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[OM] Re: Erwin Puts on the E1, Four Thirds, Olympus

Subject: [OM] Re: Erwin Puts on the E1, Four Thirds, Olympus
From: "John A. Lind" <jalind@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
Date: Fri, 27 May 2005 20:39:09 -0500
At 01:07 PM 5/27/2005, Winsor Crosby wrote:

>I think I would take it with a grain of salt. He seems to compare the
>E system with the Epson rangefinder with a Leica lens. A digital
>sensor needs more retrofocus designed in than a film SLR. There is no
>retrofocus at all on a rangefinder lens which is one reason why they
>can be so good with film, but even more inappropriate for a sensor.
>It looks like apples and oranges to me. Any system camera, Canon,
>Konica-Minolta, Pentax, Nikon or Olympus, are going to be more
>integrated and better than the Epson/Leica example he has.

This was much my thinking . . . SLR's already have retrofocus lenses (does 
that qualify as being "telecentric" ??) for the lenses shorter than could 
be otherwise mounted in front of the reflex mirror.  So what's the 
deal?  We have a new name for "retrofocus" now?  Am I missing something???

-- John Lind


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