Canon introduces an important innovation in HD production portable lens, the HJ15ex8.5B KRSE-V. This is specifically intended to extend production flexibilities in mobile HD shooting of many forms. The lens embodies a built-in optical image stabilization system based upon Canon’s patented Vari-Angle Prism Image Stabilizer (VAP-IS) technology. Canon’s IS technology has been significantly improved over an earlier system deployed a decade ago in a standard definition lens. Rock solid imagery is ensured when the lens-camera system is subjected to a wide range of perturbation frequencies encountered by a camera operator who is shooting handheld while walking, running, or operating from a motorcycle pillion, within a moving vehicle, boat, or helicopter.