IS use in sports

[Byker28i]

Taken from the thread about Canon's possible withdrawl of support for non IS lenses
http://www.talkphotography.co.uk/forums/showthread.php?t=251461

I was interested to see people mentioning they don't use IS.

Could anyone explain why not please. Is it your shutter speed is high enough anyway?

 

[KIPAX]

Could anyone explain why not please. Is it your shutter speed is high enough anyway?

It's as simnple as that yes. Plus IS can be slow to kick in..certainly slower than normal AF (I have found on my canon gear) and as such makes it useless for a lot of sport..

However some sports (such as motor sports) where panning is used so is IS I believe..

 

[Gary Coyle]

Dont use it, dont need it.

 

[Byker28i]

Thanks for the explanation. Panning in motorsport is where I usually turn off IS and autofocus, as I usually prefocus on a point and shoot there. I might turn off the IS for rugby and try that.

 

[snapzz]

I've used IS for motorpsort especially when trying to get "movement in the shot which calls for a slower shutterspeed. Use too high a shuttespeed and it just freezes eveything making it look static. With amost every other sport I just turn it off.

 

[Byker28i]

Cheers Chaps, will have to give that a go

 

[neil_g]

dont have it and dont have any requirement for it to be honest..