Many thanks for the clarification (and to Rob, Dag, and others).

John

On Tue, 12 Dec 2006 17:28:36 -0000, John Francis <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:

>
> Precisely.
>
> (It can also rotate in the plane of the sensor, around the
> axis of the lens, to correct for twisting the camera; this
> is something that in-lens image stabilsation can't do. But
> this is a much smaller contributor to camera shake; almost
> all the corection consists of up/down/left/right motion).
>
>
> On Tue, Dec 12, 2006 at 10:15:05AM -0000, John Forbes wrote:
>> So are you saying that the sensor moves vertically or horizontally, or
>> both, but remains parallel to the sensor?
>>
>> John
>>
>> On Mon, 11 Dec 2006 17:17:10 -0000, John Francis <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>  
>> wrote:
>>
>> >
>> > The SR is (mostly) done by a translation, not a rotation; that
>> > has the same amount of travel for all the parts of the sensor
>> > (and does not depend on sensor size).  There is no fulcrum.
>> >
>> > On Mon, Dec 11, 2006 at 11:54:28AM -0000, John Forbes wrote:
>> >> The sensor will move through the same angle for any given lens, but  
>> as
>> >> the
>> >> APS-C sensor is smaller than a 35mm sensor, the distance travelled by
>> >> the
>> >> edge that is furthest from the fulcrum will be shorter.
>> >>
>> >> John
>> >>
>> >> On Mon, 11 Dec 2006 11:00:23 -0000, Digital Image Studio
>> >> <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
>> >>
>> >> > On 11/12/06, Rod Connan <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
>> >> >
>> >> >> The large movement available in the K10D sensor support plate is
>> >> >> evidenced
>> >> >> by the clearly heard thunk when you tip the camera from side to  
>> side
>> >> >> (when
>> >> >> the camera is off)
>> >> >
>> >> > Scaling and measuring images of the SR mechanism I estimate the
>> >> > clearance stop to stop in any direction is very close to 6mm so the
>> >> > system could probably accommodate  +/- 2.5mm of correction.
>> >> >
>> >>
>> >>
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