On 22 Dec 2004 at 8:48, William Robb wrote:

> 
> ----- Original Message ----- 
> From: "Rob Studdert"
> Subject: Re: Rear wide converters for DSLRs
> 
> 
> 
> > The optical bundle doesn't behave this way, it transforms one 
> > surface area
> > linearly to a new surface area. And due to the fact that it is a 
> > multi-fibre
> > device it actually alleviates colour smear problems as it 
> > effectively
> > collimates the rays before they hit the sensor.
> 
> Isn't that how the NPC backs work?

Yep very similar. Interesting read under the paragraph "Marty Forscher to the 
rescue?" in the following page:

http://www.nemeng.com/leica/004f.shtml

Note the BS "expert" speculation followed by the NPC engineers commentary.


Rob Studdert
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