Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2008/05/08
[Author Prev] [Author Next] [Thread Prev] [Thread Next] [Author Index] [Topic Index] [Home] [Search]If it is going to be, as some have predicted, a square format, we could be in for a completely new body design too - no longer any need to rotate the camera for portrait format shots. I really wonder what it's going to look like - sort of a cross between a Rollei 3003 and a Leica-R9? Douglas wildlightphoto@earthlink.net wrote: > Howard Ritter <hlritter@bex.net> wrote: > > >> But the assumption is that a manufacturer would not build a lens >> with a larger image circle than would be required to acceptably >> illuminate a circle of approximately 43.5 mm--the diagonal of the 24 x >> 36 mm frame. A lens with a larger image circle would be larger, >> heavier, and more expensive, to no purpose. >> > > Logically you are correct, however there may have been other purposes in > mind when the lenses were designed that never saw the light of day. Among > older Telyts, the 400mm f/5 and 280mm f/4.8 will cover 6x6. I've also seen > a 400mm f/6.8 adapted to 645 (I think) but I don't know how the performance > is at the edges. More often I'll see the 280mm f/4.8 adapted to 645, 6x6 > or even 6x7. > > Doug Herr > Birdman of Sacramento > http://www.wildlightphoto.com > > -------------------------------------------------------------------- > mail2web LIVE ? Free email based on Microsoft? Exchange technology - > http://link.mail2web.com/LIVE > > > > > _______________________________________________ > Leica Users Group. > See http://leica-users.org/mailman/listinfo/lug for more information > >