In 2016, Olympus Camera made some buzz in the photo world when they claimed that their new camera was capable of an impressive 6.5 stops of stabilization and that the limiting factor was in fact the rotation of the Earth.  This was rather surprising given the slow and steady improvement since the first such stabilization […]

A great amount of digital ink has been spilled debating whether or not image stabilization mechanisms should be turned off while the camera is on a tripod.  There is good reason for skepticism of stabilization while the camera is stationary.  The sensors used to detect camera motion are not perfect;  they contain some level of […]