Augmented optical image stabilization using ferromagnetic materials

A stabilization actuation assembly includes a lens barrel, a magnetic assembly, one or more stabilizing coils, an outer shell, and a piece of ferromagnetic material. The lens barrel is configured to carry a lens that is positioned along an optical axis. The magnetic assembly includes a plurality of magnets that produce a magnetic field. The one or more stabilizing coils are coupled to a printed circuit board below the plurality of magnets. The outer shell includes an aperture through which the lens barrel can actuate. The piece of ferromagnetic material is coupled to a surface of the outer shell and is positioned to augment the magnetic field. A current supplied to the one or more stabilizing coils interacts with the augmented magnetic field to cause the magnetic assembly together with the lens barrel to translate in a direction perpendicular to the optical axis.