70-200 f4 IS - this is what IS gets you

[Filmus]

Here are some 100% crops. These were all taken in less than 1/80 second.
All streight from camera (400D) no post processing. (Did apply 20% USM due to the cropping)
More samples: http://www.pbase.com/carmel_palti/birds
This is my first Canon camera and lens so I take this as a baseline...

1/60s

http://ct.pbase.com/o6/29/239629/1/70663445.k37co3g2.IMG_2669iso200_6.3_135mm_59sec.j pg

1/80s

http://ct.pbase.com/o6/29/239629/1/70663448.H43Z3rJ3.IMG_2809iso200_5.6_200mm_80sec.j pg

1/20s

http://ct.pbase.com/o6/29/239629/1/70663504.nCrT35om.IMG_2838iso100_5.6_200mm_20sec.j pg

This is 1/400s but worth it...
http://ct.pbase.com/o6/29/239629/1/70663440.M2gdizi2.IMG_2165iso200_5.6_200mm_400sec. jpg


Carmel

[Billginthekeys]

the shots are quite a bit large for the forums. that said great sharpness. IS is a handy thing.

ohh and welcome to the forums. your stuff was so good i didnt even notice you were new!

congrats on the new lens,

[mrclark321]

Your shots on pbase are amazing!! I can't believe how sharp and what great colours that lens and camera have produced. Damn I want that lens.

Dan

[cosworth]

I've spent the latter part of my off time today looking to see who has this puppy in stock...

[mrclark321]

I've spent the latter part of my off time today looking to see who has this puppy in stock...

Jason check out his shots on pbase.....amazing

[aIpha]

Spectacular. I'm planning on getting the 17-40mm f/4L soon and at some point in the not distant future sink in for a 70-200mm. I guess the f/4 IS is on top of that list.

Thanks.

[BradT0517]

Well just to be picky the tip of the beak in the first three is extremely sharp otherwise great shots

[Woogie]

Amazing. Super sharp!

[Rumrunner]

Nice capture BTW ;)

[Filmus]

the shots are quite a bit large for the forums. that said great sharpness. IS is a handy thing.

ohh and welcome to the forums. your stuff was so good i didnt even notice you were new!

congrats on the new lens,

Billginthekeys

Sorry for the large images, I didn't realise how big they are...
Even though I have deleted them from pbase, they seem to be cached by this server.
Thanks for warm welcome.

Carmel

[JimAskew]

Here are some 100% crops. These were all taken in less than 1/80 second.
All streight from camera (400D) no post processing. (Did apply 20% USM due to the cropping)
More samples: http://www.pbase.com/carmel_palti/birds
This is my first Canon camera and lens so I take this as a baseline...

Carmel

Carmel,

Welcome to POTN...your shots are amazingly sharp...I really enjoyed your pbase gallery :)

[karfeef]

dammit - i got blood on my keyboard. them shots are so sharp, they jumped out and cut me up!

nice work.

[foxbat]

You lot need new monitors. The results are great for the shutter speeds used (which I think was the point being made) but critically sharp they most definitely are not.

[Filmus]

You lot need new monitors. The results are great for the shutter speeds used (which I think was the point being made) but critically sharp they most definitely are not.

Fox

Thanks for your comments. You are right, the point was the speed but you also need to consider the size.
These shots were taken from 2-3 meters, with a 200mm focal length and f5.6 you simply can't get a larger dof. (You get about 1-2 cm)

Cheers


Carmel

[JNunn]

Welcome to the forum!

First the good news. Those are great shots handheld. You started out with an awesome setup both camera and lens.

Second, the bad news...It practically doesn't get any better than this. Most other lenses you'll be lusting over, don't perform any better (or maybe even not as well) than the 70-200L. Its quite possibly the sharpest zoom canon makes. But we all continue to lust after glass...more often than not comparing its performance to the 70-200Ls.

Congrats on the new equipment!

[lmelendez]

They look amazing! Everybody will want IS after looking at those shots :)