Hello Lee and tweeters,
I been staying out of the digussion what is best .I have so many request
from birders privatly what kind of Camera and what film i use.I usual only
respond on this if i been adresse personaly.
I wonder if the technologoy is worth the price you paying for getting a
Lense with the image stabilization.I been on Boat trip in the sound in rough
weather,where most birders stay in the cabin and photographed a
Yellow-billed Loon in bright breeding plumage hand hold.Poeple ask me if i
have steel arms,not so,infact i hand hold on all my photos in order to get
enough flexebility to move fast.I love my Photo equipment,but i also looking
for a Digetal camera i can hold on to my Leica Scope for the distance.

Ruth Sullivan
godwit at worldnet.att.net
Tacoma
----- Original Message -----
From: Lee Rentz <leerentz at ix.netcom.com>
To: <tweeters at u.washington.edu>
Sent: Thursday, February 21, 2002 3:25 PM
Subject: RE: Photo equipment


> In an earlier post I enthusiastically supported Canon's
> image-stabilization technology. One reader emailed me and expressed
> reservations about the worth of this technology, so I'll try to
> clarify where I think it is useful and where it won't help at all.
>
> The purpose of image-stabilization is to help defeat problems with
> camera movement due to shaky hands, a wobbly tripod, or when you are
> photographing from a moving boat or plane. In my experience it helps
> immensely with these problems. I find I can photograph landscapes
> and big birds hand-held under conditions when I would have used a
> tripod before. Or from a rolling boat where I could not have shot
> successfully before (a tripod doesn't help on a rolling boat).
>
> Where image-stabilization won't help is when you are photographing a
> nervous little warbler that is constantly in motion. Then you need a
> fast shutter speed, fast film, or flash. And if your shutter speed
> is fast, image-stabilization just isn't necessary.
>
> Another place where image-stabilization helps is with camcorders.
> When photographing nervous little birds with a camcorder, the
> twitchiness of tiny birds adds to the interest of the resultant
> video. But with the lens cranked to a long telephoto mode, you just
> can't hold it steady enough to make the resultant video easy to view.
> You could use a tripod, but that defeats the purpose of a
> lightweight, easy to carry camcorder. So image-stabilization is an
> appropriate technology here.
>
> So that's my updated view and I'm sticking to it.
>
> Lee Rentz
> lee at leerentz.com
> Shelton WA
>