Are you trying saying that a moving lens cell in a tele lens (most of the IS lenses are longer teles and zooms) with several glass elements and a cell to hold them weighs LESS than 7 grams? JCO
-----Original Message----- From: Rob Studdert [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Thursday, October 14, 2004 6:25 PM To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subject: Re: Minolta Maxxum wth BODY IS On 14 Oct 2004 at 12:15, Peter J. Alling wrote: > Johns probably right, it's bound to be a single lens but a lens group > being moved vs the sensor. "Probably" a considerably larger mass in the > lens elements. Not necessarily, the relative size of the active lens elements in many IS lenses appear quite compact and the *ist D sensor (same as the new Minolta) weighs in at 7.00g bare. Kind of makes you kind of wonder why they bother to move the lens for track/focus and not the sensor in CD/DVD pick-ups too. Rob Studdert HURSTVILLE AUSTRALIA Tel +61-2-9554-4110 UTC(GMT) +10 Hours [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://members.ozemail.com.au/~distudio/publications/ Pentax user since 1986, PDMLer since 1998
