since when isn't a pendulum an accelerometer? Herb.... ----- Original Message ----- From: "Tom Reese" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Sent: Wednesday, June 16, 2004 7:42 AM Subject: Re: IS in Pentax *istD (was Re: canon vs pentax)
> I think you misunderstood the context of what I wrote. Canon's IS technology > uses an optical pendulum type system and is quite ingenious. I was > speculating on the practicality of stabilizing an image by use of > accelerometers to measure camera movement so servo motors could compensate > for the movement. I believe that method would be difficult to implement and > probably wouldn't work very well. This all started with the "why not > stabilize the sensor in the body?"
