FWIW, Jim, I don't always shoot my 85 1.2L at 1.2, nor do I always shoot it at 1/25th of a second. At anything over 1/500th of a second, a tripod is meaningless, and so too is IS generally. Here's a shot (not a bird, but a flyer at least) from a couple of days ago, and I'll admit to thinking about this very thread when I took it. 85mm, f/1.6, 1/8000th, ISO 100, full daylight. Do you recall ever getting bokeh this nice from your tripod mounted 100-400?
http://www.tompfeiffer.com/IMG_3163web.jpg A few minutes earlier, I had snapped these other two birds racing. This time, it was your fav lens, the 100-400mm at a nice leisurely f/11: http://www.tompfeiffer.com/IMG_3103web.jpg I think the big bird let the little one win just because he was the boss (of the FAA). There really is a place for both styles. Tom P. > -----Original Message----- > From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of > James B.Davis > Sent: Monday, January 17, 2005 10:08 PM > To: [email protected] > Subject: Re: RE: RE: Re: EOS 50mm F1.0L and 85mm F1.2L and > fast lenses. > > What good is that incredible sharpness when the camera is > hand held at a low shutter speed, is what I'm asking. > > If you don't understand how you get maximum sharpness maybe > you need to do some testing on tripod and off. > > You discuss lenses as if there's no more to getting > incredible sharpness than just owning an incredibly sharp > lens. I assure you that unless you use a tripod in low light, > you lose all of that sharpness and your lens is reduced to a > cheap plastic lens in sharpness. * **** ******* *********************************************************** * For list instructions, including unsubscribe, see: * http://www.a1.nl/phomepag/markerink/eos_list.htm ***********************************************************
