Comparison Of Shake Reduction Systems

[THAIPHUKET]

Much more important than noise or the last pixel is the shake reduction , especially with the ever longer getting zoom lenses.

I miss a systematic analysis of which approach is better,

lens-shift, optical shift /plus digital ( see screen shot, I assume Pens shift is a typo?? )

I miss a camera evaluation site which gives a quantifiable yard stick for the quality of the sake reduction in any given camera.

Is there such thing?

[hughden]

Google; there are plenty of articles. Neither wins.

Olympus PENs have sensor based stabilisation, Panasonic use lens based stabilisation, because they produce cameras that are aimed for video and stills, and sensor based stabilisation is not good for video, apparently.

[svenivan]

Google; there are plenty of articles. Neither wins.

Olympus PENs have sensor based stabilisation, Panasonic use lens based stabilisation, because they produce cameras that are aimed for video and stills, and sensor based stabilisation is not good for video, apparently.

But with most cameras with sensor based stabilisation you can turn off the stabilisation when you use the video function or when you take photos using a tripod.

[hughden]

Google; there are plenty of articles. Neither wins.

Olympus PENs have sensor based stabilisation, Panasonic use lens based stabilisation, because they produce cameras that are aimed for video and stills, and sensor based stabilisation is not good for video, apparently.

But with most cameras with sensor based stabilisation you can turn off the stabilisation when you use the video function or when you take photos using a tripod.

True, but then video shooters would complain about a lack of stabilisation!

[THAIPHUKET]

Back to the point=

yard sticks are being used for every performance aspect of any given camera. There is no yard stick to measure the relative performance of shake reduction systems.

Not in terms of different systems nor in terms of relative performance of the same system used by different brands and cameras.

Or did you see one?

[THAIPHUKET]

I pursued the subject further. If interested see

Steve's Digicams Forums

under General Discussion= Why no yard stick for shake reduction?

BTW, excellent forum, better than digitalPreview