"Sorry Steve, I dont believe this is correct. Magnification should have
nothing to do with it. "
REPLY:
Magnification has everything to do with it. All IS patents I've read so far
include focal lenght data in order to function.
Magnification matters for the same reason you need a very sturdy tripod o a
super telephoto lens or a macro lens used in close up. If you move the
camera even slightly with, say, a 1000mm lens the angular distance on film
is huge wereas it is almost negligible with a super wide angle. Thats why
you can handhold a 15mm at 1/15s but not a 1000mm lens. In fact you may not
even find the subject in the finder anymore with the 1000mm lens.
An IS system that works without focal lenght (and distance information) will
be far from optimal at best.
- Magnification has everything to do with it (WAS: Re: A10: Pent... Pål Jensen
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