: +49 / 171 / 267 54 63 * **** ******* *********************************************************** * For list instructions, including unsubscribe, see: * http://www.a1.nl/phomepag/markerink/eos_list.htm ***********************************************************
