Image stabilization?

[atindra]

What techinically Image-stabilization (IS) is? What is its mechanism? Can anybody help?

[wangi]

See:

http://www.dpreview.com/learn/?/Glossar ... ion_01.htm
http://www.dpreview.com/learn/?/Glossar ... ake_01.htm

[atindra]

Thanks wangi for help.
Atindra

[donutrun]

I've never had great hands for photography -- with my Canon AE1 I couldn't hand hold less than 1/60th reliably ... with my newly beloved Minolta A1 and its image stabalizer, I routinely hold 1/20th ...

The minolta has a different stabalizer mechanism than used by other cameras, so take a look at it. I love it.

http://www.pbase.com/donutrun