What’s better, digital or optical image stabilization?
Digital stabilization is basically bogus—it simply boosts the ISO and shutter speed, and sometimes uses software to sharpen blurry areas of the image. Optical image stabilization is the real deal: Either the imaging sensor or an element in the lens moves to counteract your motion when handholding at slower shutter speeds. 4. What’s the difference between Automatic and Program mode? Automatic is pure point-and-shoot—the camera sets aperture, shutter speed, ISO, white balance, autofocusing mode, flash. We much prefer Program, which sets the aperture and shutter, but leaves the rest up to you. You can set some or all of the other parameters, apply exposure compensation, and decide when you want flash. 5. What does Program Shift do? It lets you change the aperture/shutter-speed combination while maintaining the exposure. Say that in Program mode your camera chooses 1/250 sec at f/8, but you’re shooting a portrait and want to use a large aperture to blur out the background. With Program Shi
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