Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2003/06/12

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Subject: Re: [Leica] New Nikon Lens Mount
From: Lucien <director@ubi.edu>
Date: Thu, 12 Jun 2003 17:05:51 +0200

Le jeudi, 12 juin 2003, à 16:53 Europe/Brussels, Douglas Herr a écrit :

> Something in this doesn't make sense.  Supposedly the push behind 
> "full-frame" sensors is so people can use the full coverage of their 
> existing lenses - so why would Nikon or any camera maker introduce a 
> new lens mount to take advantage of full-frame sensors, unless they 
> also provide some means of using older lenses with the "full-frame" 
> sensor?
>

Doug,

Maybe because main competitor did it in due time?

But you are right. It doesn't make sense.

Lucien

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