Godfrey DiGiorgi wrote:
The only 35mm camera I ever owned that has exactly precise frame
spacing is a Rollei 35S.
Frame spacing with an interchangeable lens camera can vary a little bit
when you go from a telephoto to a wide lens. This is because a wide
lens will "overshoot" the format gate a little bit due to the angle
that the light path is taking. If you measure the actual exposed area,
between wide and tele lenses there can be as much as 2.5-3.0mm
difference in the dimensions of the format, depending on how extreme a
wide angle lens you use.
Godfrey
Alla my 35s have a solid rectangular opening in the camera body, thru
which the light rays pass.
It's THAT that forms the outline of the exposed image on the film.
That being the case, how can a different lens, with a changed light
bundle size mean anything at all? It's all chopped off by the body
opening...
Iguess it's conceivable some other cameras don't follow that design
convention, so... just a comment. And a question.
keith whaley
