Sharp AQUOS SH-01D’s optical image stabilizer hands-on (video)

If you’d like further proof of ways the Japanese keep the ideal to themselves, then here’s one more fine example to fuel your jealousy. Sharp’s recently launched AQUOS SH-01D is without doubt one of the few — if not the 1st — Android phones that feature optical image stabilization, and that is all because of the company’s new 12.1 megapixel, 1/3.2-inch CMOS camera module . The demo videos are plenty impressive, but naturally, we needed to see for ourselves to truly believe it, so playstyle.hk kindly lent us an SH-01D for a fast and dirty hands-on.

As per typical NTT DoCoMo Android phones, our SH-01D suffered from minor lags as a result of the heavy OS customization; but leaving that aside we dug its 4.5-inch 1,280 x 720 ASV display and its overall build quality. We then quickly moved directly to the camera: while image stabilization is on the market for both photo and video modes, don’t expect it to totally compensate your shakiness — you will see below that we ended up with a couple of slightly blurry stills at night, which is not surprising; but regardless, we got loads of vibrant colors frequently.

The stabilization is more noticeable in video mode, and it’s definitely greater than the Droid RAZR’s implementation — we got some sample clips after the break in your viewing pleasure. There is not any telling when other phones gets this technology, but when you desire a taste of the longer term you then can grab an SH-01D from playstyle.hk for HK$5,500 or about US$708.

With optical image stabilization (please choose 1080p playback for best result):

Without optical image stabilization (please choose 1080p playback for best result):

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This post is tagged: camera module, Customization, dirty hands, implementation, optical image stabilization, vibrant colors