126 Better Available Light Digital Photography
The last VW Beetle rolled off the
factory fl oor in Mexico in July
2003, so it’s no surprise you see
these rugged little cars everywhere
in Acapulco, many of them serving
as taxis. Alas, many of them end
up looking this like this poor
little Bug parked at the Acapulco
Yacht Club. Joe liked the way
the blue VW complemented the
orange wall, and shot this in
Program mode with an exposure
of 1/160 sec at f/5 at ISO 200.
Focal length was set at 121 mm.
© 2006 Joe Farace.
from moving vehicles, including cars and boats. Mode 2 corrects
for unwanted vertical shake by switching off the lens’s horizontal
IS function and stabilizes images when panning a moving subject.
The downside is that fewer shots with your camera can be made
with an IS lens mounted, because the stabilization mechanism
consumes more power than does a non-IS lens. That’s another
reason to turn IS off if the camera is mounted on a tripod.Taking the EOS 5D and the EF
70–200 mm f/4 L IS USM out-
doors to the pool area of the
Pierre Marquess hotel, Joe was
able to make this shot at 1/800
sec at f/10. He still had the ISO
at 320. © 2006 Joe Farace.