On Jun 18, 2006, at 4:43 PM, Joseph Tainter wrote: > Ken, do you mean than even when Pentax produced only film cameras, > they > were nonetheless working on shake reduction for an eventual digital > sensor?
Hi Joe, That's what this reviewer is saying. Pal was saying that Pentax had a basic patent for the IS and it is very conceivable that they had developed all sorts of designs for the SR over the years. I am sure that they were always trying to market some form of SR but film plane cannot be shifted so the CCD shift method must be a new concept. Whether they have been developing this particular method even during the film era, I do not know, but that's certainly what the reviewer says ;-). And it is very conceivable as Pentax, over the years, have developed many things but only few made into the market. Timid marketing? Maybe. But they appear to have transformed themselves into more of a risk taker since switching to digital. Cheers, ken -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List PDML@pdml.net http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net
