How effective is the built-in Image Stabiliser function of the lens? Look at the above two pictures showing the internal side of Kuala Lumpur's KLCC Suria shopping complex. Photo on the top left was shot with the Image Stabiliser ON while photo on the top right was without the IS system. Almost everything in photo on the top right was blurred due to camera shake while photo on the top left had the same elements sharper due to the compensation applied by the IS system. Exposures for both pictures were at 1/6 sec. at f/4.5. The focal length of the lens was set at 50mm. Film used was Fujichrome RTP 64 Tungsten film shot in available daylight source via the sunroof for the added bluish atmosphere. For starter it must be mentioned that the Stabiliser system is designed solely to enable photographers to shoot pictures via available light hand held when the use of a monopod or tripod are impossible or a bit of a hassle. The IS system provides a photographer the ability to record images free of camera shake even when the shutter speed required to shoot the scene is 1/15 sec. or slower for hand-held photography. However, the system is not designed for situations where the subject is moving rapidly or faster than the slower shutter speed allowed for hand-held photography with the IS system ON. The built-in Image Stabiliser system of the EF28-135 mm Zoom Lens is only designed to eliminate any possible camera shake that may result from the photographer's inability to hold steady a camera in low-light situations without using a flash or tripod. It is not designed to handle impossible situations where the photographer himself shakes the camera violently and hopes the stabilising system will automatically adjust itself and compensate for that. << Back to Main . 1 . 2 . 3 . 4 . |
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