IS Abbreviation
IS is an abbreviation for Image Stabilization, the technology that helps us reduce blurriness in images in digital cameras by counteracting camera shake.
The term Image Stabilization (IS) is primarily used by Canon. The following companies use these terms for this technology:
- Canon: Image Stabilization – IS
- Kodak: Image Stabilization – IS
- Leica: MEGA Optical Image Stabilizer - MEGA O.I.S. (Panasonic)
- Nikon: Vibration Reduction – VR
- Panasonic: MEGA Optical Image Stabilizer - MEGA O.I.S.
- Pentax: Shake Reduction – SR
- Sigma: Optical Stabilization - OS
- Sony: Super Steady Shot – SSS
- Tamron: Vibration Compensation – VC