Canon Hybrid IS

[chrisc]

Noting the recent announcement from Canon, and twice specifically mentioning macro, what new macro lens do you think will be released (or would like)this fall?


I vote for a 100mm f2.8 L H-IS under $1,000
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TOKYO, July 22, 2009 &mdash; Canon Inc. announced today the development of Hybrid Image Stabilizer (IS), the world&rsquo;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.


Several different preventative methods and corrective procedures have been introduced to compensate for errors caused by camera shake. Canon began researching methods to compensate for camera shake in the 1980s. In 1995 Canon launched the EF 75-300mm f/4-5.6 IS USM, the world&rsquo;s first interchangeable SLR camera lens to feature a mechanism that compensates for optical camera shake. Since then, the company has continued to produce a variety of interchangeable lenses with image stabilisation capabilities, and boasts a total of 21 such lenses in its current product lineup, including the EF 200mm f/2L IS USM which features up to 5-stops of blur correction.


Canon&rsquo;s newly developed Hybrid IS technology optimally compensates for angular camera shake (rotational) and shift camera shake (linear). Sudden changes in camera angle can cause significant blur in images 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.


The new Hybrid IS technology incorporates an angular velocity sensor that detects the extent of angular camera shake which is found in all previous optical Image Stabilizer mechanisms, as well as a new acceleration sensor that determines the amount of shift-based camera shake. Hybrid IS also employs a newly developed algorithm that combines the output of the two sensors and moves the lens elements to compensate for both types of movement. Hybrid IS dramatically enhances the effects of Image Stabilizer especially during macro shooting, which is difficult for conventional image stabilisation technologies.


Canon is actively engaged in ongoing research and development of interchangeable SLR camera lenses incorporating Hybrid IS technology, and is aiming for the early commercialisation and inclusion of the technology in a wide range of products.


* For use in interchangeable SLR camera lenses as of July 17, 2009. According to Canon research


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[dj 7th]

180 mm L f/2.8 IS


Maybe we will get a 24-105 mm f/2.8 IS then.

[peety3]

Canon&rsquo;s newly developed Hybrid IS technology optimally compensates for angular camera shake (rotational) and shift camera shake (linear). Sudden changes in camera angle can cause significant blur in images 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.


Noting the recent announcement from Canon, and twice specifically
mentioning macro, what new macro lens do you think will be released (or
would like)this fall?

If you read the release, you'll see that they suggest that shift-based shaking is more pronounced in macro photography. Therefore, existing IS is the "right" solution, and I wouldn't be expecting a Hybrid IS macro lens to be high on the list.

I vote for a 100mm f2.8 L H-IS under $1,000

L-grade shift-only IS is $500 (see the 70-200 variants). You want an L lens with new coatings (because they certainly aren't going to release new lenses with old coatings) and new IS technology for less than $499? Just wait for Canon to announce what they're releasing, or send your wishlist to Canon directly.

[jimr]

I wonder what impact the Hybrid IS will have on price? I am sure it will at first come with high price. I would hazard a guess and say they have three lens in the release for the end of 2009.


A mid range zoom H-IS lens.


A prime H-IS lens (It is easier to make a single
focal-length lens especially when introducing a new technology)


And maybe an EF-S release.





Right now it is all speculation and who knows this technology might allow them to put out a 30-50mm H-IS macro lens (HA HA).

[Madison]

Maybe we will get a 24-105 mm f/2.8 IS then.

That would be one huge and heavy and expensive lens let me tell you.

[Jarhead5811]

How about a Canon EF 24-70mm f/2.8 H-IS L USM (with 4-stop Hybrid-IS)? or a Canon EF 70-200mm f/2.8 H-IS L USM (with 4-stop Hybrid-IS)?

[Madison]

How about a Canon EF 24-70mm f/2.8 H-IS L USM

Would buy it in a second.

[peety3]

Since I don't think many of us saw this coming, I suspect Nikon will have a big challenge to catch up. Since there's likely a need to have a gyroscopic sensor along the axis of stabilization, I suspect Sony won't be able to catch up without releasing new bodies.

[dj 7th]

Maybe we will get a 24-105 mm f/2.8 IS then.

That would be one huge and heavy and expensive lens let me tell you.



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I agree but still look forward to the posibility.

[steve_m]

I'm hoping for a Hybrid IS 400mm prime.