Recently I purchased the excellent Canon 24 to 105 f/4 L IS lens which not only is part of Canon's "LUXURY" line of lenses (that's what the "L" stands for apparently!), but it also has optical image stabilisation built in too. Whilst this can effectively provide up to 3 or 4 stops, (i.e. one should be able to use shutter speeds 3 or 4 times slower and still achieve sharp images) for still shooting, it also enables much better hand held video shooting too.
The video below is s short demonstration showing IS being turned OFF and ON for a focal length of 105mm. The results are very impressive. The only downside is if you are using a microphone at close proximity to the camera, in that the IS motor can be heard; much better therefore to use a separate mic on a pole for example.
A higher quality version can be found on my Vimeo pages - www.vimeo.com/digitalvideoslr.
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