What is your experience or opinion of IS lenses?
Feb 15, 2013 20:21:14 #
What is your experience and opinion of Image stabilizer lenses?
Feb 15, 2013 20:25:10 #
Feb 15, 2013 20:25:39 #
colo_jeep_gal wrote:
What is your experience and opinion of Image stabilizer lenses?
I use them exclusively...mainly because I hate being tied down to a tripod when I'm shooting birds or horses.
Feb 15, 2013 20:31:32 #
I have it on all my lenses (except the 35mm f1.8). It's good to have, especially in low light or windy situations.
Feb 15, 2013 20:37:42 #
colo_jeep_gal wrote:
What is your experience and opinion of Image stabilizer lenses?
Gal, welcome to the Hog.
I have two, but the IS is very rarely helpful for me even though I use it. I use my non-IS lenses just as much and my results are the same or better.
I shot daylight pretty fast or low light with a tripod. During the transition period they would be good, but I don't find myself there often. Most of my stuff is handheld but would have motion blur if it was slow. I don't do much indoor stuff.
Feb 15, 2013 21:14:17 #
colo_jeep_gal wrote:
What is your experience and opinion of Image stabilizer lenses?
It depends on how you shoot.
If you mostly hand hold (events, sports, etc.) IS is certainly an advantage.
If you mostly use a tripod (landscape, still life, macro, portraits, etc.) IS is probably wasted money.
Feb 15, 2013 21:24:26 #
I still use some of the Nikkor lenses that I have owned since the early '70s. But I find that my keep rate has improved dramatically, since I have added VR (vibration reduction) lenses to my repertoire.
On a different subject, my family spends summers at 10,000-feet on the Western Slope, in Gunnison County.
On a different subject, my family spends summers at 10,000-feet on the Western Slope, in Gunnison County.
Feb 15, 2013 22:23:34 #
Thanks for the welcome Sharp Shooter. So happy to be here.
Feb 15, 2013 22:25:33 #
Oh, yeah! Love it. Nice looking family too. I looked at the photos of my trip there and I saw many Columbine blue & white combo. My favorite flower'
Nikonian72 wrote:
I still use some of the Nikkor lenses that I have owned since the early '70s. But I find that my keep rate has improved dramatically, since I have added VR (vibration reduction) lenses to my repertoire.
On a different subject, my family spends summers at 10,000-feet on the Western Slope, in Gunnison County.
On a different subject, my family spends summers at 10,000-feet on the Western Slope, in Gunnison County.
Feb 15, 2013 22:28:09 #
Thanks Robert, Dad left me the IS's and I am still experimenting.
robert-photos wrote:
It depends on how you shoot.
If you mostly hand hold (events, sports, etc.) IS is certainly an advantage.
If you mostly use a tripod (landscape, still life, macro, portraits, etc.) IS is probably wasted money.
colo_jeep_gal wrote:
What is your experience and opinion of Image stabilizer lenses?
It depends on how you shoot.
If you mostly hand hold (events, sports, etc.) IS is certainly an advantage.
If you mostly use a tripod (landscape, still life, macro, portraits, etc.) IS is probably wasted money.
Feb 15, 2013 22:43:19 #
A couple of my photos from there. Between Crested Butte and Gothic. Thought I died and went to Heaven it was so beautiful.
Nikonian72 wrote:
I still use some of the Nikkor lenses that I have owned since the early '70s. But I find that my keep rate has improved dramatically, since I have added VR (vibration reduction) lenses to my repertoire.
On a different subject, my family spends summers at 10,000-feet on the Western Slope, in Gunnison County.
On a different subject, my family spends summers at 10,000-feet on the Western Slope, in Gunnison County.
Gunnison Co.
Feb 15, 2013 23:43:46 #
Nikonian72 wrote:
I still use some of the Nikkor lenses that I have owned since the early '70s. But I find that my keep rate has improved dramatically, since I have added VR (vibration reduction) lenses to my repertoire.
On a different subject, my family spends summers at 10,000-feet on the Western Slope, in Gunnison County.
On a different subject, my family spends summers at 10,000-feet on the Western Slope, in Gunnison County.
Looks to me like you're on the Western Slope.....by about 6 feet. LOL
Feb 15, 2013 23:53:30 #
Mogul wrote:
Good one! Made me giggle.Looks to me like you're on the Western Slope.....by about 6 feet.
Feb 16, 2013 06:33:26 #
Love them! Most of my shooting is hand held. Along with 'rifle shooting techniques' the IS, VR, VC or whatever you want to call it, is a fantastic invention.
Feb 16, 2013 06:41:06 #
Too many times I leave it on. That is not a problem. When I forget that it is off is when I get into trouble. Love it. I shoot indoor gymnastics.
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