Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2010/02/24
[Author Prev] [Author Next] [Thread Prev] [Thread Next] [Author Index] [Topic Index] [Home] [Search]> Patterned after 4/3s cameras but with twice the sensor size as in APS-2 the > SAMSUNG?S NX seems like a nifty way to get your Leica R glass going. > > http://www.dpreview.com/news/0903/09030201samsungnxsystem.asp > > The adaptors are made in Germany by Novoflex > http://www.dpreview.com/news/1002/10022306novoflexnx.asp > > Will also get Sony Alpha, Pentax K or Olympus OM glass going. > And Nikon f with aperture control ring like in its Micro Four Thirds to > Nikon F adapter. > I find this exciting. > To me a compact camrea is an APS-2 format which is a few millimeters away > from half frame which is 18x24. > 4/3's format is half that which to me is just taking it unnecessarily far > if > the cameras are going to be as big as the APS-2 cameras. At least for this > day and age. > And for glass designed for full frame. > > > > > > [Rabs] > Mark William Rabiner > DX 1.5 crop vs 4/3's 2x crop DX 1.5 crop= 22.5 * 15.8 = 355.5 square millimeter acreage 4/3's 2x crop= 18 * 13.5 = 243 square millimeters 355.5 / 243 = 1.46 4/3's is DX cut in half. [Rabs] Mark William Rabiner