My understanding was that the domestic "Handycam", camcorder etc.
stabilisation systems used an oversized CCD & software stabilisation, while
the commercial broadcast quality systems used gyro stabilisers.

Richard P








On 17 Oct 00 at 15:52, Stephen B Webb wrote:

> > I thought they used some type of gyro, and I was
>
> Hmm.  I don't really know much about the cameras, but I didn't think that
> they used gyros.
>
> My understanding was that they had an "oversized" ccd, and only used a
> (NTSC sized) subregion of the full ccd to form the image.

Come to think of it (pontificate in haste, backpedal at leisure) all
the steady cameras I have seen the workings of use piezo gyros BUT
that doesnt mean there has since been far cheaper/better solutions
developed.
There is a world of variations out there.    Like the (at least) 2
ways of steadying the image itself.
Lance Allen
Technical Officer
Embedded Systems Lab
Computer Systems Engineering
Department of Electrical
and Electronic Engineering
University of Auckland
New Zealand

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