Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2006/06/06
[Author Prev] [Author Next] [Thread Prev] [Thread Next] [Author Index] [Topic Index] [Home] [Search]At 07:18 PM 6/6/2006, Frank Filippone wrote: >Fascinating...... What is the meaning of "extension factor " on the >135/F3.4? They just meant the 1.33 crop factor. Since 135 becomes 135x1.33 or 180mm, it's a bit long for the RF base for accurate focusing.... >The Tri Elmar is included.... now that is a trick lens to have coded.... >interesting indeed. > >It is pretty obvious to me that the corrections ( predistortion or >whatever you wish to call it) are done at the factory. and >pre-programmed into the camera. Nah, too much speculation. The LEAST type of thing they can be doing is simply encoding the 6 bits ID in the EXIF or similar metadata field. Any processing may be done by the RAW converter on the PC/Mac. The camera itself may or may not do any processing. I think it's time we invoke the "Ted Grant Law:" stop speculating of this and that and go out and shoot some pictures :-) >Sorry, no 1950 Bokeh in a 90 AA. Sure you can. Alien skin anyone? // richard (This email is for mailing lists. To reach me directly, please use richard at imagecraft.com)