As a reward for the hard work I put into High Priority, I bought myself two little presents over the weekend: a Canon EF-S 17-85mm Image Stabilized Lens and a Flickr Pro account. I’d looked at this lens about a year ago when I was researching my DSLR options and while I really loved the specifications of it, I simply couldn’t afford it at the time. Now however, after having sold well over 500 licenses to High Priority in the past month, I could finally afford to pick up one of the lenses. It will be replacing the kit lens that came bundled with the Digital Rebel XT (18-55mm), as well as replacing my Canon EF 28-105 lens that I had also bought last year.
I haven’t had too much time to play with the lens yet (it just arrived) but I did investigate how well the image stabilization worked. Here are two images (uploaded of course to my Flickr account) that really show how well the system works. The first shows a picture of a business card with image stabilization off. The photo was taken at 1/10th speed and there is visible blurring of the text. The second photo shows the same picture with image stabilization on. Notice how clear and sharp the text is? It truly is amazing how well it removes camera shakes and I’m really looking forward to being able to use my camera more without having to use the flash.
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