Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2002/01/09
[Author Prev] [Author Next] [Thread Prev] [Thread Next] [Author Index] [Topic Index] [Home] [Search]The conversion factor has been shrinking from 1.6x to 1.3x. I suspect that by the end of this year it might be down to 1x, meaning no conversion. As far as not needing quality optics for the CCD, I can't really buy that. As anybody on this list well knows you can't ever have enough quality. The industry will just have to catch up to the consumer's expectations. I've had two Coolpix versions, the 950 and 990, and I can say with a fair amount of certainty that the optics are real dogs. The only thing holding me back from acquiring a current digital SLR is that unrealistic conversion factor. Slobodan Dimitrov leica@davidmorton.org wrote: > > Feliciano di Giorgio writes: > > "From what I understand standard film lenses do not play nice with CCD > arrays. > The design for CCD compatible lenses is slightly different." > > Nikon's lenses play nicely enough on the D1 and D1X for clients to pay the > invoices for the images. Just how nicely do you *need* them to play? > > -- > David Morton > dmorton@journalist.co.uk > > "The more opinions you have, the less you see." -- Wim Wenders. > -- > To unsubscribe, see http://mejac.palo-alto.ca.us/leica-users/unsub.html - -- To unsubscribe, see http://mejac.palo-alto.ca.us/leica-users/unsub.html