Does exif data record the use of IS?

I had taken some shots of a night scene a few months ago and almost all of them came out looking like they had too much mirror slap/camera shake. They were all on a tripod, and I was using a 17-85mm lens with IS, but I am not sure if I turned IS on or off. Obviously if it was on, this could explain why so many images have come out bad.

If there any way to read the exif data and find out if IS is on or not? I can see my lens and focal length, but no clear "IS: on" or anything like that.

Thanks

As far as i'm aware, no it doesn't, especially since on Canon cameras IS is a lens based system.

NO.
(at least the last time I checked...)

Sarel.

That's a shame. You'd think if it could report the lens info (which lens, what mm) it could report that the IS was on or off.

Thanks for your responses.

godzakka wrote in post #3847147
That's a shame. You'd think if it could report the lens info (which lens, what mm) it could report that the IS was on or off.

Thanks for your responses.

Maybe in a later version of EXIF it might be added

I think it could happen right now. The EXIF information is just text added to a field on the image. The camera just doesn't compute/request the IS information at this time. Canon could release a camera that record if IS was used with the shutter speed or the aperture.

I figured that the only reason it doesn't have this information is perhaps because the IS is not electronically able to send that information - like it's isolated from the camera body somehow.

godzakka wrote in post #3847543
I figured that the only reason it doesn't have this information is perhaps because the IS is not electronically able to send that information - like it's isolated from the camera body somehow.

I think you're right on the money here. I think the only thing Canon's in-lens IS gets from the camera is power. The lens will communicate aperture, AF status, and focal length to the camera but not IS status.. It's possible that someday we'll see lens IS information in the EXIF, but I think it will be more likely to appear on cameras with in-body stabilization (Pentax, Olympus, etc.) first.