An optical or digital system for removing or reducing camera movement in telephoto zoom lenses. Usually found only on extremely long focal length lenses such as the 10X lens on the Sony FD91, FD95, FD97 and CD1000 or the Canon Pro90 or Olympus C-2100UZ, E-100RS.
IS (Image Stabilization) is used in cameras to reduce the effects of shake caused by not holding the camera steady with handheld shots. Optical image stabilization employs a floating optical element and a fast spinning gyroscope mechanism to steady the projection back into the camera. Canon lenses with image stabilization have "IS" in their name, like the Canon EF 70-200mm f/2.8L IS USM and EF 70-300mm Æ'/4-5.6 IS USM. Nikon uses the term "VR" (for Vibration Reduction), like the 70-200mm Æ'/2.8G ED-IF AF-S VR Zoom-Nikkor. Optical stabilization is also used in compact digital cameras from Panasonic, Canon, Kodak, Konica Minolta, Nikon and Sony. With CCD-shift stabilization the system shifts the image sensor itself. It is used in the Konica Minolta DiMAGE and MAXXUM Anti-Shake, Pentaxâ€(tm)s Shake-Reduction, and Ricoh Vibration Correction cameras.
Image stabilization, IS in short, helps to steady the image projected into the camera to compensate for hand shake. It differs from digital image stabilization found in most digital video cameras as the later involves manipulation of image pixels to create a stable video image.
An option some cameras provide as a way to correct minor camera shaking that occurs from handheld camera work.
A lens or camcorder feature which takes out minor picture shakiness, either optically or electronically or digitally.
Compensates for image shakiness caused by not holding the camera perfectly steady. Digital image stabilization crops the edges off of the image and uses these "spare" pixels to compensate when the camera moves.
Feature which eliminates the shakiness of hand-held shots.
Image stabilization is a family of techniques to increase the stability of an image. It is used in , photography, videography, and astronomical telescopes. With still cameras, camera shake is particularly problematic at slow shutter speeds or with long focal length (telephoto) lenses.