Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2005/02/12
[Author Prev] [Author Next] [Thread Prev] [Thread Next] [Author Index] [Topic Index] [Home] [Search]I agree. It sure looks like the mount is standardized, though it doesn't say so explicitly. A 4/3 Leica would be a rather fat rangefinder camera with a non-M mount. The system looks optimized for the DSLRs. >And yet the little Flash show at that website displays a diagram with >little arrows going everying showing how "Lens A" will fit on "Camera B" >and vice versa. > >-dan c. > >At 01:57 PM 12-02-05 +0100, Didier Ludwig wrote: >>Karen >>I have read that page too and was just simplifying when i said only the >>sensor is standardized. The diameter of the mount is standardized, BUT NOT >>the mount itself, though Sigma is offering some Olympus 4/3 mount lenses. >>Proprietary mounts from other manufacturers are explicitely not excluded. >>Didier >> >>>Bzzz... The "The Four Thirds System standardizes the diameter of the >>>lens mount, the size of the image circle, the flange-focal distance, >>>and more." See: >>><http://www.four-thirds.org/en/index_01.htm>http://www.four-thirds.org/en/ >index_01.htm >>>Cheers, >>>Karen >> > >_______________________________________________ >Leica Users Group. >See http://leica-users.org/mailman/listinfo/lug for more information -- Regards, Dick Boston MA