350D Image Stabilisation

joroma · 24 Nov 2006 at 17:25

I'm thinking about buying a used 350D but am not sure if it has image stabilisation or not. I've read a couple of reviews but they don't mention it. I'm into wildlife photography so will be getting a long lens to go with it.

Raymond Lin · 24 Nov 2006 at 17:29

joroma said:
I'm thinking about buying a used 350D but am not sure if it has image stabilisation or not. I've read a couple of reviews but they don't mention it. I'm into wildlife photography so will be getting a long lens to go with it.

The camera itself doesn't, you can get plenty of lenses that does.

Jotun · 24 Nov 2006 at 17:30

It isn't the camera body that is stabailised, it is the lens itself, normaly a lens has IS in the name if it features stabalisation, eg 100-400L f/4.5-5.6 IS USM

Ghost in the Shell · 24 Nov 2006 at 17:32

its the lens that will have IS not the camera

try looking at the EF 70-300 F4-5.6 IS USM if you want IS alternatively get the well endorsed 70-200 F4 L USM and use a tripod - which your most likely going to need for wildlife shots anyway.

hope that helps!

Johnny|lucidcomposure · 24 Nov 2006 at 18:21

Yes the Body supports no built in IS its self. Sony and olympus offer built in IS within its bodies

danza · 24 Nov 2006 at 18:28

No canon bodies have in-body image stabilisation, same with Nikon. Sony, Konica Minolta (now defunct), Olympus and perhaps Panasonic do.

Canon and Nikon do not, as it would somewhat kill the market for their uber IS lenses!

Johnny|lucidcomposure · 24 Nov 2006 at 18:35

danza said:
No canon bodies have in-body image stabilisation, same with Nikon. Sony, Konica Minolta (now defunct), Olympus and perhaps Panasonic do.

Canon and Nikon do not, as it would somewhat kill the market for their uber IS lenses!

I think they may trial it in a later entry level DSLR one year but lens IS is far better.

Ghost in the Shell · 24 Nov 2006 at 20:17

god talk about overkill! about 6 posts all stating the same thing

Beansprout · 24 Nov 2006 at 20:20

Please note the camera bodies do not have IS, only the lenses do. Some lenses have IS, Image Stabilisation, which is not a feature found on the bodies. The 350D body, therefore, does not have IS however if you buy a lens with IS then you will be able to use IS because the lens has it, as the camera does not need to support IS because it doesn't know what is IS.

freebooter · 25 Nov 2006 at 00:06

Olympus don't have inbody IS although there are hnts and rumours that they may add it to new bodies next year. The new Pentax dSLRs do have it though. Long lenses for wildlife are very expensive especcially IS ones. For really long lenses you need to look at Canon/Nikon although Oly do a 300mm which is 600mm equivelent, it is about £4000 though. Definitely look at the price of lenses before buying a body if you have thoughts of getting long lenses for an SLR.

The Panasonic Lumix superzooms seem to be popular for amateur wildlife photography as the have good long lenses, IS and the high noise at high iso doesn't make so much difference for that type of shooting.

joroma · 25 Nov 2006 at 00:18

Hey guys thanks for the replies. I knew the new Sony Alpha (I think) had IS built into the body and expected the Canon to have the same. Now I know not!