http://www.engadget.com/2009/09/02/canon-introduces-first-hybrid-image-stabilization-lens-ef-100mm/ Engadget Comments for Canon introduces first Hybrid Image Stabilization lens: EF 100mm Macro http://www.engadget.com/media/feedlogo.gif http://www.engadget.com en-us Copyright 2012 Weblogs, Inc. The contents of this feed are available for non-commercial use only. Blogsmith http://www.blogsmith.com/http://www.engadget.com/2009/09/02/canon-introduces-first-hybrid-image-stabilization-lens-ef-100mm/http://www.engadget.com/2009/09/02/canon-introduces-first-hybrid-image-stabilization-lens-ef-100mm/Sep 2nd 2009 3:51AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/09/02/canon-introduces-first-hybrid-image-stabilization-lens-ef-100mm/http://www.engadget.com/2009/09/02/canon-introduces-first-hybrid-image-stabilization-lens-ef-100mm/Sep 2nd 2009 4:26AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/09/02/canon-introduces-first-hybrid-image-stabilization-lens-ef-100mm/http://www.engadget.com/2009/09/02/canon-introduces-first-hybrid-image-stabilization-lens-ef-100mm/Sep 2nd 2009 4:29AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/09/02/canon-introduces-first-hybrid-image-stabilization-lens-ef-100mm/http://www.engadget.com/2009/09/02/canon-introduces-first-hybrid-image-stabilization-lens-ef-100mm/Canon usually has L and non-L lenses with overlapping focal length ranges. They are not for the same target audience. ]]>Sep 2nd 2009 4:50AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/09/02/canon-introduces-first-hybrid-image-stabilization-lens-ef-100mm/http://www.engadget.com/2009/09/02/canon-introduces-first-hybrid-image-stabilization-lens-ef-100mm/
One hopes they have fixed the issues with the previous IS lenses where they make the image worse and causing framing drift if the body is tripod mounted and therefore mostly stable.

It's also a curious choice for a first release, macro does need all it can get what with the razor thin dof and all but the bigger issue isn't so much shake but moving ever so slightly in n out causing the focal plane to shift. ]]>Sep 2nd 2009 3:52AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/09/02/canon-introduces-first-hybrid-image-stabilization-lens-ef-100mm/http://www.engadget.com/2009/09/02/canon-introduces-first-hybrid-image-stabilization-lens-ef-100mm/Sep 2nd 2009 4:19AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/09/02/canon-introduces-first-hybrid-image-stabilization-lens-ef-100mm/http://www.engadget.com/2009/09/02/canon-introduces-first-hybrid-image-stabilization-lens-ef-100mm/Sep 2nd 2009 1:44PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/09/02/canon-introduces-first-hybrid-image-stabilization-lens-ef-100mm/http://www.engadget.com/2009/09/02/canon-introduces-first-hybrid-image-stabilization-lens-ef-100mm/
Given how easy that is, i wouldn't even consider that a problem. Besides, IS uses battery, so just another reason to keep it off if you don't need it.

I mean, it would be cool if they fixed it, just like anything else, but i wouldn't consider it a fix i'd want to be paying for.
-Taylor]]>Sep 2nd 2009 2:35PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/09/02/canon-introduces-first-hybrid-image-stabilization-lens-ef-100mm/http://www.engadget.com/2009/09/02/canon-introduces-first-hybrid-image-stabilization-lens-ef-100mm/
The point is, if you are being fairly still the IS lenses have previously made the picture worse, not better; and since the goal as a photographer is to be still while shooting an IS lens can turn out counter-productive. So....

I hope they have improved that, cause its the very subtle movements that mess up both macro and telephoto, which occur even when on a tripod from things like the wind. The prior range of IS lens do nothing to help that and as I said, actually make it worse.

and then... a lens that fixes large movements isn't really helping in a macro shot, because large movements will be moving your focal plane so much that you have no shot anyway. SO to make the first release of this "new tech" a macro IS strange because it will be more often than not, no use at all.

AND even more so, it is not sideways, or angular movement that makes a mess of a macro photograph, it is moving in and out, closer to and away from the subject and this lens does NOTHING to help that.]]>Sep 2nd 2009 8:45PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/09/02/canon-introduces-first-hybrid-image-stabilization-lens-ef-100mm/http://www.engadget.com/2009/09/02/canon-introduces-first-hybrid-image-stabilization-lens-ef-100mm/Sep 2nd 2009 4:11AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/09/02/canon-introduces-first-hybrid-image-stabilization-lens-ef-100mm/http://www.engadget.com/2009/09/02/canon-introduces-first-hybrid-image-stabilization-lens-ef-100mm/Sep 2nd 2009 4:33AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/09/02/canon-introduces-first-hybrid-image-stabilization-lens-ef-100mm/http://www.engadget.com/2009/09/02/canon-introduces-first-hybrid-image-stabilization-lens-ef-100mm/Sep 2nd 2009 4:32AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/09/02/canon-introduces-first-hybrid-image-stabilization-lens-ef-100mm/http://www.engadget.com/2009/09/02/canon-introduces-first-hybrid-image-stabilization-lens-ef-100mm/
IS is a cool feature, but with the better ISO performance of my 5D2, I've never had to use it, even with an F4 lens.]]>Sep 2nd 2009 4:44AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/09/02/canon-introduces-first-hybrid-image-stabilization-lens-ef-100mm/http://www.engadget.com/2009/09/02/canon-introduces-first-hybrid-image-stabilization-lens-ef-100mm/Sep 2nd 2009 5:38AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/09/02/canon-introduces-first-hybrid-image-stabilization-lens-ef-100mm/http://www.engadget.com/2009/09/02/canon-introduces-first-hybrid-image-stabilization-lens-ef-100mm/
Hell, I've done 2.9:1 shots handheld with a 50mm F1.4 reverse mounted in front of my 105mm. Same deal, not tripod except for my external flashes.

If this IS is truly usable at 1:1 that will be great for some photographers. For myself, using higher shutter speeds combined with external flashes works fine for me.]]>Sep 2nd 2009 11:44AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/09/02/canon-introduces-first-hybrid-image-stabilization-lens-ef-100mm/http://www.engadget.com/2009/09/02/canon-introduces-first-hybrid-image-stabilization-lens-ef-100mm/-Taylor]]>Sep 2nd 2009 2:37PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/09/02/canon-introduces-first-hybrid-image-stabilization-lens-ef-100mm/http://www.engadget.com/2009/09/02/canon-introduces-first-hybrid-image-stabilization-lens-ef-100mm/Sep 2nd 2009 4:38AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/09/02/canon-introduces-first-hybrid-image-stabilization-lens-ef-100mm/http://www.engadget.com/2009/09/02/canon-introduces-first-hybrid-image-stabilization-lens-ef-100mm/Sep 2nd 2009 6:57AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/09/02/canon-introduces-first-hybrid-image-stabilization-lens-ef-100mm/http://www.engadget.com/2009/09/02/canon-introduces-first-hybrid-image-stabilization-lens-ef-100mm/
if you ever have problems with buying a lens because of money, just go to B&H and check out the canon 800mm L lens (12,000 bucks later you'll be good to go))]]>Sep 2nd 2009 7:45AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/09/02/canon-introduces-first-hybrid-image-stabilization-lens-ef-100mm/http://www.engadget.com/2009/09/02/canon-introduces-first-hybrid-image-stabilization-lens-ef-100mm/
Or the Sigma 200-500mm f/2.8. You can snag that one for the low, low price of 29,000$.]]>Sep 2nd 2009 8:52AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/09/02/canon-introduces-first-hybrid-image-stabilization-lens-ef-100mm/http://www.engadget.com/2009/09/02/canon-introduces-first-hybrid-image-stabilization-lens-ef-100mm/
Hybrid IS and L quality glass for only ~$250 more than the non-L version? seems pretty good to me.]]>Sep 2nd 2009 7:27PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/09/02/canon-introduces-first-hybrid-image-stabilization-lens-ef-100mm/http://www.engadget.com/2009/09/02/canon-introduces-first-hybrid-image-stabilization-lens-ef-100mm/Sep 2nd 2009 4:47AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/09/02/canon-introduces-first-hybrid-image-stabilization-lens-ef-100mm/http://www.engadget.com/2009/09/02/canon-introduces-first-hybrid-image-stabilization-lens-ef-100mm/
Hmm, I wonder if I can sell my lens and buy one of these instead *drool*.]]>Sep 2nd 2009 4:52AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/09/02/canon-introduces-first-hybrid-image-stabilization-lens-ef-100mm/http://www.engadget.com/2009/09/02/canon-introduces-first-hybrid-image-stabilization-lens-ef-100mm/
This is actually a pretty good deal.]]>Sep 2nd 2009 6:37AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/09/02/canon-introduces-first-hybrid-image-stabilization-lens-ef-100mm/http://www.engadget.com/2009/09/02/canon-introduces-first-hybrid-image-stabilization-lens-ef-100mm/
Ah well. No point upgrading for current 100mm macro users, but... it's nice. It's... nice.]]>Sep 2nd 2009 7:37AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/09/02/canon-introduces-first-hybrid-image-stabilization-lens-ef-100mm/http://www.engadget.com/2009/09/02/canon-introduces-first-hybrid-image-stabilization-lens-ef-100mm/Sep 2nd 2009 7:46AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/09/02/canon-introduces-first-hybrid-image-stabilization-lens-ef-100mm/http://www.engadget.com/2009/09/02/canon-introduces-first-hybrid-image-stabilization-lens-ef-100mm/Sep 2nd 2009 7:56AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/09/02/canon-introduces-first-hybrid-image-stabilization-lens-ef-100mm/http://www.engadget.com/2009/09/02/canon-introduces-first-hybrid-image-stabilization-lens-ef-100mm/
If reduced performance above ISO3200 bothers you, you're just "measurebating" over technology instead of doing photography.]]>Sep 2nd 2009 8:14AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/09/02/canon-introduces-first-hybrid-image-stabilization-lens-ef-100mm/http://www.engadget.com/2009/09/02/canon-introduces-first-hybrid-image-stabilization-lens-ef-100mm/
What do you shoot with? And what do you shoot? I used to work for a newspaper and I regularly used ISO 1600 on an original Digital Rebel (scary, I know) when shooting basketball because I didn't have a good lens and needed the light. The paper is such low quality that the images were fine, but even now just for hobby stuff with my 40D and 17-55 F2.8 IS lens I still shoot at ISO 1600 sometimes because it means I can take pictures using existing light even when its incredibly dark (and the 40D has much better ISO performance). Sometimes a grainy photo is better than no photo at all - grain isn't even necessarily bad, it can give a good feel to a photo. Last weekend I was at a barbecue with friends and with nothing but a bonfire as light i took some really nice looking photos of them.

Anyway, just think you should branch out and give it a shot.

-Taylor]]>Sep 2nd 2009 2:47PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/09/02/canon-introduces-first-hybrid-image-stabilization-lens-ef-100mm/http://www.engadget.com/2009/09/02/canon-introduces-first-hybrid-image-stabilization-lens-ef-100mm/
I've got a 105mm F2.4 Vivitar zoom that I purchased off ebay for $135 dollars, which has full image stabilization ( with shift and rotation compensation, "HYBRID", on my K7). I doubt anyone could discern the difference between this $1100 lens and my $135 lens. I'm a hobbyist and not a pro, but it just seems you can have much more fun at a lower cost of entry on the systems other than Canon/Nikon.
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Sony/Olympus/Pentax make up what 8% of the DSLR market? Apparently Canon & Nikon know what they are doing.]]>Sep 2nd 2009 11:03AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/09/02/canon-introduces-first-hybrid-image-stabilization-lens-ef-100mm/http://www.engadget.com/2009/09/02/canon-introduces-first-hybrid-image-stabilization-lens-ef-100mm/
Hah.

You'd be surprised.

-Taylor]]>Sep 2nd 2009 2:48PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/09/02/canon-introduces-first-hybrid-image-stabilization-lens-ef-100mm/http://www.engadget.com/2009/09/02/canon-introduces-first-hybrid-image-stabilization-lens-ef-100mm/
This lens is hardly a surprise.

Will be very interesting to see what this lens is like.

I've preordered it.

Actually this lens is a perfect example of why IS should be in the lens, since it has a special type of IS just for macro.


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i will be very eager to see the test between this new 100L macroand the old 100 macro as well as the 180mm L...

i wonder if this is meant to compete with the macro lenses or more with the super sharp 85mm 1.2L and the 135mm L

it does kind of sit right in between

1K for this is not bad...basically what i paid for my 180mm L Macro... if it is a ton better i might be looking to sell my 180mm and get this new bad boy...

now if i could only find a fair buyer for my 14mm 2.8 L II so i can get that 17mm TS-E]]>Sep 2nd 2009 10:38AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/09/02/canon-introduces-first-hybrid-image-stabilization-lens-ef-100mm/http://www.engadget.com/2009/09/02/canon-introduces-first-hybrid-image-stabilization-lens-ef-100mm/Sep 2nd 2009 10:49AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/09/02/canon-introduces-first-hybrid-image-stabilization-lens-ef-100mm/http://www.engadget.com/2009/09/02/canon-introduces-first-hybrid-image-stabilization-lens-ef-100mm/Sep 2nd 2009 12:12PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/09/02/canon-introduces-first-hybrid-image-stabilization-lens-ef-100mm/http://www.engadget.com/2009/09/02/canon-introduces-first-hybrid-image-stabilization-lens-ef-100mm/Sep 2nd 2009 2:18PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/09/02/canon-introduces-first-hybrid-image-stabilization-lens-ef-100mm/http://www.engadget.com/2009/09/02/canon-introduces-first-hybrid-image-stabilization-lens-ef-100mm/-Taylor]]>Sep 2nd 2009 2:50PM