Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2003/08/12
[Author Prev] [Author Next] [Thread Prev] [Thread Next] [Author Index] [Topic Index] [Home] [Search]If you wish to include the Olympus E10 and E20 in your DSLR cameras (I know, they don't have interchangeable lenses, but they are high-end prosumer cameras) they do not have the conventional mirror technology. They use a beam splitter which sends the image both to the sensor and to the viewfinder. Seems to work very well. Ted - ----- Original Message ----- From: "Aquiles Almansi" <aalmansi@yahoo.com> To: <leica-users@mejac.palo-alto.ca.us> Sent: Tuesday, August 12, 2003 12:11 PM Subject: Re: [Leica] Digital SLR > Larry, > > I think the type of digital SLR you have in mind is > the so called ZLR, like the Nikon Coolpix 5700 and > similar cameras by Minolta and Olympus. I have the > 5700 and that's one of its few features I like. > > But the mainstream DSLR market, both 35mm and MF, > seems to offer only conventional mirror technology > (they are standard 35mm SLRs converted to digital, > like the D10=Elan 7, or more or less old MF cameras > with a new digital back, so it makes sense to imagine > one with this pellicle mirror I've learned about > thanks to this thread. The problem is, of course, that > the pellicle mirror technology seems to have been used > only by Canon and with little commercial success. > > achilles > --- LRZeitlin@aol.com wrote: > > <<As I think more about it, it seems to me the > > pellicle mirror would make > > > > great sense for a digital SLR. >> > > > > I may be missing the point. Why would a digital SLR > > need a mirror at all? > > Don't you want to see the image that is recorded on > > the sensor rather than the > > aerial image ptoduced by the lens? What a digital > > SLR really needs is a very > > fine grained digital viewfinder with an eyepiece > > which magnifies the image to > > "life" size. > > > > Larry Z > > -- > > To unsubscribe, see > http://mejac.palo-alto.ca.us/leica-users/unsub.html > > > __________________________________ > Do you Yahoo!? > Yahoo! SiteBuilder - Free, easy-to-use web site design software > http://sitebuilder.yahoo.com > -- > 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