> It is interesting that neither Nikon or Canon produced new lens mounts > for Digital. But Canon did produce a new lens mount when they went to > Auto-Focus. > This in spite of drawbacks inherent in using a smaller than full frame 35mm > sensor > with 35mm lenses. (Just food for thought).
I think they always saw the small sensor thing as a stop gap, and probably an advantage to the press photographers who want ease of transmission (snap, plug in, upload) and tend to use longer lenses (so with a small sensor a 28-100 and a100-300 would be enough for 90% of work) with work ending up in newsprint so resolution less of an issue! Notice how they are now pushing full size sensors! If I made money taking photos I'd be buying the new Kodak......
