Speaking from a speculation point of view,
it would seem that the motion of the sensor is confined entirely to
back and forth and/or up and down within the focusing plane.
So, if it fails, the sensor will be displaced a very short distance
from direct center where it would be in non-stabilization mode.
Thus, at worst, you'd lose a little to what would then amount to
parallax error on the edges of the image. The image circle of the
lenses would almost certainly cover this minor displacement or else
the stabilization wouldn't work.
Anyway, that how it appears from here.
Cheers,
James
At 01:51 PM 2/3/2008 -0800, you wrote:
Yes you can turn it off, but if the gimbles fail at something other
than centered, turning it off won't do you any good. The body is no
good at all then.
James Schenken
