Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2006/09/11
[Author Prev] [Author Next] [Thread Prev] [Thread Next] [Author Index] [Topic Index] [Home] [Search]On Sep 11, 2006, at 1:23 AM, lug-request@leica-users.org wrote: > Scott, > Mostly lots of R&D as well as the legacy of the speed wars of the > fifties > and the sixties. It should be easier to design a fast really wide > lens for > a small sensor but I suspect the MBA types ran a spreadsheet to > demonstrate > that they would have to sell X thousand lenses and the marketing types > couldn't commit to those numbers. > > Don > don.dory@gmail.com > > > On 9/10/06, Scott McLoughlin <scott@adrenaline.com> wrote: >> >> I've been wondering - is the 135 film format magic somehow? >> It gives us 20/2.8, 135/2, diminutive 40/1.4 lenses and so >> on and so forth. >> >> Surfing around MF gear, an f2.8 normal lens seems "fast," >> and we can forget LF stuff. >> >> And on small sensors, really fast wide lenses doesn't seem >> a reality. >> >> Is this a particular "feature" of the 135 film format, or just >> that lots of lens R&D was dumped into such a popular format? >> >> Scott >> I have a drawer full of fast movie lenses in assorted focal lengths, both for 8 and 16 mm format. The sensor size of most P&S digital cameras is roughly equivalent to the frame size of substandard movie films. I'm surprised that some enterprising camera manufacturer doesn't supply a digital camera body to tap the enormous supply of high quality unused movie lenses. Say one that will accept B or C mounts. Perhaps Minox could do it. Larry Z