IS or not?

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If you were shooting a football match, what advantages are there in using a lens with image stabilization? Bearing in mind that you probably wouldn't drop below say 1/800 sec?
 
None; if you're using shutter speeds that fast, switch the IS off
 
CaptainPenguin said:
If I am say taking a shot of a corner from the other end of the ground I may occasionally use it,otherwise it is always switched off
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Why??????

Unless your shutter speeds fall massively well below that of your focal length it simply isn't needed if using a monopod, were talking shutter speeds of 1/50th here which im sure you never shoot action at, if you're down at those sorts of shutter speeds its time to pack up anyway, the time you wait for the IS/VR to kick in and do its stuff will simply mean missing the peak action

IS is only useful for shooting slow shutter speeds to help eliminate camera shake, it does nothing to help freeze the action, the only other reason to use IS/VR is for panning at slow shutter speeds.
 
Never used it at football or any sports action. Shutter speed needs to be high which eliminates the need for IS.
 
People saying no need to use it are speaking from their point of view.

If hand holding there are many variables like the focal length used, but the biggest one that fit and healthy people seem to never take into account when answering is your age and health.

Age and especially health problems can and do effect your ability to hand hold steadily and shake free, so if you need it then use it.

I know I do as when I was in my late forties I could hand hold a 600mm lens at 1/250sec and get sharp shots, now in my mid sixties and deteriating health at that focal length I need 1/640 sec and IS to be sure.:)
 
Thanks for all the replies everyone. At the moment the lens (non IS) that I use isn't mine, it's one that I 'borrow' from my office. So when I get some pennies together to buy my own I was unsure if I needed an IS enabled lens.

The answer seems to be for football you generally don't need it, so thanks again everyone.
 
tophatter said:
Am I right in saying that if IS is on then it slows down the autofocus?
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Thats my understanding. I bought a lens with IS but rarely use it for the reasons above. If i was having trouble hand holding i would go for a monopod which i gather negates IS too. It all depends what you are shooting and in what conditions
 
Photodiva said:
Thats my understanding. I bought a lens with IS but rarely use it for the reasons above. If i was having trouble hand holding i would go for a monopod which i gather negates IS too. It all depends what you are shooting and in what conditions
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Thought so - that's the main reason I have mine off when shooting football, as well as the fact that it's not going to have any effect given the shutter speeds used.
 
craftysnapper said:
People saying no need to use it are speaking from their point of view.

If hand holding there are many variables like the focal length used, but the biggest one that fit and healthy people seem to never take into account when answering is your age and health.

Age and especially health problems can and do effect your ability to hand hold steadily and shake free, so if you need it then use it.

I know I do as when I was in my late forties I could hand hold a 600mm lens at 1/250sec and get sharp shots, now in my mid sixties and deteriating health at that focal length I need 1/640 sec and IS to be sure.:)
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Youre talking about camera shake here, camera shake doesn't come into the equation when shooting football/rugby as the shutter speeds required are so high, IS/VR does Zilch, Zip, Nadda, Nothing to help freeze the action that the field sports photographer requires

Unless you're shaking like a pooing dog with St Vitus Dance then turn IS off.
 
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tophatter said:
Am I right in saying that if IS is on then it slows down the autofocus?
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More interferes with than slows down. The slip second that it takes for the IS to kick in can ruin the photo
 
snapzz said:
Looks like Gary's been red carded again!
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Not by my doing as I did not complain, though as someone that has health problems that causes my hands to be unsteady I could have been offended I suppose had I not got a thick skin, and you get used to people that let there fingers move before their brain on the net, so please do not suspend Gary on my account. :)
 
craftysnapper said:
Not by my doing as I did not complain, though as someone that has health problems that causes my hands to be unsteady I could have been offended I suppose had I not got a thick skin, and you get used to people that let there fingers move before their brain on the net, so lease do not ban Gary on my account. :)
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It's nothing to do with this thread.
 
Gary Coyle said:
Hello

Paul, you'll soon get used to me, i'm really not an offensive berk.
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Next time keep your knickers on! ;)
 
Good thread, I've nearly always kept VC and IS on, on my Canon 24-150 and Tamron 17-50 with turn them both off now and only use it at around 50/1sec then.

How can you actually check IS / VC is working!
 
The lens will make a very quiet whirring noise, some lenses also seem to make the image you see in the viewfinder jump a little bit while the IS/VR kicks in.
 
DemiLion said:
More interferes with than slows down. The slip second that it takes for the IS to kick in can ruin the photo
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Unless of course you are using one of Canon's new Super Teles.

As per Chuck Westfall

Newly Added IS Mode 3: The new IS II super-telephoto lenses are the first to introduce Canon’s new IS Mode 3. This new stabilization mode is similar to IS Mode 2 in the respect that it can detect and correct for panning by shutting off IS correction in the panning direction, but the difference is that IS correction occurs only during the actual exposure in IS Mode 3. (As in IS Modes 1 and 2, camera shake and panning detection occurs whenever the shutter button is pressed halfway.) As a result, the image in the viewfinder moves more naturally while panning, and battery power is conserved. This feature is expected to be welcomed by sports photographers as well as those who photograph birds in flight.

http://www.learn.usa.canon.com/resources/articles/2011/updates_supertelephoto_article.shtml
 
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