I've never heard IS slammed by people who've used it. It's not the end-all-be-all that some describe it as, and there's admittedly been a lot of marketing hype over it that some people have exaggerated almost into a mythology, but the fact remains that it's a very useful way to get rid of some camera shake at slower shutter speeds.
I find that I can handhold IS lenses about 2 stops slower than I can non-IS lenses and get comparable sharpness. I shoot MedF now, but if I was shooting 35mm handheld, I'd take an IS system over a non-IS one, all other things being equal. Chris On Mon, 22 Nov 2004 12:42:25 -0600, William Robb <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > Check on the Minolta list and get back to us. > From what the people I know who have IS, it is an incredibly > overblown, less than useful feature. > Having said this, the people I know who have IS also use tripods. > > William Robb > >
