> > From: "John Celio" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > Date: 2007/03/06 Tue AM 03:44:06 GMT > To: "Pentax-Discuss Mail List" <[email protected]> > Subject: Re: Olympus back in the game > > What I'd like to know is, what is Olympus using for the sensor-shift > mechanism? > > KonicaMinolta / Sony use mechanical tracks to move the sensor. > Pentax uses magnets. > > What's another way to do it that would not infringe on other companies' > patents?
You could use either, as long as you used it in a different way. You can't (at least until recently) patent an idea/concept, only the application of it. Otherwise, someone would have patented magnetism..... ----------------------------------------- Email sent from www.virginmedia.com/email Virus-checked using McAfee(R) Software and scanned for spam -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List [email protected] http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net
