Would possibly change the light angle depending upon embedding orientation?
Jack --- Juan Buhler <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > Plus, from the little I know about chip making, it would be extremely > expensive and non-standard. > > Chips are not moulded or machined into shape. They are made in big > batches, by letting certain elements penetrate into a silicon wafer > under the right circumstances. > > Trying to make them concave would probably yield even a smaller > proportion of good chips per wafer than when making big format CCDs. > > j > > On 10/20/06, John Francis <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > On Fri, Oct 20, 2006 at 10:32:46AM -0700, Jack Davis wrote: > > > Would it make sense to develop a concave sensor? Finest possible > focus > > > would then be possible due to a constant light path distance > across the > > > sensor. > > > Varying focal lengths a problem? Somewhat accommodated by a > sensor that > > > moves in and out? > > > > > > Jack > > > > It only makes sense if you don't expect to use it with any lenses > > currently in use, all of which are designed for a flat sensor. > > > > > > -- > > PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List > > [email protected] > > http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net > > > > > -- > Juan Buhler - http://www.jbuhler.com > photoblog: http://photoblog.jbuhler.com > a book: http://www.jbuhler.com/book.html > > -- > PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List > [email protected] > http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net > __________________________________________________ Do You Yahoo!? Tired of spam? Yahoo! Mail has the best spam protection around http://mail.yahoo.com -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List [email protected] http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net
