----- Original Message ----- From: "Willem-Jan Markerink" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Sent: Wednesday, December 17, 2003 9:07 AM Subject: Re: EOS Is in-camera IS the better way?
> > > > > > > Yes, they use a bigger sensor than needed for the video frame. So they > > can choose the part of the bigger image which best corresponds to the > > last frame. This method is not nearly as effective as optical image > > stabilization like in the EOS IS lenses. E.g. it can't help when some > > or all frames are blurred by camera shake. > > > > Thomas Bantel > > Hmm....you make it sound as if neither Canon nor other brands use the > high-end/optical stabilisers in their videocamera's....they *do*. > Both non-exchangeable-lens models, exchangeable-lens models, and of > course including EOS-IS lenses on the high-end Canon videocamera's by > means of an (sadly teleconverting-) adapter. > > OTOH, the earlier mentioned argument of dedicated lenses still > applies to this Minolta A1 digicam too....it's zoom, but non- > exchangeable....so the range of parameters is under control (which > indeed might have become a problem when you can mount just any lens; > although it also should only be related to focal length (and that > type of data is already part of the lens/camera communication (see > EXIF-data on EOS digi's)). > > Btw, the argument of it being hard to move the (analog?) filmplane: > that's what Contax did in their AX years ago, for AF....;)) > > Btw2: IS-in-lens means moving a lens-element by changing angles, IS- > in-camera means linear movement of the sensor (X/Y-axis; in contrast > to Z-axis with the Contax AX....;)) > Heck, why not combine all 3 axis....:)))) > > > -- > Bye, > > Willem-Jan Markerink > > The desire to understand > is sometimes far less intelligent than > the inability to understand > > <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > [note: 'a-one' & 'en-el'!] > > Yes, but that was only for and aft, not up and down, and on an axis. And that wasn't all that successful for Contax, in the long run... Skip Middleton www.shadowcatcherimagery.com * **** ******* *********************************************************** * For list instructions, including unsubscribe, see: * http://www.a1.nl/phomepag/markerink/eos_list.htm ***********************************************************
