On 15/6/04, KEN T, discombobulated, offered:

>I do not pretend to know much about how they achieve IS effect, but I
>remember reading an article somewhere which said that the Canon style
>in-lens IS has two small gyros to detect X/Y axis movement, and the required
>lens shift amount is computed and actuated on a microsecond order (or
>something like that).

This is correct. In fact you can switch off the horizontal damping for
panning shots.


Cheers,
  Cotty


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