Canon image stabalizer Bino's

[ozstriker22]

I have a question. I've been thinking about buying a pair of 15x50 or 18x50 Canon's instead of using a spotting scope for long distance spotting. I have read that the Canon uses a gyroscope and microprossesor to compensate for movement.

On earlier models this evidently caused the movements of some animals to be distorted - for instance a bird flying across the field of view would not move smoothly... the bino's attempting to compensate for the birds motion by trying to "freeze it."


Here lies my question:

That said, would these bino's neutralize the movement of, for instance, the twich of a deer's ear as seen through binoculars in brush up close or far away?




Thanks,

Jesse!

[mrgadget]

I honestly don't know about stability augmented binocs or scopes, but I do know quite a bit about microprocessor controlled gyros as it relates to stability augmentation. Granted, my experience and training has been with autopilots, stab aug for flight controls on jets, etc. but the theory should be the same.

The gyro is a spinning mass that is attached to gimbles so it can move freely. In fact, it wants to keep moving in the same place, so anything attached to the gimbles (the binocs) will move relative to the gyro.

In essence: if you move (shake the binocs), the movement is detected, and the microprocessor makes a correction to counter the movement.

It's YOUR movement that gets corrected, not the subject (bird moving, etc).

In a jet, if you smack the nose of it when the autopilot/stab aug is on, the control surfaces will move to correct the disturbance.

Hope this helps.

[foulshot]

I used some at a Chargers game and they only stabilize hand shake, not movement in the distance.

[ozstriker22]

FOULSHOT - What would you think about them for spotting purposes?

[ozstriker22]

Anybody?