I don't think so, mercury switches are probably banned here in North America.
North of the Rio Grande at least.
At 10:28 PM 2/20/2003 +1000, you wrote:
On 20 Feb 2003 at 3:14, Keith Whaley wrote:
> Navigation systems use gyros that do that, but the inner 'orb' has to
> be 'spun up' (accelerated to some rotational speed) for it to work
> properly. That requires more $ophi$tication and power than I would
> imagine Nikon wants to fuss with.
>
> MHO, keith whaley
My guess is that they use simple old mercury switches:
http://www.photo.net/bboard/q-and-a-fetch-msg?msg_id=000dg4
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