> -----Original Message----- > From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]]On Behalf Of Mark Roberts > Sent: Friday, March 01, 2002 11:11 PM > To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > Subject: Re: New "digital" lens mount > > > P�l Audun Jensen <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > >Olympus, Kodak, Fuji Film and Panasonic have announced that they > are going > >to standardize digital slr's. They will try to get other > companies to join. > >I take for granted that Pentax will be asked. The > standardization include > >lens mount and CCD size. Lenses will be interchangeable between > different > >makes of digital cameras. The CCD will be 13,2 X 17,6mm which is damned > >small. Anyway, this will give room for very compact lenses and could > >revolutionize super telephoto work if quality of CCD is high > enough. I've > >always been of the opinion that the bulky 35mm format is not > ideal for digital. > >Regardless what happens, I still believe that Pentax will support the > >K.mount, digital and otherwise, simply due to the fact that > there are loads > >of lenses out there and a whole lens system in place. I hope, > though, that > >Pentax will jump on this new digital bandwagon as well. > > I can't see Canon or Nikon changing lens mounts either. This > sounds like the > digital equivalent of APS. =================================================================
I TOTALLY disagree. By standardizing on the smaller size of the CCD (not the resolution) the can now proceed to design faster smaller optics with better DOF than by using a 35mm size sensor. As long as the resolution isnt fixed, they can continue to design higher and higher rez cameras using the smae optics. It's a great idea. There is nothing to say that a kmount adapter couldnt be developed either. ==================================================================== > > Standardizing the CCD size is one of the absolute *dumbest* ideas > I've ever > heard of. One of the big *advantages* of digital photography is > having different > CCD sizes: you can use, for example, a Canon D-30 with 1.6x multiplication > factor for wildlife and sports photography, or the EOS-1D with a 1.3x > multiplication factor and there's undoubtedly a 1:1 (full-frame > CCD) coming in > the future for landscape photographers and other wide angle > types. All with the > same lenses. You aren't locked in by what film is being > manufactured or what > processing equipment is available. > ======================================================================== If high resolution sensors can be developed using a smaller sensor ALL of the optics become smaller, cheaper, lighter, faster. Why would you want to use 35mm format sensor size except to use OLD bulky lenses? JCO ======================================================================== - This message is from the Pentax-Discuss Mail List. To unsubscribe, go to http://www.pdml.net and follow the directions. Don't forget to visit the Pentax Users' Gallery at http://pug.komkon.org .
