One for the techno nerds. Canon has developed a new Image Stabilising technology. From the press release.

Canon Inc. announced today the development of Hybrid Image Stabilizer (IS), the world’s first* optical Image Stabilizer which compensates for both angular camera shake and shift camera shake. The technology will be incorporated in an interchangeable single lens reflex (SLR) camera lens planned for commercial release before the end of 2009.

The little * in the above paragraph is a note to say it is a world first in interchangeable lenses. I think Pentax have had it in body for a while.

Reading about it, it sounds like a monkey on a trapeze can now take a sharp photo. That may be a slight exaggeration. I am not a huge fan of IS, but I am sure some people love it. See the link below for the good guts about it.

Canon develops Hybrid image stabilization system: Digital Photography Review.