Re: nikon-digest V4 #253 IS

[Richard D Scherrer http://northernexposuresphoto.com]

List Members,
This IS thing is really a bazaar concept indeed. A "lighter Cheaper" lense
that is actually much heavier and much more expensive (compared to other
slow f 4.5 optics  which they are). A lense that is 2 stops slower that
employs expensive technology to make it operate like a lense that is 2
stops faster...WOW that really boggles the mind !!! Nikon has an answer to
this lense already...it is called Fast Optics (2.8 and faster) And to top
it off another "canon first" accordins to the lense test that I am holding.
Edge Sharpness With Center Distortion. Wow, canon really thinks of
everything don't they.
Richard

>>Tuan wrote:
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><<one area where canon has still a lead is stabilized lenses. the importance
>of that innovation seems to have been overlooked. you gain 2 shutter speeds.
>this is very significant, when you think whayou pay in terms of price,
>weight,

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