Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2001/10/17
[Author Prev] [Author Next] [Thread Prev] [Thread Next] [Author Index] [Topic Index] [Home] [Search]on 10/18/01 10:48 AM, Aram Langhans at alanghans@komoto.naches.wednet.edu wrote: > I am not an expert at this, so I may be quite a bit off base. Maybe Contax > can do this because it is an SLR and not a rangefinder. A few people who > know way more than I do stated that the problems are greatest with wide > angle lenses, as the light rays strike the edges of the CCD at a greater > angle. With the SLR and the mirror box, the lenses cannot protrude as far > into the camera as with a rangefinder. To me, that would mean that to reach > the edges of the CCD the angle of the light ray for an SLR lens would not be > as great. With the wide angle lens of a M camera, the angle would be much > greater to get from the back of the lens to the edge of a full frame CCD. > > Does this make any sense? Could this be a reason why Contax is even > attempting a full 24x36 CCD for their N1 camera? > > Aram > > This message is made of 100% recycled electrons. No new atoms were > destroyed in making this message. > > Aram Langhans > Science Teacher > Naches High School > 101 W. 5th St. > P. O. Box 159 > Naches, WA 98937 > > Science Rules > > > -- > To unsubscribe, see http://mejac.palo-alto.ca.us/leica-users/unsub.html Sounds logical to me. M system may not be able to be adapted, but what about the Leica R system doing what the Contax is setting out to do? Even a freshly formulated specialised wide angle lens to cater for that purpose would still be acceptable to a Leicaphile while the rest of the lens could still be used. - -- To unsubscribe, see http://mejac.palo-alto.ca.us/leica-users/unsub.html