That's an interesting idea Andrew: a gyroscope "fighting" non-
existent movement ... ;-)
Now, it might be the movement of the earth making the gyro precess,
but that would hardly be noticeable. It is surely more likely to be
to save battery power while the new-fangled gizmo is not needed :-)
Chris
(who can find nothing to interest him in this IS bo**ocks; mind you,
I said something like that about DSLRs ...)
~~ >-)-
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On 3 Dec 2005, at 09:34, Andrew Fildes wrote:
> Some of the IS models like the 70-200mm have a shut down switch that
> supresses the IS when on a tripod. I believe that the gyro tends to
> 'fight' the tripod otherwise, trying to compensate for movements that
> aren't happening. Consequently, that is a nice advance on the larger
> lens where a pod may not be quite enough.
> AndrewF
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