Tom, thanks for the info on the PDX10 and your explanation of how the latest cams spare some of the CCD for image stabilzation and high resolution 16:9. That makes a lot of sense.

BTW - I found this link on vibrating gyroscopes for image stabilzation (IS) and it sounds a lot like the IS on my Canon 28-135mm camera lens. Is this the same technology on the PDX10?

http://www.canon.com/technology/deta...correct_shift/

I haven't visited the link yet, but yes - Canon's still camera lenses use the same vibrating element principle as Sony use with the 950. The system is working continuously, such that if you take a hand-held picture at 1/15th sec, say, then the OIS 'wipes' the image into the same spot on the film plane while the shutter's open. Ergo: less camera movement blur (but the same subject movement blur of course).

tom.