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FloridaCamera
31st of July 2006 (Mon), 23:47
Just looked at my 70-200 L lens and noticed it has more data contacts then m non-L lenses. 10 compared to 7. Any ideas as to why? If discussed prior, my apologies if it is obvious or discussed before!
jj1987
31st of July 2006 (Mon), 23:50
The other 3 tell the camera not to blur the image, you indeed did pay $1000 extra and its OKAY to make it look good.

(kidding) lol
FloridaCamera
31st of July 2006 (Mon), 23:57
Damn, I was hoping you were serious for just a moment considering I could not afford the IS version...(Kidding also) but on a slightly different note, why does it have 2 ranges of focus? 1.2m-Inf. and 3M-Inf.? Why wouldn't any user just keep it on the full range?
oni0n56
1st of August 2006 (Tue), 00:01
if youre shooting something far away you don't need the 1-3m and that helps prevent misfocusing on something right next to you. probably also increases speed as theres less space to hunt.

i believe.
jj1987
1st of August 2006 (Tue), 00:51
Damn, I was hoping you were serious for just a moment considering I could not afford the IS version...(Kidding also) but on a slightly different note, why does it have 2 ranges of focus? 1.2m-Inf. and 3M-Inf.? Why wouldn't any user just keep it on the full range?
Huge increase in speed and AF hunting.