Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2004/06/21
[Author Prev] [Author Next] [Thread Prev] [Thread Next] [Author Index] [Topic Index] [Home] [Search]I've use three of those Konica super wide cameras and I think they are lousy, despite the curved film plane! Interestingly, they produce decently sharp image in the 0.5 - 2 meter range, but at infinity it is all mush. And the film is not great either, too bad they did not use Fuji 800 speed film ;-) - marc On Jun 21, 2004, at 6:06 AM, Dennis Painter wrote: > Many of the Minox cameras have a curved film plane. One direction only > of course. And the lens is not a simple lens, 4 element f/3.5 as I > recall. > > Martin Krieger wrote: > >> The new Konica Film-In Superwide one time use camera, 17mm lens, has >> a curved film plane horizontally. The images are quite good (it has >> 800 speed film Konica color negative film in it). Are there any other >> cameras you know of that have tried this? I assume that the trick is >> that the image plane is in fact not so flat given the simple lens, >> and hence the curving of the film plane makes up for that. >> > > _______________________________________________ > Leica Users Group. > See http://leica-users.org/mailman/listinfo/lug for more information >