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Digital Camera World
Digital Camera World
James Artaius

Pop quiz: Which camera company invented image stabilization?

Panasonic image stabilization diagram

These days, many camera bodies and lenses benefit from image stabilization. But do you know which company came up with the idea? 

If you answered Panasonic, you are correct! And it did so all the way back in 1988, with the Panasonic PV-460 camcorder – the world’s first video camera with an optical image stabilizer.

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