47. IMAGE STABILIZATION

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IN-CAMERA STABILIZATION is one of the all-time favorite advancements in the world of photography. Compensating for the photographer’s every movement, image stabilization lets us take in-focus, handheld shots at slow shutter speeds that would normally blur due to movement. There are many ways this technology has been applied to cameras and lenses, with a few key factors you should know about.

Image stabilization (it may be called something else, depending on the system that you use) consists of a gyro sensor in the camera or lens that tracks the movements made when you handhold the camera. It then moves either a group of ...

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