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optical image stabilization
Last modified: Thursday, February 01, 2007
Abbreviated as OIS, optical image stabilization is
the apparatus, contained within a digital camera or other
digital recording device, that compensates in real-time for shaking and vibrating while recording. Because OIS is a real-time compensation there is no alterations or image
degradation to the image.
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