Digital camera tracker monitors most digital cameras on the market. We have found that after making thousands of entires there is an aspect of digital cameras that has become a bone of contention with us, image stabilization. Many of the camera manufacturers descriptions use misleading sales terms such as ‘Anti-Blur,’ ‘Anti-Shake,’ and ‘Image-Stabilized.’ For the typical digital camera buyer the descriptions are accepted as a fact that the camera is capable of using technology to help eliminate camera motion. In reality what is actually happening is the camera’s ISO is being elevated to help freeze motion. In other words the camera is cheating, or as we like to say it, “fake image stabilization.”
True image stabilization is achieved by either stabilizing the actual lens element or the sensor itself which results in sharper images at slower shutter speeds.
Are financially inspired digital camera manufacturers being misleading, confusing, or deceptive by using terms such as ‘Anti-Blur,’ ‘Anti-Shake,’ or ‘Image-Stabilized’ to describe true image stabilization?
Yes they are!
What should you do?
Do your research! If you’re headed into a camera shop or online, know your terms.
Look for the term “Optical Image Stabilization.”
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