Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2008/09/22

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Subject: [Leica] S2 hits Photokina
From: wildlightphoto at earthlink.net (wildlightphoto@earthlink.net)
Date: Mon Sep 22 16:00:42 2008

I wrote:

> The image circle of a lens designed for the traditional 35mm format has a
> diameter equal to the diagonal of the 24mm x 36mm rectangle, more or less,
> 43mm for the 24x36 film.

That should read a *minimum* of 43mm.  Some lenses have a bigger image
circle but only 43mm is used on 24x36 film.

Doug Herr
Birdman of Sacramento
http://www.wildlightphoto.com


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