Because you will end up with a whole bunch of useless
telephotos, almost no standards, probably no wides
and almost certainly no superwides.
-Tim
> why after all the hoping for a OM adapter for the oly digital slr is there a
> lack of excitement now about what seems confirmation that our old OM lenses
> willl fit the digital slr?
>
> ----- Original Message -----
> From: "Joe Gwinn" <joegwinn@xxxxxxxxx>
> To: <olympus@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
> Sent: Thursday, September 26, 2002 10:47 PM
> Subject: [OM] Olydak prototype; Use OM lenses as shift lenses on Olydak?
>
>
> > I wouldn't get too concerned about the size and other details of the
> prototype shown recently. It's quite common to cobble prototypes together
> from a melange of current production components, and from the junkheap. The
> intent is proof of principle and the uncovering of issues before one commits
> to a design. And, making the tooling that make the production camera is
> *very* expensive, so one will make any number of prototypes to avoid
> expensive mistakes. Likewise, the electronics needs to be developed, and
> this will often involve the development of an application-specific
> integrated circuit. The choice of pixel count can be deferred to the last
> moment, so the production camera will come out with whatever meets the price
> point. So, understand the concept and intended market, but don't sweat the
> details quite yet. It's far too soon. for that, but a large reason camera
> companies reveal their prototypes is precisely to get reactions from the
> market, to guide the development !
> > effort towards what the market wants. (They also do it to give hope to
> the faithful, so they don't wander off to competitors, but this isn't as
> important as you might think, given the costs to the user of changing
> systems.)
> >
> > Suggestion: OM lens adapters, if aperture coupling is omitted, ought to
> be designed to allow for shift use. The image circle of a 35mm lens is far
> larger than a 4/3 CCD, so quite a bit of shift ought to be available,
> essentially for free.
> >
> > Joe Gwinn
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