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Bob Nicholson

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« on: January 07, 2006, 11:23:52 am »

Hi all,

I've got one of these beasts and would like some advise please.

I'm pretty sure I read, perhaps in Michael's review of the lens, that you can use the IS whilst on a tripod (mounted via a Sidekick).

The lens instruction book appears to contradict this.

Question is, should you use the IS whilst on a tripod, or not?

Cheers

Bob
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Jack Flesher

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« Reply #1 on: January 07, 2006, 12:12:28 pm »

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Hi all,

I've got one of these beasts and would like some advise please.

I'm pretty sure I read, perhaps in Michael's review of the lens, that you can use the IS whilst on a tripod (mounted via a Sidekick).

The lens instruction book appears to contradict this.

Question is, should you use the IS whilst on a tripod, or not?

Cheers

Bob
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The newer IS does not care if the lens is on a tripod -- If you have a first-version IS it can help to turn IS off.

Regardless, it is easy to test for yourself --  just shoot the same image at slow shutter speeds with IS on and off and see if there is a difference.  Likely there won't be.
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Bob Nicholson

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« Reply #2 on: January 07, 2006, 02:16:28 pm »

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The newer IS does not care if the lens is on a tripod -- If you have a first-version IS it can help to turn IS off.

Regardless, it is easy to test for yourself --  just shoot the same image at slow shutter speeds with IS on and off and see if there is a difference.  Likely there won't be.
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Thanks Jack,

I was more worried about doing damage than the image quality...

Bob
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« Reply #3 on: January 07, 2006, 02:44:30 pm »

You certainly won't damage IS leaving it "on" with the lens mounted on the tripod -- the only concern is degredation of image quality due to the minor vibrations the tiny IS gyro motors can cause.
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David R. Gurtcheff

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« Reply #4 on: January 07, 2006, 04:14:58 pm »

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Hi all,

I've got one of these beasts and would like some advise please.

I'm pretty sure I read, perhaps in Michael's review of the lens, that you can use the IS whilst on a tripod (mounted via a Sidekick).

The lens instruction book appears to contradict this.

Question is, should you use the IS whilst on a tripod, or not?

Cheers

Bob
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Bob: in the past year I purchased the 500mm f4L IS, and the instruction book also says not to use IS while on a tripod. I inquired here at the time, and was assured if the lens was the newer type, it is OK to use IS on a tripod. It works fine, yielding sharp photos at lower shutter speeds.
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« Reply #5 on: January 08, 2006, 04:28:59 am »

http://www.cps.canon-europe.com/kb/detail.jsp?faqId=1130

With the IS super-telephotos (300/2.8L IS, 400/2.8L IS, 500/4L IS and 600/4L IS) .... it's OK to leave IS turned on when the lens is mounted on a tripod.
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« Reply #6 on: January 08, 2006, 01:24:52 pm »

I did some tests last night with my 70-200, I saw no visible difference in quality on a sturdy tripod.
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« Reply #7 on: January 08, 2006, 03:16:59 pm »

Many thanks to one and all, I guess I'll need to do some tests but as it seems no damage will be done and also the fact that I'm using it on a Sidekick mount which is not always locked down, I think it will probably be IS on.

Again thanks for your comments

Bob
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« Reply #8 on: January 08, 2006, 06:09:00 pm »

From my 70-200 F2.8L IS manual pg.9 (Lens purchased Nov-2005)

"Set the STABILIZER switch to OFF when you are taking pictures with a tripod.
* Even if the STABILIZER switch is set to ON, the IS function does not operate because the electronic circuits in the lens automatically detect that a tripod is being used. However because electrical power is still being supplied to the image stabilizer unit, battery life is roughly 20% shorter than it would be with the switch set to OFF"


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« Reply #9 on: January 10, 2006, 05:11:19 pm »

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Hi all,

I've got one of these beasts and would like some advise please.

I'm pretty sure I read, perhaps in Michael's review of the lens, that you can use the IS whilst on a tripod (mounted via a Sidekick).

The lens instruction book appears to contradict this.

Question is, should you use the IS whilst on a tripod, or not?

Cheers

Bob
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 I have used my 500L IS on a tripod.
when I tried it for night photography I found I had to wait a second or two for the stabilizer to stop otherwise I got blurry images with trails.

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« Reply #10 on: March 25, 2006, 12:15:42 am »

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Hi all,

I've got one of these beasts and would like some advise please.

I'm pretty sure I read, perhaps in Michael's review of the lens, that you can use the IS whilst on a tripod (mounted via a Sidekick).

The lens instruction book appears to contradict this.

Question is, should you use the IS whilst on a tripod, or not?

Cheers

Bob
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I just bought a 300 F2.8 Non IS.  Do you have a need to a front lens cap to replace the factory SOCK/Lens cap from Canon?
Send me an email to donzeck@comcast.net  if you wold like some details.
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