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[OM] Re: My E-3 returns

Subject: [OM] Re: My E-3 returns
From: Chuck Norcutt <chucknorcutt@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
Date: Mon, 07 Apr 2008 20:13:24 -0400
The Oly isn't designed to stabilize for rotation about the lens axis but 
the Pentax is.

Chuck Norcutt

Winsor Crosby wrote:
> Here is a diagram of the cleaning mechanism for the E-3 at the bottom  
> of the page:
> 
> http://www.dpreview.com/reviews/olympuse3/page5.asp
> 
> And the one for the D300. It is the same idea, ultrasonic vibration of  
> a filter in front of the sensor and a statement that is like the  
> "others".
> 
> http://www.dpreview.com/reviews/nikond300/page5.asp
> 
> As for image tilt, I doubt it would be the image stabilization system  
> for the following reason. Those systems are constrained to vertical  
> and horizontal movement. That is the reason for sensors for panning  
> motion which turn off the stabilization in one direction. Not designed  
> to catch rotating motion. Conceivably if the the stabilizer  
> malfunctioned it might leave the sensor high or low or to the left or  
> right, but not tilted.
> 
> 
> 
> Winsor
> Long Beach, California, USA
> 
> 
> 
> 
> On / April 7, 2008 CE, at 12:25 PM, Bill Pearce wrote:
> 
>> I had understood that the cleaning mechanism was what allowed the  
>> sensor
>> shift IS possible, and why the cleaning would never be as effective as
>> Oly's, because the sensor shif mechanism isn't capable of ultrasonic
>> operation.
>>
>> Should I not read the web?
> 
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