1cm sound far too large a figure! camera shake doesn't cause errors of about half the height of the frame. Are you sure it isn't 1mm ?
On Fri, Jul 15, 2005 at 10:26:41PM -0400, Herb Chong wrote: > the sensor on the 7D moves about 1cm at maximum. that is a lot of movement. > i doubt it will work on the DA lenses unless their image circle is much > larger than the nominal. > > Herb... > ----- Original Message ----- > From: "Joseph Tainter" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > To: <[email protected]> > Sent: Friday, July 15, 2005 9:49 PM > Subject: Re: [OT] KM shows cheap DSLR with AS > > > >On Image Stabilization achieved by moving the sensor, some questions: > > > >1. How good is it? One is using the edge of the lens. > > > >2. Will it work with DA lenses with their narrower image circle? > > > >And related: > > > >3. Is this why the forthcoming "high-performance telezoom" will be a D FA? > >Reasoning: image stabilization is needed most of all for telephoto shots, > >and a D FA lens has more unused edge glass than does a DA lens. >

