Thread: IS or not?
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Old 23-06-2008, 09:38   #13 (permalink)
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Re: IS or not?

I would recommend going for the larger aperture lens over the IS if you can get it. At 200mm an f/2.8 lens is already letting in an additional 2 stops of light over and above an f/5.6 lens.

Having said that, the DOF you get from f/2.8 @ 200mm is pretty shallow so you have to ask yourself what you are going to be using the lens for. If you are mainly going to be shooting at f/5.6 or smaller then you may as well go for the IS lens.
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