It is stabilized - I had it partly braced, but even when I panned slightly, there was no shake, not even a little. I was on ISO 200 and it recorded fine, although several other cameras I have or had will not work in low light unless set to auto-ISO. I'll have to test some other things. BTW, the darker areas of the video look really good and relatively noise-free, stepping thru the frames, and this is the only camera I've had that does that well with nighttime video.