How good are the Pentax DSLRs, particularly the 200D?
Ken Rockwell makes no argument as to whether IS/VR is better on lenses or with sensors in that article. Furthermore, there is no definitive proof that suggests any advantage of using optical IS over sensor-shift/mechanical IS other than the ability to view the effect in the optical viewfinder. With live view IS preview (currently Olympus only AFAIK), it’s becoming even less of an selling point. The advantage of having mechanical IS is that you don’t have to pour hundreds of extra dollars to buy the stabilized versions of the same lens. You can input the focal length of any lens you can mount on the camera to calibrate the amount of compensation required. The battery argument is hardly one that sways. Don’t tell me you’d pass up weather sealing, 11-point autofocus (compared to 3 on the D60), mechanical image stabilization, backwards compatibility with any K-mount lens made since the mid-70s (and virtually every Pentax lens ever made with adapters), and an affordable lens and accessory l
