Howard wrote: > I was reading the instruction manual for the Canon IS telephotos (300 f2.8 > and up). I am sure that this generation of IS lenses (as opposed to the > 75-300 IS and 300 f4 IS) allows IS to be used on tripods to reduce vibration, > but the instruction booklet says to turn IS off on a tripod on these lenses. > Somewhere along the line I think I remember reading that Canon made an error > with their instruction booklets (I am surprised they haven't fixed that yet) > but just wanted to confirm...you can use IS with the lens tripod mounted with > these lenses...correct?
Howard, Yes. See The Luminous Landscape site http://www.luminous-landscape.com/reviews/lenses/500vs600.shtml There are also links to reviews of the 300 f2.8 IS and the 400 DO IS on the same page. Cheers Keith * **** ******* *********************************************************** * For list instructions, including unsubscribe, see: * http://www.a1.nl/phomepag/markerink/eos_list.htm ***********************************************************
