Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2003/01/28
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At 6:29 PM -0500 1/28/03, faneuil wrote:
>Every time there is a flurry of digital M7 lust, someone shoots it down with
>a simple explanation that the current crop of CCDs are ill-designed to
>handle the short lens-film distance of an M7.
>IE, the angle of incidence would be too steep at the edges of the CCD.
>
>But why not CURVE the CCD to optimize the angle of incidence?
>Image distortion could be corrected with software.
>
>Seems too simple to me.
>Is it?
>
>Eric
About as easy as curving a laptop screen at home. Easy to curve; hard
to get to work afterwards.
Also, Leica lenses are designed as flat-field lenses, so you'd get
seriously out of focus edges - or center.
However, a curved CCD or CMOS could find a happy home in my Noblex.
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