New camera takes you off shaky ground

0 Comments | Philadelphia Daily News, August, 2006 | by Jonathan Takiff

THE GIZMO: Fujifilm Finepix digital still cameras; new guns for the HD wars.

Don't you hate out-of-focus pictures?

Blurring often results in low light or high-speed action shooting, where the camera's lens can't open wide enough and the shutter is forced to slow down to capture a reasonably exposed picture.

Some digital camera companies have integrated complex image stabilization technologies to correct for camera shake, almost after the fact. The most popular stabilizers use floating elements within the body of a lens that maintain calm in the storm, while the rest of the camera moves around them.

Now Fujifilm is getting to the root of the matter with a different technology that has much broader implications. By increasing the "ISO" sensitivity of...