Adam Maas wrote:
> Christian wrote:
> 
>>Cory Papenfuss wrote:
>>
>>
>>
>>>     Yeah... I give Canon 6 months before they introduce in-body 
>>>anti-shake.  I think they'll have to to compete.  Given that probably 90% 
>>>of the DSLR buyers never buy another lens other than the kit lens, it's a 
>>>great selling point.  
>>
>>
>>I think they'll just make all the CKLs (crappy kit lenses) IS from now 
>>on.  They have one ( the 17-85 USM IS) already.  Combine that with the 
>>atrocious 70-300 f4-5.6 IS and you have a full range of image-stabilized 
>>focal lengths for your "average" digiRebel user.
>>
> 
> 
> The 70-300's actually quite decent, especially on the 1.6x crop bodies, I 
> think you have it mixed up with the 75-300, which is a coke bottle.

A friend bought the 70-300 IS and sold it after a couple of days.  soft 
soft SOFT.  Aweful lens.

The 17-85 IS is supposed to be pretty decent.

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Christian
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