On Sun, 06 May 2001 04:32:36 GMT, "Paul, Felicia, and Jack" wrote:

>I'm trying to find out if optical is better then digital stabilization. I
>have read that it is but there are only a couple of camcorders out there
>with this feature so, if it really is better is the novice going to notice
>the difference?

This has been covered at length before...
Bottom line: optical is *almost* always better
than digital/electrical stabilization, but,
depending on the implementation (which ranges
from excellent, to unacceptable), you may or
may not see the difference in actual use...
(Sony one-chip DV camcorders have excellent
DIS...)