Re: [OM] IBIS on the A7II and ? OMA9--works with OS in the lens too--implications for OMZ lenses

[Chuck Norcutt]

Of course it would require some circuitry and contacts but that's what I 
would have expected... or at least hoped for.
Chuck Norcutt


On 12/5/2014 12:45 AM, Moose wrote:
> On 12/4/2014 5:22 AM, Chuck Norcutt wrote:
> > I assume the 9/8.0 fisheye is a manual lens.  But it's disappointing
> > that it doesn't also tell its focal length to the camera.
> How could it do that? It is entirely mechanical, nothing electrical in
> it at all. Adding contacts and a chip to report what it is would
> probably add at least 50% to the price.
>
> The other thing is that ideally it should give its name, but not the
> EXIF focal length. Nine mm is purely nominal, or notional, or some such,
> as its mapping of space is quite different from a rectilinear 9 mm lens.
> And also, different from a conventional fisheye, either 180° as a
> circle, or the more common 180° corner to corner. It's "only" 140°,
> corner to corner, according to Oly.
>
> Curvilinear Moose
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