A new patent surfaced over the web that shows Panasonic working on advance versions of Dual IS system that will upscale the Panasonic existing Dual IS system to next level. Panasonic GX8 was the first camera to introduce Dual IS inside the camera and after that we have seen many Panasonic cameras with Dual IS mechanisms.
Patent Details (Trnaslated)
An imaging apparatus includes a camera body and an interchangeable lens. The camera body includes: an image sensor; an image sensor driver configured to drive the image sensor in a plane perpendicular to an optical axis; a sensor configured to measure a position of the plane; a shake detector configured to detect a camera body shake; and a first image stabilizer configured to correct the detected shake by driving the image sensor driver. The interchangeable lens includes: an image stabilization lens configured to adjust an optical path to correct a shake; an image stabilization lens driver configured to drive the image stabilization lens in a plane perpendicular to the optical axis; and a second image stabilizer configured to correct a shake, based on a position measured by the sensor of the camera body, by driving the image stabilization lens driver.
Also see –Panasonic Working on Gopro Style camera
Olympus will take some catching . . . good to see others going body stabilisation
– for most lenses.
Dual IS is most useful for long lenses.