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Subject: [OM] Re: Boy, did I stir up a storm !
From: ScottGee1 <scottgee1@xxxxxxxxx>
Date: Wed, 15 Mar 2006 13:02:13 -0500
Duh.  The "DO" lenses.  Very interesting technology.  Always good to
see that someone is thinking 'outside the box'.

For those who aren't familiar with it:

http://www.canon.com/technology/p_tech/05.html

ScottGee1


On 3/15/06, Winsor Crosby <wincros@xxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
>
> Canon makes a long lens that has a diffraction grating to bend the
> light as one of the elements instead of a lens element. It allow a
> reduction in length of about a third, I think. You do have to admire
> Canon plunging into new technology and creating the environment
> everyone else works in.
>
> http://www.dpreview.com/news/0009/00090604canon_400do.asp
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>
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> Winsor
> Long Beach, California, USA
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>
> On Mar 15, 2006, at 8:40 AM, ScottGee1 wrote:
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> >
> > "Diffraction grating"?  Wuzzat??
> >
> > Do you mean the Mamiya soft focus lenses that use disks to control
> > the effect?
> >
> > ScottGee1
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