On 29 Apr 2005 at 5:30, Bob Meyer wrote:
>
> --- Willem-Jan Markerink <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> >
> > > There must be technical
> > > issues with making a good ultra wide to fit a
> > compact DC, not least
> > > of which must be the small sensor size. Your
> > Ricoh at least has a
> > > 35mm image to work with. Nobody's proposing the
> > S2 as a pro
> > > camera, why attack it as one?
> >
> > That same Ricoh was never proposed as a pro-camera
> > either, but as a
> > creative niche-camera. (there was even a 21mm
> > version once!)
> > No way it would stand thousands of films each year.
>
> Are you deliberately ignoring the technical issues
> referenced above? I find it hard to believe every
> vendor is ignoring the wide angle range simply because
> they don't want to bother. It's mighty tough to make a
> decent ultra short focal length lens, (which is what
> you need given the tiny sensor size of today's
> digicams) and capture a decent image on that tiny
> sensor.
>
> THAT'S why wide angle lenses are much more common on
> even inexpensive 35mm cameras. Given the larger image
> size, and no retrofocus design issues (because there's
> no mirror), a 24mm compact 35mm lens is relatively
> easy to design, and images on the film can be quite good.
>
What keeps manufacturers from using a *larger* sensor, given the
*assumed* cost of (relatively) extreme wide-angles for smaller
sensors?
Heck, use a previous generation mid-size sensor, for crying out
loud....but *serve* this market, don't ignore it.
Perhaps it has more to do with the insanity of short life-cycle *and*
production cycles?
So that no niche-camera can't be designed any more, if it doesn't
sell at 100k quantities within 6 months?
Willem (I don't care if the design is tough, that's the perogative of
King Customer....drive the engineers crazy, it's my money....;)) Jan
--
Bye,
Willem-Jan Markerink
The desire to understand
is sometimes far less intelligent than
the inability to understand
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[note: 'a-one' & 'en-el'!]
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