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erich6
Nov-21-2005, 10:45 PM
Well, holidays are coming up and my oldest nephew wants to get into photography so I used that as an excuse to give him my 300D and upgrade to a 20D. I still can't get over what a great camera this is.

Since Canon has the rebate thing going I also decided to get a couple of new lenses (my nephew needs my old lenses also right? :wink ). So, I got the 50mm f/1.4 and the new 70-300mm f/4-5.6 IS USM telephoto. I must say I'm VERY impressed with the IS on this lens.

Here are a few 100% crops I took right out of the box and camera. The pictures are from small/fine JPEG's without any post-processing. All handheld shots taken at ISO 800, f/8 1/25 sec exposure. The improvement from the IS is quite evident!

200 mm (no IS)
http://hbphoto.smugmug.com/photos/45517667-L.jpg

200 mm (with IS)
http://hbphoto.smugmug.com/photos/45517685-L.jpg

300mm (no IS)
http://hbphoto.smugmug.com/photos/45517679-L.jpg

300mm (with IS)
http://hbphoto.smugmug.com/photos/45517662-L.jpg

I'm ecstatic. :D

Erich
Jnichols
Nov-22-2005, 06:59 AM
Amazing - what a great lens. Does Nikon have a lens comparable to the Canon IS lenses?
JohnR
Nov-22-2005, 07:15 AM
Amazing - what a great lens. Does Nikon have a lens comparable to the Canon IS lenses?


Yes, but Nikon calls it VR.

200mm f/2G ED-IF AF-S VR Nikkor
300mm f/2.8G ED-IF AF-S VR Nikkor
24-120mm f/3.5-5.6G ED-IF AF-S VR Zoom-Nikkor
70-200mm f/2.8G ED-IF AF-S VR Zoom-Nikkor
80-400mm f/4.5-5.6D ED VR AF Zoom-Nikkor
200-400mm f/4G ED-IF AF-S VR Zoom-Nikkor



Erich6,
congrats! Nice job, uncle! I'm sure he'll be happy.
erich6
Nov-22-2005, 05:51 PM
Yes, but Nikon calls it VR.

200mm f/2G ED-IF AF-S VR Nikkor
300mm f/2.8G ED-IF AF-S VR Nikkor
24-120mm f/3.5-5.6G ED-IF AF-S VR Zoom-Nikkor
70-200mm f/2.8G ED-IF AF-S VR Zoom-Nikkor
80-400mm f/4.5-5.6D ED VR AF Zoom-Nikkor
200-400mm f/4G ED-IF AF-S VR Zoom-Nikkor



Erich6,
congrats! Nice job, uncle! I'm sure he'll be happy.
Thanks...although my wife keeps teasing me that this was more of a present for me than for him. I can't argue but I know he'll like the 300D. :):
erich6
Nov-27-2005, 11:04 PM
Putting the lens to work. I'm still amazed at how well the IS performs. Here's a shot at 70mm with 1/40 sec exposure. Normally this would have fallen victim to the shakes.

http://hbphoto.smugmug.com/photos/46254384-L.jpg

Erich