Re: FLYING HIGH WITH THE 20D !!!

David Littlewood wrote:
> In article <1130637112.081445.238160@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>,
> Annika1980 <annika1980@xxxxxxx> writes
>> A cloudless October day .... perfect for an air show!
>>
>> http://www.pbase.com/bret/airshow
>>
> Excellent pictures, Brett. I always love the patterns made by the
> display teams. Have you ever seen the RAF's Red Arrows team? At the
> risk of starting a partisan war, probably the best display team in
> the world; they use coloured smoke some of the time to enhance the
> visual appearance, and their fast one-on-one by pass stunts look
> spectacular.
> You were lucky with the weather; at the Biggin Hill Airshow here in
> the UK a few weeks ago I was cursed with rather hazy skies, which
> spoiled many shots.
>
> Is your 70-200 lens the IS version? Do you find the IS helps with
> ground-to-air shots? I ask as I was thinking of getting one next year,
> and this kind of display would be one of my main justifications.
>
> David

Uh oh... Bret doesn't have the IS version...so you'll have to come up with
some other reasons.
:)
Personally, I don't think there is any question as to the worth of IS.
Remember, these were shot on a VERY sunny day, and the shutter speed would
have been so high that IS likely wasn't all that necessary. I note that
most of these were shot anywhere from 1/640th to well over 1/1000th. For
TONS of other settings, though, IS saves the day! I'm sure glad mine is the
IS version, and I seem to recall Bret wishing his was...

-Mark


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