Get £75 cashback from Canon when you buy this product.
Purchase this product from May 19, 2016 up to and including August 31, 2016 and you'll be eligible to claim £75 cashback from Canon. This product must be bought from Amazon.co.uk and not a third party merchant on the Amazon platform--please check before adding to your basket. If you have any queries relating to your claim please call the Canon Claim Hotline on 0800 044 3251. Terms and conditions apply.
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fubar888 to The Bear
20 May 168#2
IS would be beneficial but certainly not an absolute must for hand held shots. With modern sensors exhibiting such low noise you could just bump the iso up a couple of stops or so to reduce the shutter speed to the point you can get sharp shots hand-held. The rule of thumb I work to is shutter speed = 1/effective focal length (just remember that with aps-c sized sensors there's a 1.5-1.6x multiplier on the focal length). To hand hold with this at the long end you'd be looking to get shutter speed to 1/300s or faster which is very achievable, particularly given its f/4.0 right to 200mm.
Amazon have attached the £75 cashback to the wrong version (they have it listed on the non-IS version and don't have it on the IS version). Jessops, Wex, etc. have it correctly assigned (although Wex wrongly list the cashback as £45!)
Skampyy to Red Devil
20 May 164#4
not really
manamanting to The Bear
20 May 163#10
IS is beneficial but by no means a necessity.
Can no one hold a camera properly anymore!!!
Plus, IS wont help much with a moving subject.
All comments (28)
The Bear
20 May 16#1
Beware - No IS - You'll need it at 200mm unless you're using a tripod!
fubar888 to The Bear
20 May 168#2
IS would be beneficial but certainly not an absolute must for hand held shots. With modern sensors exhibiting such low noise you could just bump the iso up a couple of stops or so to reduce the shutter speed to the point you can get sharp shots hand-held. The rule of thumb I work to is shutter speed = 1/effective focal length (just remember that with aps-c sized sensors there's a 1.5-1.6x multiplier on the focal length). To hand hold with this at the long end you'd be looking to get shutter speed to 1/300s or faster which is very achievable, particularly given its f/4.0 right to 200mm.
manamanting to The Bear
20 May 163#10
IS is beneficial but by no means a necessity.
Can no one hold a camera properly anymore!!!
Plus, IS wont help much with a moving subject.
Red Devil
20 May 16#3
Seems a lot of money for this.
Skampyy to Red Devil
20 May 164#4
not really
Bobef90
20 May 161#5
Had one of these brilliant lenses for many years. incredible value. Beautiful for portraits too.
As Fubar888 has said with modern sensors and high ISOs IS is not so critical - though nice - but for this money buy one.
edd13
20 May 16#6
tempting... :-)
Voted hot
toonarmani
20 May 16#7
Nice lens and price for those wanting to upgrade to L glass :smiley:
I would agree that IS is better for those who can afford to upgrade, but a steady hand, decent camera body and appropriate settings etc. will always help.
I have a 100-400 L IS and can shoot that hand-held without IS on and still capture great shots, so a 70-200 wouldn't be an issue.
Amazon have attached the £75 cashback to the wrong version (they have it listed on the non-IS version and don't have it on the IS version). Jessops, Wex, etc. have it correctly assigned (although Wex wrongly list the cashback as £45!)
smartpee
20 May 16#9
Yah, No cash back on this one...
FatalSaviour
20 May 16#11
Sorry OP, not your fault, but it does seem that Amazon have mixed up the £75 cashback offer with that on the IS version.
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Purchase this product from May 19, 2016 up to and including August 31, 2016 and you'll be eligible to claim £75 cashback from Canon. This product must be bought from Amazon.co.uk and not a third party merchant on the Amazon platform--please check before adding to your basket. If you have any queries relating to your claim please call the Canon Claim Hotline on 0800 044 3251. Terms and conditions apply.
Top comments
http://www.canon.co.uk/cashback/current-cashback/
Amazon have attached the £75 cashback to the wrong version (they have it listed on the non-IS version and don't have it on the IS version). Jessops, Wex, etc. have it correctly assigned (although Wex wrongly list the cashback as £45!)
Can no one hold a camera properly anymore!!!
Plus, IS wont help much with a moving subject.
All comments (28)
Can no one hold a camera properly anymore!!!
Plus, IS wont help much with a moving subject.
As Fubar888 has said with modern sensors and high ISOs IS is not so critical - though nice - but for this money buy one.
Voted hot
I would agree that IS is better for those who can afford to upgrade, but a steady hand, decent camera body and appropriate settings etc. will always help.
I have a 100-400 L IS and can shoot that hand-held without IS on and still capture great shots, so a 70-200 wouldn't be an issue.
http://www.canon.co.uk/cashback/current-cashback/
Amazon have attached the £75 cashback to the wrong version (they have it listed on the non-IS version and don't have it on the IS version). Jessops, Wex, etc. have it correctly assigned (although Wex wrongly list the cashback as £45!)