Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2008/05/08

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Subject: [Leica] Leica R-10 at Photokina 2008
From: pjleeson at mchsi.com (Philip Leeson)
Date: Thu May 8 16:15:09 2008
References: <C4491DD1.180DD%lug@steveunsworth.co.uk>
 
Er, umm, I'm pretty sure if you rotate that 24x36mm box in this  
illustration, it will still fit in that 36mm circle.

<http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Image:Crop_Factor.JPG>

The natural circular field of all lenses is made to fit square or  
rectangular only by the masking in the lens mount.

Phil

On May 8, 2008, at 3:14 PM, Steve Unsworth wrote:

> No it won't. It's basic geometry. If the lens just covers 36x24 it  
> won't
> cover 36x36.
>
> Steve
>
>
> On 8/5/08 18:40, "grduprey@mchsi.com" <grduprey@mchsi.com> wrote:
>
>> Well the current lens circle of coverage covers the 36mm length, so  
>> it should
>> cover the same for height
>
>
>
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