> -----Original Message----- > From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Behalf Of > [EMAIL PROTECTED] > Sent: Saturday, June 07, 2003 6:16 AM > To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > Subject: EOS Re: Old Can Of Worms > > > Thanks for the opinions regarding the 300 f4 IS. Seems like the > consensus is > that the IS is not quite as sharp, at least wide open, but that > we are not > talking about a world of difference. I think the problem may be > that because of > the IS I tend to try to take the easy way out and hand hold it, > perhaps at > too slow shutter speeds. I will have to give it more of a try > with IS off and > mounted on a tripod. > > Howard >
Hi Howard, Being focused on sports I have this tendency to shoot wide-f'ing-open wherever possible. This is due to a variety of historical reasons most having to do with never having enough shutter speed (I liked my slowish tranny films), being generally surrounded by ugly backgrounds which leads me to favor a high level of subject isolation. Thus, shooting WFO also emphasizes some of the differences between the EF 300 2.8L and EF 300 4L IS because the EF 300 2.8L is really outstanding when used WFO all day long where as the EF 300 4L IS struggles until it gets to f/8 where it seems to sharpen up quite nicely. This caused me an other problem as now my backgrounds are much less isolated and my shutter speeds are really getting slow and IS is having to work over-time. So you can see my preferences have come from the environment I often shoot in and why you generally see so many big white guns at sporting events block your view. Having gone digital I can see that the EF 300 4L IS has a near perfect spot in my lens line up now when considered with the 1.3X 35mmEFOV factor of the EOS 1D body. I may have to see if they have improved the newest production version of the EF 300 4L IS lenses and buy a new one even though this runs counter to my own best advice. Cheers/Chip * **** ******* *********************************************************** * For list instructions, including unsubscribe, see: * http://www.a1.nl/phomepag/markerink/eos_list.htm ***********************************************************
