AG Schnozz wrote:
> Anybody else catch the "image stabilization"?
>
I did, and I'm skeptical. Here are a couple of bits from the press releases:
"All current Olympus µ (mju) digital cameras feature BrightCapture
Technology making them pioneers of low-light photography. The µ (mju)
1000 uses this to boost its maximum ISO value to 6400 (In 3 million
pixel mode)."
- The old trick of combining pixels for higher sensitivity at the cost
of lower resolution.
"Digital Image Stabilisation Edit for compensation of blurry images
caused by hand-shake."
- Some kind of sharpening?
"a high maximum ISO value gives further protection against blur."
- As I feared, Fuji's (and Others?) hype of claiming their very low
noise sensors as a form of IS by having mode(s) that raise the iso to
control movement related unsharpness, has blossomed into a whole new
area of marketing BS.
So far, it looks like it's all digital smoke and mirrors with the single
exception of the 750, "As the photo is taken, a mechanical image
stabiliser compensates for camera shake by carefully adjusting the
position of the 7.1 million pixel CCD."
Nonetheless, true IS in the 750 gives a ray of hope for the DSLRs
Moose
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