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RF 100-500 Image Stabilization Mode for Birds??

Started 5 months ago | Questions thread
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Re: RF 100-500 Image Stabilization Mode for Birds??
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Nimonus wrote:

I wonder why they keep a physical switch on the lens for IS mode. It disturbs the shooting flow, costs more and reduces the weather proof.

It can be controlled by camera body, customized to a button for fast mode change.

It can be set to an Auto mode that CPU choices the mode instead of the confusing users.

People like control. In many cases rightly so. Auto modes get things wrong,,or at least they may not do what the user intended instead doing what the camera thought the user wanted. You would think IS is a simple thing to predict though.

Having a switch does not need to affect how waterproof a lens is. The weakest link in any lens is often the mount with the camera, switches are rarely ingress points. I have kit designed to work under water with switches. As late MF as they are well designed there is no issue. Even my iPhone has a switch and  a couple of buttons yet it has an IP rating.

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