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Originally Posted by Jill H
thanks Natek. I would probably be using the macro quite a lot outside - in the bush ie forest, wilderness areas, walk trails, remote area etc etc, where I might not want to carry a tripod or it might be inconvenient to set up (I know I should be!). So in those cases image stabilisation would be good?
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Perhaps. To be honest, I've not tried to get 1:1 or 1:2 macro images with hand-holding the camera. At such short working distances and a 100mm focal length, slight hand movement is magnified significantly, which could easily lead to soft photographs. I'm not sure if the image stabilization would provide enough cushion. I'm not saying it can't. I'm saying I just don't know.
When I've used my 100mm macro for non-macro photographs, I've been able to get by just fine without image stabilization.