On Tue, 25 Jan 2005 10:56:28 +1100, David Nelson <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > Just found this patent issued (to Pentax Corp) about a month ago (filed > early 2002) - called "Interchangeable lens with angular velocity sensors". > > http://v3.espacenet.com/textdoc?DB=EPODOC&IDX=GB2403021&F=0 > > Gee that stuff's hard to read... but it seems to deal mainly with > body-lens communication and control. So do the IS/VR of canon/nikon have > the sensors in the lenses or the body? Anything interesting in that > patent? (other than the fact that pentax is working on lens-based image > stabilisation ("imageshake compensation")?) > > BTW - I've been away for the best part of a couple of months - have I > missed any news/rumours? >
Hi, David, I don't pay much attention to these things (patents and, generally, new technology <g>), but I seem to recall that Pentax has all sort of patents issued that they don't do anything with. So, I wonder how excited we should get about this. As for your last question, the answer is: No. You've missed nothing. Cotty and I are having a bit of a tiff, but I don't know why. It's his fault, he started it, and I don't know what it's about because he won't tell me. In other words, same old, same old... Nice to see ya back. Any magnificent bug shots for us? cheers, frank -- "Sharpness is a bourgeois concept." -Henri Cartier-Bresson
