On 5 Feb 2003 00:25:25 -0800, omarp@eresmas.net (o parada) wrote:

>Hi All. I have a canon MV530i. I'm happy with its image quality, but I

>have noticed that when I try to zoom and get a stationary shoot of a

>subject, only the light part of the image are stabilized. It seems

>like the dark ares are not stabilized, and I can see little "image

>jumps" in those dark areas. Its a handheld shoot, so I could expect

>some vibrations. But i clearly can see those "jumpy" dark areas... Is

>this normal in the electronic stabilization systems of the canon mv

>(or zr in the us) cameras?? Excuse my english. I am spanish. Thanks in

>advance.

I'm more familiar with the excellent digital

stabilization found on Sony 1-CCD camcorders

(these have almost no negative artifacts, and

work quite well), but this does sound more like

a defect than proper operation (though I have

no idea how it could occur...).