On Wed, 9 Apr 2003 00:02:33 -0400, "Sanman" <me@you.com> wrote:

>"peter" <nospam@nospam.com> wrote in message

>news:iKZja.12613$7w2.2161@nwrddc01.gnilink.net...

>> I'm looking for a cheap miniDV camcorder. The only non standard feature I

>> need is image stablization. How effective is digital image stablization

>> compared to optical ones?

>>

>> Also, do any low-end camcorders have analog to firewire pass-thru feature?

>> This is a nice-to-have feature, not must-have.

>I owned a Sony TR-101 with optical and a TRV-103 with digital. The optical

>was MUCH better, since the digital ate up half the pixel count on my CCD,

>and it would blurr the image slightly when it was active.

>

>Sanman

This has changed with all DIS implementations I'm aware of,

though it was true in some recent Panasonic cameras (even

3-chippers) until recently... Now, there is no resolution

difference with the DIS on or off, at least with the better

implementations...