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diff brands do give diff types of color and i believe some stick to it due to that type of colors too....
Canon has a faitful mode which ilove very much for product shooting, it is super accurate as apposed to the other brands...(well, can edit juga la but troublesome.

IS,SSS,VR or whatever are the same.Oly,Sony,Pentax incorporate it into the bodies. u can get sharp picture with SSS at any focal lenght provided u have a steady hand. This applies to any brand that u use.canon/nikon/sony or wahtever la....no one can confirm that u can shoot at 1/5  and produce sharp images...it all depends on u!:)
IINM, sony SSS is 2.5~3 stops, some IS/VR is ranging from3~4 stops too..E620 claims that it has 4 stops., i tried and its impressive:)

Having an SSS in the body is like a blessing, ask any canon/nikon user if they want all lens to come with VR/IS or not la...i believe majority will say yes.... Follow the rule to couter handshake, always shoot at shutter speed = Focal lenght lo (dont forget crop factor)
True and very true. some third party lens are realyl awesome such as tammy 90mm.  The compared this lens with sony/nikon/canon macro lens and tammy beats them all
some people claim...well they may be super good then....to be on the safe side. say u have 3-stop SSS and shooting at 200mm on FF. U need 1/200s, but having the SSS, u can shoot at , 1/30 (if my calculation is not wrong la, 1/200,1/100,1/50,1/30)...but then 1/30 reduce handshake but not freezing motion
just my 2 cents