Well, with the brand new designs, it\'s hard to say which is better, but I think the new Hybrid IS from Canon is probably the one to beat.
Prior to that, Canon had the advantage with the fact that there was no need to turn of IS when using a tripod (where the Nikons had problems).
Also, Canons generally had a slight advantage in stops (say comparing the 70-200 IS and VR lenses). Although, the newer Canon lenses (70-200/4 IS) did have an even additional 1 stop advantage. I\'m not sure how much this is noticeable in real world.
The only data I\'ve found comparing the two systems on similar lenses are from the Dpreviews of the 70-200/2.8\'s where the Canons showed a nice advantage.
70mm
Canon 70-200/2.8 IS
Nikon 70-200/2.8 VR
200mm
Canon 70-200/2.8 IS
Nikon 70-200/2.8 VR
Nov 21, 2009 at 07:49 PM
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