Michael Daly wrote: > I assume they are the same thing and that the marketeers assume people > won't understand "image stabilization" as well as "shake reduction" I assumed wrong - as someone pointed out offline. The web page I pointed you to indicates "Image Stabilization = No". Reading between the lines in the description of Shake Reduction (SR), it appears it adjusts the shutter speed/effective ISO# to be faster when there's a whole lot a' shakin' goin' on. In reviews of digital cameras I've seen in the past, high ISO settings yield poorer quality images - effectively grainier IIRC. Having used a film camera with image stabilization (IS) (Canon SLR), IS can be a good thing, yielding about a half to a full stop extra exposure without motion blur in most situations. SR is no doubt easier to do as it needs no extra moving parts, just a motion detector (accelerometer - ok, a wiggly part) and some software. IS (at least in my old Canon) required a motor driven optical widget in the lens, which sucked down the battery if used too much. Mike *************************************************************************** PaddleWise Paddling Mailing List - Any opinions or suggestions expressed here are solely those of the writer(s). You must assume the entire responsibility for reliance upon them. All postings copyright the author. Submissions: PaddleWise_at_PaddleWise.net Subscriptions: PaddleWise-request_at_PaddleWise.net Website: http://www.paddlewise.net/ ***************************************************************************Received on Thu Feb 22 2007 - 14:55:28 PST
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