On Fri, 22 Jul 2005, Mishka wrote:
i think, a much cooler solution would be to
- drastically reduce the film-to-flange distance (kinda like what oly did)
- sell a body adapter "new K"->K with the linkages and all, to be able to use
the old lenses
- sell a T/S "new K"->K adapter
- plus adapters to all other lens manufacturers.
mishka
I never really thought about it, but it makes a lot of sense.
Having a smaller registration distance would allow for a simple "through"
adapter for any K-mount lens to work correctly. Removing the adapter
would be a "negative macro tube" so it would affect the focus distance,
but the image cone would be smaller. I've quite ignorant on optical lens
design so I don't know what else it would screw up, but it sounds pretty
interesting. Lots more potential to use other manufacturer's lenses.
... so of course nobody will do it.
-Cory
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* Cory Papenfuss *
* Electrical Engineering candidate Ph.D. graduate student *
* Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University *
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