Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2006/09/10
[Author Prev] [Author Next] [Thread Prev] [Thread Next] [Author Index] [Topic Index] [Home] [Search]I guess it's interesting times to be wading around in photo gear trying to figure out what to use. If the larger 135 format sensor doesn't materialize soon as a de facto standard, I hope that the MBA's will be eventually over ruled by the engineers - backed up by customer wrath :-) Don Dory wrote: > Scott, > Mostly lots of R&D as well as the legacy of the speed wars of the fifties > and the sixties. It should be easier to design a fast really wide > lens for > a small sensor but I suspect the MBA types ran a spreadsheet to > demonstrate > that they would have to sell X thousand lenses and the marketing types > couldn't commit to those numbers. > > Don > don.dory@gmail.com > > -- Pics @ http://www.adrenaline.com/snaps Leica M6TTL, Bessa R, Nikon FM3a, Nikon D70, Rollei AFM35 (Jihad Sigint NSA FBI Patriot Act)