Re: Asahi patent for image stabilization....

2002-04-20 Thread Ryan K. Brooks
Crazy idea: Couple the IS optical train with a negative element (all in body) and then couldn't you put a full-frame image on a non-full frame image sensor? On Sat, 20 Apr 2002, Alan Chan wrote: Could it be that they are working on image stabilization within the body of the camera that will

Re: Asahi patent for image stabilization....

2002-04-19 Thread Cameron Hood
Could it be that they are working on image stabilization within the body of the camera that will work with all current and not-so-current lenses? Just speculation. C - This message is from the Pentax-Discuss Mail List. To unsubscribe, go to http://www.pdml.net and follow the directions.

Re: Asahi patent for image stabilization....

2002-04-18 Thread Pål Audun Jensen
I see that the Pentax patent is similar to Nikon's implementation of the IS feature. This means that it should work at approximately one stop slower shutter speed than Canon's IS - about three stop worth is gained as opposed to Canon's two. Pål - This message is from the Pentax-Discuss Mail

Asahi patent for image stabilization....

2002-04-16 Thread Mark Erickson
All, Here's another cool patent that was awarded today. It's US Patent Number 6,374,048 for Device for correcting a tremble of a focused image. The drawings for this one are also very detailed, indicating that they actually built it --Mark