Canon Announces Camera Shake Double Whammy Technology

Posted on 22. Jul, 2009 by rob in News

Canon has announced the development of a new type of SLR lens that will combat two types of camera shake. The new Hybrid Image Stabiliser (IS) interchangeable SLR lens compensates for both angular camera shake and also shift camera shake.

Sudden changes in the angle of a camera cause significant blur in photos taken during standard shooting, whereas blur caused by shift-based shaking, when a camera moves parallel to the subject, is more pronounced in macro and other close-up photography.

Canon’s existing stabiliser technology, which they started developing in the 1980s, is being extended with a new acceleration sensor that determines the amount of shift based shaking, and a new algorithm that combines the output from both stabiliser sensors.

Canon tell us that the new technology will be available in an SLR lens by the end of the year.