Yes, they use gyros. Ultrasonic gyros where the u/s mechanical
wave bounces around inside a piezo crystal. They sense the phase shift
resulting from motion, and then change the clock timing on the CCD chip
so that the image gets stabilized as it gets shifted out. This
technique can only compensate for horizontal/vertical motion, not
rotation, but that is sufficient for most users.

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rad0 wrote:
>
> Hello Picsters!
>
> I was wondering how the modern camera
> stabilization sytems work, I mean the systems
> used on small hand held video cameras??
>
> I thought they used some type of gyro, and I was
> wondering about the systems and the gyro's.  Are
> these gyro's without moving parts?  Is something
> spinning or is there another way to make a gyro
> without spining pieces??
>
> Thanks
>
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