Olympus-OM
[Top] [All Lists]

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

Subject: [OM] Re: Erwin Puts on the E1, Four Thirds, Olympus
From: Earl Dunbar <edunbar@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
Date: Fri, 27 May 2005 22:06:41 -0400
This had totally escaped me.  So I wonder about the new Zeiss M mount 
lenses, which Zeiss claims are designed with digital in mind, but are 
being released with the new ZI film rangefinder.

Cameraquest sells a OM-to-M adapter.  With the (more retrofocus design 
of the SLR lenses, would there be any performance issues on an RF?  I'm 
speaking of image quality only, not of operational considerations such 
as RF coupling.

Earl

>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.
>>    
>>



==============================================
List usage info:     http://www.zuikoholic.com
List nannies:        olympusadmin@xxxxxxxxxx
==============================================

<Prev in Thread] Current Thread [Next in Thread>
Sponsored by Tako
Impressum | Datenschutz