LOL ... If any camera is struck by lightning, I would expect it to be broken unless supernatural acts are operating at the time. Digital cameras would require miracles. ];-)
If the SR system failed and nothing else ... in the Pentax implementation the sensor 'floats' on an electromagnetic positioning field. I suspect the camera would likely respond by recording images with the sensor in whatever position it ended up being jammed into. This might or might not mean a small focus shift (I don't know what the fore-aft clearances for the sensor assembly are) and/or a certain amount of framing registration error from the viewfinder screen since it can move up to about 5mm off the center point in H and V directions. However, since the SR system has no moving parts other than the sensor assembly itself, I suspect that a failure here would indicate a larger electrical or software failure in the body which means that the body would possibly be unable to function at all. Godfery On Oct 20, 2006, at 9:34 AM, David Savage wrote: > Any moving part can break. What I'd like to know is how the sensor is > fixed in position when SR isn't in use. > > I reckon if the camera was struck by lightning the SR system would go > nut's and shoot the sensor out the side of the camera. But then again > it might just melt. > > Dave > > On 10/21/06, Shel Belinkoff <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: >> Always dubious of new technology, I was wondering about what could >> possibly >> go wrong with the Pentax SR system. What are the potential >> mechanical >> pitfalls? Also, based on what's known thus far, if SR "breaks," >> would the >> camera still be functional? -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List [email protected] http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net
