Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2008/01/31
[Author Prev] [Author Next] [Thread Prev] [Thread Next] [Author Index] [Topic Index] [Home] [Search]Bob, I believe the difference is simply that SLR bodies have greater lens flange to film distance so the rays do not come into the corners as obliquely. There have been reports of suboptimal performance at the edges especially when it comes to wide angle cameras but that get solved by.... better digital wide angle lens. At 04:22 PM 1/31/2008, Afterswift@aol.com wrote: >Hi Everyone, > >It seems with the development of the Full Frame 35mm digital format (Nikon >D3, Canon D5) the problem of parallel rays has been overcome, since we can >now use standard 35mm lenses with the FF digital reflexes and get quality >images. The question: How did the engineers contour the FF sensor >to accommodate >the angled rays from traditional standard DSLR lenses. Was the breakthrough >the use of CMOS? // richard (This email is for mailing lists. To reach me directly, please use richard at imagecraft.com)