J. C. O'Connell wrote on 14.10.04 14:39: > No one said that lens IS doesn't work, of course it does, but someone > did say that the motors required for body IS where larger > and noiser than those for Lens IS which I don't > think is necessarily true... You're right. But body IS involes a few theoretical problems. 1. How stable is it in long term? Any miscalibration of focussing plane (we all know how iportant was always flat and precise film plane in film cameras) will lead to more or less blurry out-of-focus shots. In case of IS lenses you have AF sensors AFTER the lens and its stabilised image, so any focussing errors are automatically corrected by camera. 2. Failure of IS in body will lead to failure of IS in all of your lenses. With IS in lens you just loose stabilisation in just one lens. 3. Complicated mechanics used to move (shake) CCD will undoubtly generate some heat increasing noise coming from the sensor.
-- Best Regards Sylwek
