Re: NIkon rumors

David J Taylor wrote:

Alan,

I'm sure you are wrong about sensor-shift A-S being based on linear rather than angular acceleration measurements. Consider an object at infinity - linear motion of the camera doesn't matter, but angular motion certainly does.

W/o the facts in my hands I won't argue it. I just don't know if they use angular or linear accelerometers.

Yes, I agree that if you have both, it needs to be considered as a single system, but I do think it would be a rather more complex system.

For motion control it reduces to sets of equations considering the sensor capabilities, lags, errors, loop time, biases, etc. Adding more is more complex (by definition) but it is not overwhelming by any stretch ... just more development time & dollars.

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