According to Canon literature, it does not have to do with mass. Their
system does not stabilize the camera-lens combination physically like a
tripod. It senses motion and_moves_the image equally and opposite by
manipulating a mechanism in the lens.
Winsor
>Well... would be nice, but Canons' IS system is in the LENS and that's
>where it
>must be cause that's where the MASS is.
>
>george
>
>Dsamsara wrote:
>
>> The OM-5 should have an image stabilizer built into the body -- sort of the
>> same concept that Canon put into their EOS "IS" (Image Stabilization)
>>Zoom. I
>> tried one out and it really works! The enhanced stability for hand held
>>shots
>> leads to much more sharpness as a practical matter than any difference
>>between
>> a fantastic lens and a mediocre one for hand held shots. For sharpness,
>>give
>> me a mediocre lens on a tripod to a fantastic one hand held any day.
>>
Winsor Crosby
Long Beach, California
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