Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2006/02/15
[Author Prev] [Author Next] [Thread Prev] [Thread Next] [Author Index] [Topic Index] [Home] [Search]Minolta have had a camera with optics like this for some years. Sony did it more recently. This Panasonic has a slightly different layout - horizontal rather than vertical light path - and larger zoom range but is conceptually the same as the Minolta. Frank --- "Richard S. Taylor" <r.s.taylor@comcast.net> wrote: > Boy, everyone's gotten so jaded. :-)) This is > clever industrial design in the same way that the > SX-70 is and in the same way the Ur-Leica was. > Each broke new ground. Being able to fold the > lens and incorporate much of its length in the > width of the body rather than in its thickness, > points the way to smaller, more capable cameras. > Unlike in a film camera, with folding the sensor > can be placed anywhere in a digital camera body > that is convenient for best optical performance. > > Folding is common design practice in space optics > where available volume is always at a premium but > unique in consumer cameras with such complex > optics as far as I know. > > > > > > >In a message dated 2/14/2006 9:46:58 A.M. Central > Standard Time, > >shino@panix.com writes: > > > >does the polaroid sx-70 count? folded optics and > foldable as well. > >plus, through the lens viewing. > > > >-rei > >Sure it does, so does the pentaprism or mirror > prism in any SLR. folded > >optics have been around a long time. Just another > jazz to sell a digicam to > >someone who needs a list of features before they > will buy. > > > > > > > > > > > >Regards, > >Sonny > >http://www.sonc.com > >Natchitoches, Louisiana > >Oldest continuous settlement in La Louisiane > >?galit?, libert?, crawfish > > > > > > > >_______________________________________________ > >Leica Users Group. > >See http://leica-users.org/mailman/listinfo/lug for > more information > > > -- > Regards, > > Dick > > > _______________________________________________ > Leica Users Group. > See http://leica-users.org/mailman/listinfo/lug for > more information >