Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2003/06/26
[Author Prev] [Author Next] [Thread Prev] [Thread Next] [Author Index] [Topic Index] [Home] [Search]Subject: Re: [Leica] R8/R9 Digital Back announced > Ok, I'd like some clarification. The consensus seems to be the M lenses are > not suited to fit a digital body because of physics, angle of incidence or > whatever. > > Now I realize that some of this will be buried in the archive, but I'm > lazy...I'd rather someone tell me again. ;-) > > If the M camera can mount an M lense, and focus on the film plane, then it > seems logical that that same film plane can be a digital sensor. Am I in > deep space on this? > Deep space, wandering in orbit somewhere....Anyway, it's been said many times, many ways, but the problem can be summed up with three words, "angle of incidence." The M body would have to be quite a bit wider front to back to make the digital thing work. Gary - -- To unsubscribe, see http://mejac.palo-alto.ca.us/leica-users/unsub.html