----- Original Message ----- From: "Digital Image Studio" Subject: Re: More rumors ... (and happy New Year)
> On 02/01/07, William Robb <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > >> I realize this will vary from lens to lens, but what is the median size >> of >> the projected image circle on the Pentax lenses you are familiar with? I >> suppose one should take the smallest value if the projection changes size >> with aperture. >> My reason for asking is that I think it would be nice if the shake >> reduction >> technology could be assimilated into a 24x36mm DSLR, but I've always been >> of >> the impression that most 35mm camera lenses don't offer much coverage >> beyond >> the 35mm frame. It's what I was taught when I was learning the nuts and >> bolts of photographic theory. > > Most 35mm lenses don't cover much more than 43mm diagonally however > given that the sensor movement in the K10D is about +/- 2.5mm I > venture that SR could be fully implemented if users were willing to > endure a 5mm crop from each dimension for the full frame. This would > result in an SR frame with a 1.16 crop, not too unusable and along the > same lines as the concept of cropping to an APS frame when reduced > frame lenses are mounted on full frame bodies. Almost everyone would > be happy then. Hi Rob, thanks for the straight answer. William Robb -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List PDML@pdml.net http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net
