Of course, this isn't without its downside, as
using the electronic image stabilization forces the GoPro to make the frame smaller in order to compensate for the perceived movement, meaning you could end up missing the edges of shot you were looking for in the name of a more stable video.
This might seem surprising, thanks to Google's choice of
using electronic image stabilization instead of an optically - stabilized sensor, but the results speak for themselves.
Instead, many phones
use Electronic Image Stabilization to try and achieve the same effect.
Plus, the SteadyRecord feature, which
uses electronic image stabilization (EIS) actually results in a more shaky picture, not less.
Not exact matches
On the front is a HD camera, with the Fire HDX 8.9 adding a rear - facing 8 - megapixel counterpart with
electronic image stabilization, a wide - aperture 5P f2.2 lens, and an LED flash, and while it has approximately 11 hours of battery life in mixed
use, the Fire HDX automatically powers down the processor and unneeded extras when
used for reading, shifting stored text to a dedicated low - power memory unit and boosting battery life when reading to up to 17 hours.
Although, the main focus will be on the 3 - Axis
electronic image stabilization that will make
use of the handset's Gyro sensor and its own internal processing to save power compared to software processing in the external application processor.
Unlike
electronic stabilization that crops the video, 360 programs could
use the rest of the
image instead of cropping the view.
Targeting photography lovers, the Zenfone 3 Laser
uses a 13MP camera with a Sony sensor and supports
electronic image stabilization for enhanced video recording.
Apple also recently received an
electronic image -
stabilization system instead of an optical one, essentially faking the
stabilization technique
using software instead of moving parts.
Google
uses what's called Fused Video
stabilization — a combination of the aforementioned optical
image stabilization and
electronic image stabilization — to smooth out jerky videos automatically.
It does not have impressive looking specifications — it comes with a 12.3 MP sensor for the primary camera along with an aperture of f / 2.0, phase detection autofocus (PDAF,) a dual - tone LED flash, and no OIS, but does
use EIS (
Electronic Image Stabilization.)
This is no doubt thanks to the phone's
use of optical
image stabilization and
electronic image stabilization.
If you're
use to
using it you can enable the HDR feature which you'll find on the left side of the camera UI when in standard photo mode, and although the camera doesn't have Optical
Image Stabilization it does have
Electronic Image Stabilization which helps a bit in situations like this one.
The rear camera only has 8 megapixels with
electronic image stabilization, and the front is packed with 5, though it
uses a wide - angle lens.